Things have been a little crazy around here lately with the amount of hours I've been putting in at work. Put in a crapload last week at a water damage site over at Merril Lynch and for the last few days I've been stripping tile over at another customer's house. I haven't spent any time going out and I've been in bed no later than 11 o'clock every day. It's interesting being on a normal schedule! I think that for the past 4 years I've spent more time awake at night then I have during the day. It's probably pretty close considering the last 4 years have been spent at Texas State and Texas A&M. Always some social function or some random reason to be awake at all hours.
So with my probation and court fees it's been tough trying to find the money to pay all the rest of my bills. A boy's gotta eat ya know. Well now that school has started up for the rest of the people here in town, my bosses Virgil and Karan have made Corey and I the fulltime employees at Brazos Cleaning and Restoration Co! I've calculated it out and as of today I'm able to cover all of my monthly bills. Sawweeeeet!
I still have 40 hours of community service to deal with over the next month and I'm prayin' I get it done in time. I've finally finished 2 out of 6 months of my deferred adjudication so 4 more months until Military Sealift Command! Probation payments will be done by next month so with that extra cash I'm not spending I can finally afford to get my passport, TWIC card, and Merchant Mariners Document. After February 24th (the deadline for my community service and probation payments) it'll be smooth sailing (or motoring...sealift command doesn't use sails...)!
Also something of note. I've come up with some longterm plans to open up a Motorcycle/ATV rental shop somewhere here in the states. Find a tract of land and offer motorcycle and ATV tours of some beautiful environment. Can't decide if I want to do motorcycles or dirtbikes really but maybe I can do both later on! Have some cabins that people can stay in for vacations and all. Would be pretty sweet.
I'm not sure where I want to start it up, but Oregon, Utah, and Arkansas come to mind. I was thinking about California...but I don't really want to live there and I really only want to go to Northern California.
Anyways, we'll see!
Kick ass and chew bubble gum,
Duke Nukem
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Haircut
In an effort to bring in the New Year with a more dignified look, I got a haircut!
Yep! Shaggy Felipe is no more. My hair saw a lot in the last year! It saw the end of a long relationship with Kristin (who's baby will be coming sometime soon!) and the start of tons of friendships at Sears! I was there for a long time and I'd say most of the people in my crew of friends all worked there. Of course we all hate the place, but that's not the point. Motorcycle trips, becoming an uncle, rooming with Benni, and tobacco usage are all interesting twists life has taken in the last year.
Nostalgia can be cool, but who cares! I went camping Friday night out on Chris' land in Hearne with him, Nick, John and Demetrious. Shot my first clay pidgeon and we downed a couple of gaylord birds. Too bad we were using shorter-barrel shotguns, those buzzards were looking to get shot and all we could manage were some tiny lame-os. We found out that using a knife from WWII works quite well for flipping burgers and the best jalapeno burgers are made with an iron skillet on top of a fire. Throw in a capful of jalapeno juice and BAM! You've got badass burgers Emeril-style. We also went tree-surfing with a towstrap and an old dead tree behind Chris' Chevy, which was short-lived but pretty fun =)
After we got back from Hearne I was exhausted but Karan Marko called me in for some work at a location with some flood damage. I appreciate her calling as I need the money but wooo! I really pushed and pushed to stay awake during that job. I came away feeling great and somewhat productive.
So I'm just cleaning up the house (and there isn't much to do!) and probably gonna make some food. It's a beautiful day and Cliff is coming over to hang out. Maybe we'll do something extraordinary!
Asta la vista baby,
Phil
Yep! Shaggy Felipe is no more. My hair saw a lot in the last year! It saw the end of a long relationship with Kristin (who's baby will be coming sometime soon!) and the start of tons of friendships at Sears! I was there for a long time and I'd say most of the people in my crew of friends all worked there. Of course we all hate the place, but that's not the point. Motorcycle trips, becoming an uncle, rooming with Benni, and tobacco usage are all interesting twists life has taken in the last year.
Nostalgia can be cool, but who cares! I went camping Friday night out on Chris' land in Hearne with him, Nick, John and Demetrious. Shot my first clay pidgeon and we downed a couple of gaylord birds. Too bad we were using shorter-barrel shotguns, those buzzards were looking to get shot and all we could manage were some tiny lame-os. We found out that using a knife from WWII works quite well for flipping burgers and the best jalapeno burgers are made with an iron skillet on top of a fire. Throw in a capful of jalapeno juice and BAM! You've got badass burgers Emeril-style. We also went tree-surfing with a towstrap and an old dead tree behind Chris' Chevy, which was short-lived but pretty fun =)
After we got back from Hearne I was exhausted but Karan Marko called me in for some work at a location with some flood damage. I appreciate her calling as I need the money but wooo! I really pushed and pushed to stay awake during that job. I came away feeling great and somewhat productive.
So I'm just cleaning up the house (and there isn't much to do!) and probably gonna make some food. It's a beautiful day and Cliff is coming over to hang out. Maybe we'll do something extraordinary!
Asta la vista baby,
Phil
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