Hello SG land.
I finally got a tad free time again so I thought I would drop you a line of whats new in my life. I'm not sure if its possible to have a "mid-life crisis" at 37 but if it is then I think I may be having one. Lately I have been giving my life a total overhaul. In the last few years I have slowly started cutting out things as energy drinks, soda in general, gave up Ice cream in March, trying to game less as its all consuming and Just a few days ago I was forced to quit smoking weed. For the first time in a long time I dont miss not smoking. Initially I quit because I am trying to switch careers and become an electrician and of course they drug test. Though since I moved back home from Oregon its been a total nightmare trying to find decent weed as its still INCREDIBLY Illegal in my home state of Idaho. With that said though I AM glad to be home. The humidity of Oregon just didn't suit me along with a whole slew of other things that I wont get into here. I didn't realize how much I had missed certain things, such as thunderstorms, until I came back and got to re-experience them again. I started disc golfing again and i am still as bad as I have always been haha.
Living with my parents sure hasn't been easy though. My wife was looking for a new place to live and when she finally found one and got all approved and all we needed was to go and sign the paperwork I talked her into turning it down. I would love to leave here and get my own place but as I am trying to switch careers at the moment it comes with a pay-cut of almost 500$ a month initially until I get further along in my apprenticeship. Should have all the paperwork done soon but I wont submit them until I make sure I can pass the drug test before I go in. Maybe another week. Also I have been trying to pay off my debt while I have basically very little in monthly bills so as to get out of debt which leads me to a blog homework...
What is the next big purchase you are saving up for?
Thats easy, a house. I have been diligently trying to improve my credit score for a few years now and I finally have the means to start dumping money into saving that hopefully I can buy sometime this winter. I want to wait until winter when the housing market slows down some. Houses here atm are getting bought literally hours after they are being posted. Its freakin crazy!!! People are just offering thousands of dollars over the asking price just to make sure they get it....mostly evil ass investors who have never set foot in Idaho even once in their life. That shit pisses me off. All these so-called investors are driving up the housing market just to make a few quick bucks and they could give two shits for a working family trying to buy their first home. Ok I will stop there or this could turn into some kind of evil rant haha. Anyway in a few months I should have enough money in savings to start looking for real. Wish me luck all.
In other happier news I am going up to WA this weekend to visit one of my best friends to ironically check out his new house he bought last summer. Going to hit up some gold course and hopefully drink a bunch of wine since I cant smoke and I hate the taste of beer haha. Its been probably close to 5 years since I have been really drunk and not just a tad tipsy. Chances are I wont get drunk this weekend either as I get older it hold less and less of an appeal to me. Speaking of getting older my birthday is in just over two weeks and then shortly after that I go on my trip to World Con in San Jose. I cant wait as I have never been to the bay area before though I have been to Cali before on a few occasions. The weather there is just too perfect all the time. I will be writing a blog about that afterwards and hopefully I remember to take a ton of pics but sometimes I really bad about that haha
Oh and I almost forgot to tell you I finally got a new car, er I mean a truck. Its been years since i have had a vehicle to call my own. I just love the freedom of being able to go and do whatever you want whenever you want.Well this blog has been all over the place and I feel like I am just rambling but I do love each and every one of my SG family and think of you often. Hope you have a blessed day
Take care all
Yao