Homeless For The Holidays

Sailor Steve · 03-11-07, 05:27 PM

Well, with warm weather coming sometime soon and the likelyhood of full-time work picking up, I had hoped to revive this thread with some good news. Instead...

I actually was out working two weeks ago when I came down with a cold. No big, deal, until the fever and chills set in. I ended up going to a free clinic, then to the VA hospital, and got the good news: Pneumonia. I spent two days in the hospital and the last six in a special bed at the shelter.

This is why I haven't posted anything since last Tuesday, and may not again for a few days. The good news is I'm definitely getting better.

Bertgang · 03-11-07, 05:35 PM

Nice to know that you are getting better.
I hope for something interesting close to bus lines and times.

Sailor Steve · 03-31-07, 05:07 PM

Well, it's three weeks later and I'd better give an update. I got over the bad stuff and moved back into a regular bed. Had another frustrating experience: I called a temp agency about a job and was told I would need to send a resume. I put one together and sent it to them, and they told me to call back the next day. This went of for five days, and then they finally told me I didn't get the job. This wouldn't have been so bad except each day I called them was a day I didn't go out and work day labor, so they cost me $300 for a week of not working.

On the positive side, my birth certificate finally came, so after I have a little cash set aside to get me through I can start truck-driving school courtesy of the state of Utah! Also, some time ago I reported that I couldn't take a job I wanted because their training class starts at 0600 hours and the first bus going there doesn't even leave town until 0610! Well, I just found out they've changed their start time to 0700! Maybe they listened to all of us who wanted to work for them and couldn't because of that. Now I just have to work day-labor for a couple of weeks and I'll have enough money to get me through three or four weeks of no pay while I go to one or the other.

Ooh! Ooh! I almost forgot: Neal sent me a cool genuine official SH4 poster as my prize for the "Skipper of the Month" thing! And a little official paper of congratulations!

Thanks Neal; and thanks to all of you guys!

Kapitan_Phillips · 03-31-07, 05:20 PM

Looks like things are finally looking up for ya, Steve. I couldnt be happier for you

bigboywooly · 03-31-07, 05:43 PM

Glad to see things arent as bleak as they were Steve

Hope the truck driving turns out to be the answer for you
Cant think of a more deserving skipper of the month either so enjoy your prize

Sailor Steve · 06-08-07, 06:18 PM

Triumph

I've been working a couple of days a week highway construction flagging. I finally got enough money together to get a storage space, get some friends together and get all my stuff out of my friend's garage. He has his garage back, my stuff is where I can get to it any time I want, and it seems that an apartment might be only a few weeks away!

Tragedy

My guitar is gone. Why someone would open up my friend's garage and not take the television or the computer I don't know, but my Epiphone 12-string, which my ex-wife bought me for my birthday in 1977 is gone. Yes, I've lived with that guitar for thirty years. It wasn't the greatest, but it was the last tie I had both to my old life and my music. I'm overstating because of my grief, and I can replace it easily, but it will never be the same.

Anyway, I'm still alive, and that's something.

Ishmael · 06-09-07, 12:15 PM

Hang in there Steve. Our prayers and thoughts are with you.

03-11-07, 05:27 PM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Well, with warm weather coming sometime soon and the likelyhood of full-time work picking up, I had hoped to revive this thread with some good news. Instead... I actually was out working two weeks ago when I came down with a cold. No big, deal, until the fever and chills set in. I ended up going to a free clinic, then to the VA hospital, and got the good news: Pneumonia. I spent two days in the hospital and the last six in a special bed at the shelter. This is why I haven't posted anything since last Tuesday, and may not again for a few days. The good news is I'm definitely getting better. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-31-07, 05:07 PM	#3
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Well, it's three weeks later and I'd better give an update. I got over the bad stuff and moved back into a regular bed. Had another frustrating experience: I called a temp agency about a job and was told I would need to send a resume. I put one together and sent it to them, and they told me to call back the next day. This went of for five days, and then they finally told me I didn't get the job. This wouldn't have been so bad except each day I called them was a day I didn't go out and work day labor, so they cost me $300 for a week of not working. On the positive side, my birth certificate finally came, so after I have a little cash set aside to get me through I can start truck-driving school courtesy of the state of Utah! Also, some time ago I reported that I couldn't take a job I wanted because their training class starts at 0600 hours and the first bus going there doesn't even leave town until 0610! Well, I just found out they've changed their start time to 0700! Maybe they listened to all of us who wanted to work for them and couldn't because of that. Now I just have to work day-labor for a couple of weeks and I'll have enough money to get me through three or four weeks of no pay while I go to one or the other. Ooh! Ooh! I almost forgot: Neal sent me a cool genuine official SH4 poster as my prize for the "Skipper of the Month" thing! And a little official paper of congratulations! Thanks Neal; and thanks to all of you guys! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-31-07, 05:20 PM	#4
Kapitan_Phillips Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Swansea Posts: 3,903 Downloads: 204 Uploads: 0	Looks like things are finally looking up for ya, Steve. I couldnt be happier for you __________________ Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into.

03-31-07, 05:43 PM	#5
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Glad to see things arent as bleak as they were Steve Hope the truck driving turns out to be the answer for you Cant think of a more deserving skipper of the month either so enjoy your prize __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

06-08-07, 06:18 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Triumph And Tragedy Triumph I've been working a couple of days a week highway construction flagging. I finally got enough money together to get a storage space, get some friends together and get all my stuff out of my friend's garage. He has his garage back, my stuff is where I can get to it any time I want, and it seems that an apartment might be only a few weeks away! Tragedy My guitar is gone. Why someone would open up my friend's garage and not take the television or the computer I don't know, but my Epiphone 12-string, which my ex-wife bought me for my birthday in 1977 is gone. Yes, I've lived with that guitar for thirty years. It wasn't the greatest, but it was the last tie I had both to my old life and my music. I'm overstating because of my grief, and I can replace it easily, but it will never be the same. Anyway, I'm still alive, and that's something. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

03-11-07, 05:35 PM	#2
Bertgang Sparky Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Italy Posts: 158 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	Nice to know that you are getting better. I hope for something interesting close to bus lines and times.

06-09-07, 12:15 PM	#7
Ishmael Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Morro Bay, Ca. Posts: 659 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 0	Hang in there Steve. Our prayers and thoughts are with you.

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