So I haven’t posted or used this site in forever. To be honest I might not of again if it wasn’t for me checking my credit card statement and finding the autopay was still active. This was probably the largest amount I’ve had for one of those auto-pays that you setup and forget about. It hurt, but what’s done is done. So I’ve decided to dust off the Cobwebs and see If I can breathe some new life into this.
Whats Been Going On in My Life for the past two years?
Frankly a lot, the last time I had posted anything on here I was in an entirely different place in my life. My focus has changed considerably in the past 24 months, We had the world wide pandemic, which caused quite a stir. I had started a new job position just before the Pandemic hit. February 24th 2020 was my first day on the job as General Manager of a Moving Truck Rental shop, I had only been with the company for 10 months and 10 days when I Took over one of their stores. The Pandemic took us for a spin, with people scared to leave their houses we stayed open and operated with limited staff, I had focused all my time and energy on the store, working 80 hour weeks and still coming up with things not being good enough, working myself to the bone, sweat blood and tears. I spent the first six months there working without a day off – and this was all by choice. I was not being forced or asked to do it. I had thrown myself into it head first, It was one of those moments where you either sink or swim, and I’ve been treading water ever since. I’m not going to say I didn’t struggle with some things, I still have those moments where I mess things up or don’t have the answer. To keep it short during my first year we turned around the profits for the store, coming from a -19k loss the previous year to a 59k profit my first year as General Manager. So far this Fiscal year we are already around 90k in profits. I spend a lot of time looking at the numbers, and how they correlate with each other. Sometimes I have to be reminded its not all about the PnL statement, but also the small storage facilities delinquency, which is one area I have struggled managing, Having too few people who are moving in and paying their bills and too Many people just skipping out on paying and not keeping in contact with us.
Later on in the year I had some drama in my house, ended up getting temporary kicked out of my house and spent some time living with my grandmother. Soon after the new year started and I was able to come home, not long after (maybe a month or so) my uncle who I had lived with for the past 3-4 years passed away, we didn’t see it coming and since I had already lived with him and his German Shepherd Deputy Dawg, I decided to take him in so he wouldn’t go to a shelter. Since then its been 9 or so months, he and my dog Bailey have been getting to know each other and learning to get along. I’ve recently started up an old Hobby of Growing Marijuana, its legal to grow here and I’m excited to see how that turns out. That in itself should be its own story since I did end up finding 10 marijuana plants behind my job that someone had tossed away. Anyway I’ll wrap this up by saying Welcome Back, and its good to be back.
Until next time Heres a picture of Deputy Dawg from around the time my uncle passed.
