[geeks] I've hit rock bottom

[Mike Hebel]

At least you have a home to go back to.  In 3 months max my wife and I 
will most likely be separated due to my mother not having enough money 
to pay her mortgage after that time.  (I'm unwilling to pay the mortgage 
on this house for the third time in my life.  Even if I did we would not 
have enough money to pay the other bills.)  Her parents will take her 
and my daughter in but not me - they have always been sure she married 
below her station and have suggested divorce more than a couple of 
times.  Me, I don't know where I'm going to go.  I can't go to friends 
because the ones that matter I'm not going to burden them with my 
problems - besides most of them have boarders already.

I feel so stupid spending all the money I made in the last ten years. :-(

Count me a grasshopper in winter...

Mike Hebel

Matthew Braun wrote:
> <RANT>
> 
> It can only get better from here, because it sure can't get any worse.
> 
> I took a craptacular job with a contractor providing on-site support for 
> Gateway computers. Essentially if you need a new MB, drive, or power 
> supply added, or you purchase a 802.11b package or a new machine, I'm 
> the guy with the screwdriver who does the work. It's an insult, boring, 
> and non productive (and I work 6 days a week). But I don't want to take 
> a true real job as I'm waiting for a volunteer gig with the United Nations.
> 
> Most gigs have been dull. But today was lower than anything I could have 
> imagined because of one single location. <shudder>
> 
> I went to a apartment for a HD replacement. No big deal.
> 
> WRONG
> 
> Every single surface was covered with roaches.
> 
> Big roaches. Small roaches. The cats (2 of them) were unfed and yowling. 
> The smell was like a punch to the face.
> 
> I thought about making jokes about his system having a bug, but I 
> decided not to.
> 
> The guy was nice, but disgusting with breath that could etch PCBs. His 
> GF/wife appeared to be retarded, and he had cerebral palsy.
> 
> But I felt that I couldn't just leave the man in the lurch since I 
> imagine he gets that all the time. I was there for an HOUR (the 
> preloaded image on the drive was borked, among other things).
> 
> When I got to my next call and checked my notes, there was a roach on 
> them. ARRGH.
> 
> (Though there was a bright side; the last call was a hottie and I got 
> her info).
> 
> 
> </RAND>
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