So now it’s official.
I am unemployed. I never thought
that I would enter this category, in the method that I did. I thought maybe due to the fall in oil
prices, or maybe an injury. I never thought
it would be because I became a liability, or the pain would be too severe, or
the cold would get to me, or the amount of time I have to spend at home hooked
up to a bag of chemicals, and worst of all, that I just couldn’t do the
work. If I had anything to bitch about
having cancer, it would be not working.
I know that this is a period in my life that I must go through. I don’t like it, but I will complete this task
with a heavy heart and optimism. It is
just another wrench thrown into the works.
I have begun to think about all of the things that I could
do, with the time that I will have.
Writing my books is just one of them.
Keeping a clean house is one.
Building a cool porch this spring is one that I would like to accomplish. Getting our camper ready for camping is
another. Finishing our yard would be
great. I even want to make a doll. Hold the phone! Yes, I did say make a doll. I want to make a travel bug that will travel
with us and take pictures of it when we find cool caches. I have this idea for a doll that I think
would be very cool; a doll about ten to twelve inches in height, dressed in an
adventurer clothing, a porcelain face and hands, two ribbons on an arm (one
light blue and one peach – each one representing the types of cancer my wife
and I have), and a leather strap across his chest that has our geocaching name
on it. I also want to work on our
geocaching caches, old ones and new ones.
I have a friend in the geocaching community that has some cool ideas for
caches. I think between the two of us we
could make some pretty cool ones. There
is one that I would like to make that requires people to walk inside of to sign
the log book, and possibly trade some travel bugs. I have a jeweler kit and a leather works kit
that I would like to dive into.
My wife is worried that I will get depressed while being
stuck at home. I’ve tried to tell her
that I wouldn’t, but she is convinced that I am too use to working and that
staying at home will drive into a depression that I won’t easily recover
from. I can see where she gets the idea
from. We took a vacation in 2014, and by
the time we got home I was dying to go to work.
I love working! Something I wish
more people loved to do. I know that
this will get difficult at times. It
already has. So far since I started
chemo, I have to stay home for two days.
In those two days I get so bored it’s pathetic. I have to go without work for a while. How long?
I don’t know the answer to that question. Hopefully I will get an answer in a few
weeks. I know the day will come that I
will be able to return to the working class.
I plan on getting into shape before that day arrives.
What makes this hard is; I want to work, but my body says
no! I don’t want people to think that I
was forced into not working by my boss.
He didn’t force me into shit. As
a matter of fact, he is one of my biggest supporters with this cancer. He let me work, when he knew that it wasn’t a
good idea for me to be out in the cold weather.
I have a ton of respect for the man.
I have literally seen him give the shirt off of his back to an employee
that needed an FRC shirt to work in. So
let’s get the record straight here.
Cancer has forced me into not working and nothing else. If I didn’t have cancer, my ass would be in
bed right now so I would be ready for work the next day.
Anyways, back to the things I could do…
One novel is a creature feature (if you will). That novel is titled “Hawthorne’s Bend” and
should be completed later this year. The
other novel is a haunted house story, it’s title is “Abaddon” and it should be
ready by Halloween. Both books will
first be released in E-Book format. Hard
copies will be released after that, and that is if they do well
electronically. Both books are in the
final revision stages and before you ask, NO, no one is allowed to read them
just yet. I will tell you this about the
books; My mother wouldn’t read them. Too
scary. Both books have some not so nice
moments in them. I am however working on
a book that my mother could read. I have
mentioned it before. That story is about
a family and the tragedy that they go through, it’s titled “Reflections” and it
will be a year or two before it will come out.
I have several short stories that will be released this year as
well. Keep in mind that all of these
stories, are stories that I have been working on for a very long time. Some have been with me since high school,
while some have been as recent as a month ago.
I’m always thinking about these stories and constantly coming up with
new ones. So with that being said, stay
tuned, I even have an idea for this blog.
I will release a short story in this blog. This blog will have some different pages to
it and one of them will be dedicated to the story. What that story is about, well I’ll say this;
Metallica songs will be referenced a lot, the world has changed for the worst,
a creature will hunt and kill, a man will be forced to do something he fears,
and hopefully the reader will be engulfed within the story. Like I said, it will come out in future posts
as a series. I’m not sure about a title
as of yet. Maybe I will make a trailer
to it and have (YOU) vote on a title, maybe.
When I begin to work on the porch, I may need some
help. So if you have nothing better to
do, I may ask for some help. The yard
work is something I can do on my own. I’ve
had some cool plans for the barren waste land we have for a yard. I have a new GoPro camera and some ideas on
what I want to do with it, so when I finish those videos you might want to
check out my YouTube page. I don’t have
anything on it now, but I will one day.
I am also open to new ideas.
So if you have something in mind that you think I would enjoy or
something that I should do, or just want to go fishing or geocaching with me
just let me know. I suppose that’s all I
want to say for now. So my friends, have
a wonderful weekend and please be safe out there.
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