Happy Fathers Day! And this goes out to you Travis Henry as who should be more celebrated than a single guy who has fathered 9 children via 7 woman over 5 states. Enjoy your day.
Gravel and foundation lines went down late last week and they were just starting to put up the wall board in order to pour the walls. Walls are already poured and the foundation is complete but the images are in the other camera so that will have to wait another day or two. All well.
Wednesday night is the Somewhere Back In Time tour! F’n A Man! 3 hours of Bruce and the boys rocking out. So fucking pumped for this one. Too bad I am going to end up spending a small (but worthwhile) fortune on tour shirts.
The big dig has started. The permits were approved this past Monday and I got a chance to walk by the site a few times this week. So far it is just a large whole with a sign out front with our name and address. This Tuesday we have the first construction meeting to go over the timeline and start prepping for punch lists.
At least this is going somewhere now and pretty damn quick. They are saying we will be in by October 15th which I cannot believe but it is nice to dream about anyway. If it is that date than we are at T-Minus 4 months.
14 days into the month and I have been to Kansas City (MO), Minneapolis (MN), Atlanta (GA) and Columbus (MS). Of the four I have been to all except for Mississippi so I can now check that state off my US travel list. For the record Mississippi was beautiful and the people were crazy friendly and not that BS North Carolina way. And to boot I had a hell of a Chicken Fried Steak Sandwich there (Courtesy of Mugshots Bar & Grill - Starkville, MS). Impressive.
I got Milwaukee (WI) and Las Vegas (NV) next week and possibly San Francisco shortly after that as well. 6 states visited over 31 days is pretty slick and hectic. I can also confirm that I am not as young as I used to be as these drives/flights/hotels wear me down a lot quicker than they used to. And the fact that most of these are quick 1-2 day trips also bear down on me a bit.
Tired but happy. Quite happy indeed.
Holy crap you would think I live in the great plains with the wind around here. When we decided to move a little further our (8.6 miles) we knew it was less built up but crap it is windy. Maybe just a windy spring but again, Holy Crap!
Completed. Finished. Over.
2 Home Closings. Now I can relax for 6 months and then go through hell one more time. Next step is getting the permits.
One of the most unheralded bands out today is Killswitch Engage. They rock out with their cock out at all times but generally understand the concept that metal must have tongue firmly planted in cheek as well.
My boy and I are going to be catching their show at the Eagles Ballroom on May 20 in case anyone wants to tag along for f-sake. If you want to get a glimpse of the live show check out below -
It has been a hell of a busy month with everything going on and it will only get worse for the next 3 weeks or so. However, this week has 1 straightforward, albeit not easy, goal - Move 2 Houses. This week I am moving the two houses into the rental house which we will be in for the next 5-6 months. On the horizon right after that I have 2 home closings and the move into the storage vaults but first things first.
I should be more stressed out but getting out of the current homes and the one stupid mortgage (Thanks Big Fraud) are more of a relief than anything. To correct my mom’s situation within 2 years is pretty amazing considering all the crap involved in it.
Should be around a bit more and will update as I move through hell month.
Sold 2 Houses.
Rented One House.
Bought 1 House.
Now I just need to move two houses into storage. Move into a rental for 6 months and keep things as normal as possible for my kids and family. And continue to build the new home from the ground up and not make too many mistakes.
Seems pretty straightforward right?
