“A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained.” —Joseph Story (1833)
“We’re gonna seize their yachts from ill be gotten gains, the kle kle kle kleptocras…these are bad guys.” -Joe Biden (2022)
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Today, my alarm went off at 4:30, like it has for most of the last 30 years.
Today, I went to work at a cabinet shop, like I have for the better part of 30 years.
Today, I left a cabinet shop for the last time.
I’ve been designing, building, or installing cabinets for most of the last 30 years (took three years out, while managing a toy store). Around August of this year, I realized I was tired of working in cabinets. I started casting around, knowing that I still need to provide for my family for at least another 13 1/2 years (mortgage, you know …) and into my lap fell the opportunity to be the construction manager for a property management group.
I talked it over with my beautiful bride. I prayed about it – long and hard! – and sought His will for my life. The week after Thanksgiving, I knocked on my boss’s door and had a long talk with him. I had only been working in this shop for three years, but I felt like I had finally found the shop I should have been in all along (including the time I worked for the worst boss possible – myself) and I owed him the courtesy of a long discussion. It wasn’t the money. It wasn’t the workplace. It wasn’t the people.
It was, however, time. He was disappointed. He had seen the office crew really start humming along since I came on board, he was sorry to see me go, and he said that if, for whatever reason, it didn’t work out, to give him a call, because he would take me back in a heartbeat.
I was the preliminary designer, you see, and it was my work that got approved or adjusted by the customer. I would meet with them, measure their spaces, and work with their requirements to create what they needed. I had the knowledge to keep the paperwork part organized, and the OCD-ness to stay on the customers until ALL the questions were answered. Sometimes this resulted in overly polite and extremely professional emails and phone calls basically telling certain interior designers and project superintendents to get off their butts and make some decisions, but that’s what it took!
I love making peoples dreams become realities. I will still be able to do that, but from a different perspective, and for a more limited number of people – the investors in the property management group. I am really looking forward to this next stage in my career path.
The last 30 years have been challenging. I have been injured in this industry (although I can still count to ten without taking off my shoes). I have seen coworkers fatally injured with the tools we use every day. I have had some pretty loud discussions regarding the heritage of interior designers, I have fired customers, fired people I supervised, and fired a pair of bosses once (they owned the company, and were divorced. Messy, and bipolar, and dys___ctional – meaning there was no fun there).
I have met the most talented people in this industry, some famous names have my work in their homes, and met some leaders in the entertainment and sports industries that are nothing like their public personas – and others who are the most down-to-earth and wonderful people you would ever want to meet.
The bottom line for me is – this is the end of an era, and the start of a new one.
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Weird – had the round-up all written up and ready to go, and it disappeared.
Gone – nowhere to be seen. No trace of it.
Instead of my witty repartee, you get to read this lame excuse for no round up, and run down my daily read list in the side column, because I can’t recreate what I had. I would like to, but it’s time to stop splitting between the computer and MEG and pay attention to her only.
Sorry about that. Hope ya’ll have a good day.
ring ring ring RING RING RIIIINNNNNGGGGG
Hello, MSM?
Yeah, it’s me, the American public. Sorry to wake you up, but it’s kind of important. I know you told me everything would be OK once TEH ONE was elected, but it’s really not looking good from where I live. And all the scare articles about global warming? Doesn’t help that you only report one side of the story. Whatever happened to you, MSM? I used to be able to trust you to tell me the whole story. I used to enjoy snapping open a fresh copy of the paper, or turning on the news. Now, I would rather scope out the sources on the internet and come to my own conclusions – since you aren’t telling me everything. You really need to get off of whatever you’ve been snorting, man – everyone is talking about how you can’t even do your job anymore. They’re saying you are going to be dropped, and instead of finding someone else to do your job, the customers are going to do it for themselves. Truthfully, you have really been pushing the limits of my generosity. I mean, the only reason I still have a paper delivered is because I like to hold it my hands, and be able to go back and re-read something at my leisure. I like to scan the headlines, and then go in-depth on the articles that I think might not be slanted to the left. Sure, I skip right over anything with “Obama” in the headline, but only because YOU keep lying to me about what he said compared to what he’s doing now.
Really, MSM, I just wanted to call and say that while it’s been fun, I just can’t invest any more of my emotional bankroll in you. I’m breaking it off. But trust me – it’s not me, it’s you. Sorry, dude, you broke a trust that you had spent years building up, and now look at your place. Campaign posters all over the walls and floor, and the election was months ago, dude. That party is so over, you should clean your place up. Nobody likes to come over anymore because of the mess.
Anyway, I hope you can get your life back together. I’m not saying I’ll come running back to you if you DO get your act cleaned up, but I may be willing to look in on you now and again if I see that things improve.
Goodbye, MSM. Good luck.
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Missed a few days there – sorry about that. I got a small remodel job, and I’ve been trying to squeeze in time to work on that in between job hunting and chasing after a certain 2 year old.
Oh, and my nephew (the son of LeaAnn) got married this weekend. It was good to see the family in the area. I was doing OK until I saw my other sister wearing the outfit that LeaAnn was supposed to wear at Sean’s wedding. I gathered myself back up, went and hugged necks of my two brothers and their families that were in attendance, and then caught myself scanning the crowd for LeaAnn.
Nah, that’s not why I put my shades back on. It’s because the wedding was outside on a golf course on a sunny day that I put my shades back on.
No, really.
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