The good, the bad, the indifferent

So, started the new job. Yeah. It pays well and I don't have to get up at 3 AM to go to work. Of course I'm at work at 3AM, but that's the price you pay for fame.

I wasn't really wanting to move up here for another year or two, but the economy forced my hand.

Things I know I will miss, other than my kid.

Wine. Oh there are plenty of liquor sotres with nice selections of wine, but where are the wineries. You can't do a winery crawl up here. Indiana needs more wineries.

Weahter. There is plenty of weather up here, but it all sucks. I hate winter, I was suppose to end up somewhere warm. I should have transfered to San Juan.

Things that are looking up for me:

I found my beer. Xingu is a Brazilian black beer. I use to have to drive all the way to St Louis to get the nectar of the gods, but now I only have to g0 out to Lima road. Yeah Cap 'n Cork.

Getting adjusted to the third shift, but as a night person, I'll adapt better than others. Will miss getting to go out on Saturday nights, but ehh. Most places are open seven nights a week.

Have to find my own place. Or a less crowded place. We're hot bunking right now and I really need to find a place where I an sit around naked after I take a shower.

Oh well, such is life.

5 year plan and all that

I'm getting ready for a major upheaval and I paused to consider a few things.  Usually, I spend most of my time chasing my tail.  Work, drink, sleep, drink, eat, sleep some more, drink some more, and back to work.  It's like trying get a Mustang out of ditch in January.

So, I decided to take a job back in Fort Wayne.  It's pretty much just a change of scenery doing the same crap I'm doing now.  Other than getting to hang out with the Granola family, I get guaranteed hours and possibly a little overtime.  

I'm going to work as much as they will let me for the first couple of years.  With reduced expenditures, I should manage to pay off everything.  Possibly even the house if I play my card properly.

Once I'm debt free or nearly so, working for money to pay bills is over and done with.  So then why work?  Other than beer money, seriously why continue doing mindless repetitive work?  

That's where the five year plan/vision board/finding my calling comes into play.  Once I have all my shit paid off, I get to figure out what I want to be when I grow up.  And  I think I've got a plan.  

I like wine.  And beer.  And margaritas.  Oh hell, I like to drink.  So why not make a living with what I enjoy.  At first I thought about a winery in Indiana.  I will miss the weekends at the winery listening to bands and drinking wine.  Currently, there are six or seven wineries in the area and a couple of real nice wine shops.

Then I remembered all the rose bushes and other herbalesque victims I've nurtured.  At least when I plant things, I'm halfway done with the burial.  I'm sure given time and patience, I could grow some lovely grapes and other fruit to ferment.  But that sounds like more work than I want to take one.

Then I remembered the Tin Roof.  It was a nice little place with fancy frou frou coffee drinks and a nice selection of wine and beer.  They served dinner and often had bands entertaining customers.  Why not bring the winery experience to the Fort?  A nice building down town an extensive selection of wine.  I was even thinking of doing something kitchy, like featuring only domestic wines. And, since there are now wineries in all fifty states, I'll have the largest selection of domestic wines in the country.  At least one from white and red from each state.  B.B. King will provide the blues.

Sucker!!

Yup, I'm a sucker.  For a free tote bag.  If the bag is roomy enough or exceptionally cute, I'll bite on a purchase with purchase offer.  The last one, the obnoxious metallic Pink tote Victoria's Secret they at me on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. 

I was going to buy some of the fragrant lotions and potions anyway, but a huge shiny bag for an extra ten bucks, jackpot.  I think.  

That's why I love this time of year.  All the department store cosmetic counters will throw in a shit ton of freebies if you spend enough money.  And the fragrance gift sets are full a swag this year.

And now with the emphasis being green, the free and cheap tote bags are everywhere.  And extra dollar or two will garner a reusable grocery bag at most grocery, discount, and department stores.  Some even offer to donate part of the proceeds (not sure which part) to some environmentally friendly charity.

At this point, I have so many large totes that I use them as shopping bags.  I am the most fashionable bitch at Wal-Mart.