I am bummed. I got my mail from Pat Ford about a week ago, announcing the new locale for the F100 Supernationals, and I while I' really glad they finally moved the event, I have on big problem:

I can't make it this year.

Some of y'all that know me know I was laid off just short of a year ago. I took the opportunity to finish my education, so now I'm a middle aged guy lurking the campus of the University of Kentucky. That's the good news, of course, but the upshot is that the money isn't there for me to go to the Supernats this year.

Dang. And here Grover is celebrating his fiftieth birhtday.....

 

ah...cheer up. At least you are still breathing.

 

Yeah, but I'm breathing in long, sad sighs that make me sound like Rosie the Robot......

 

Maybe you could still get together with a few of the guys that are going... just hang out, see how things are going, etc
Sorry about you not being able to go...
Im not going either

 

Happy birthday, Bubba.

 

Be thankful that money is the only issue , I got laid off due to 911 from a great job that was on the edge of making me enough to retire at 40. After a hell of a long time of applying all over the usa I then got a job with an ex old high school friend who in turned wanted me to bring drugs back from vancouver , canada instead of install electrical fixtures as I was hired to do. SO-- guess what had to quit that job and come home with nothing- left him in the middle of the night the day before I was suppose to go to vancouver from washington border. Still searching for a job all the time I got sick with a strange illness whereas it took over a year and half and many doctors to find out that my intestines did not shake all the time like they are suppose to (didn't know that before) nearly dies 7 times in that period of time. Finally I get my health in check and return back to a votech to learn a building trade and I find out that my spouses son has been molesting children from the time he was very young- as did his bio-father, and his father-- The sad part is I gave this child everything and she knew he was guilty of this for 8 years before she met me . AFter that I felt a moral obligation even though he was not mine and I spent almost my last penny on every kind of therapy possible and juvenile homes so that he would receive adequate therapy and no other person would ever be hurt by him again. Then I found out that my spouse of almost five years has been cheating on me, spent all I had left in savings, and you got it pressed charges against me for abusing her so that I would have no chance of getting what I have left in possession-- yeah no tv, no, appliances I bought, tools, would not give my car back , and not even my clothes. So, here I am not wanting any pitty but just explaining that life can be a hell of alot worse than merely missing money-- after all this I will probably see money when I am 80 or more-- I went from the edge of being a millionaire to a person that is almost homeless and alone. I just wish you Good luck & I hope the best just don't let it get you down- hell look at my life and you can laugh-- just pat yourself on your back because you are not like alot of people and not trying you are doing all you can do - someday your reward will come- don't ever give up-- best of luck-happy trails.