The Garbage State

[GoldenRivet]

Dear friends, colleagues, fellow skippers and what not,

I have completed my assignment in Cleveland, Ohio. Life there was a constant hustle and bustle of getting things back on track for numerous individuals who have had sewage and / or water back up into their basements. I met a number of interesting people of all ages. Enjoyed more than my share of drink at a nice little place called "Whitey's booze and burgers" in Richfield, Ohio and contracted and subsequently survived a fight with pneumonia.

approximately 4 weeks ago i was instructed to report to Frederick, Maryland where i would receive additional deployment instructions to assist with hurricane Irene damage. I was informed that my deployment could be anywhere from New York City, New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina and numerous points between.

I prayed constantly that i would not end up in Jersey, i even went straight to my manager and asked if he had any work that was available in Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria or perhaps even Siberia and if so i would gladly volunteer in place of ANY assignment in New Jersey.

My manager told me that there were unfortunately no such assignments and that i should report immediately to Newark.

F...M...L

The money is good, the days are long... and as such i have been given little time to visit subsim.

I have routinely paid the site a visit for a few fleeting minutes here and there but not long enough to make a post... long enough only to check the forum for latest jokes to keep my work partner entertained and to notice that there was a fund raiser going on.

I finally made the time for a donation (I have NO time for anything in this line of work).

I hope to be home for my biggest camping trip of the year in late october, but i am not optimistic as i will likely be here in Jersey until the winter weather is in full swing.

Thanks for reading the post... i will make an effort to visit more frequently, but life has been an unbelievable amount of insanity the past couple of months and i can only hope my absence went noticed.

(wouldnt want to die in a house of ill repute and nobody know about it)

more posts when the time exists to do so.

have a great time on the site everyone.

~GR