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First off, let me say that my plan is for a bit less drama than before. Can't guarantee zero drama, though, LOL.
So, this is what I have been doing the last couple of years:
1. Stay at home dad. Take the kids to sports events, cook dinner, do most of the chores. Though, I still own my DJ business, and DJ kind of when I want to.
2. Tried to start an internet travel forum with an entirely different take than any other travel forum I ever saw. Unfortunately, my partner in the business developed kidney cancer and walked away from the whole business...... totally understandable, but without him, I couldn't handle the website mechanics. We had also planned another website based on food wars within a city.... like the locally famous Philly Cheesesteak "wars"....... but we would have covered all the bases of local eating. Again, we had a slant we had not seen before.
3. Bought and sold lots of Netflix stock....... I hope you guys got in on it...... I did very well, but took profits way too early.
4. My mother fell in a Walmart, and almost immediately developed dementia. She is now in a nursing home. It wasn't Walmart's fault. It sort of turned my life upside down, but over time, she has actually improved. When she was at her worst, it would have been quite comical to listen to the things she said, if it wasn't so sad. We were planning on building an addition onto our home to take care of her, as she needs 24 hour care. But we were advised that that would ruin our home life by several people who had tried that, so she ended up in a nursing home. Turned out to be the right call.
5. I wrote a chapter of a book that was published. It sold about 1000 copies. I made no money on it, but am still glad that I did it.
6. Lost 25 more pounds, but still need to lose 80 more.
7. Really hurt my back doing something stupid. I was assistant coaching a girls softball team. I was batting for infield practice. After about 150 swings, I asked the other coaches - all women - to take over. None would. So I continued to bat..... to the tune of about 450 swings in 90 minutes. I was feeling awesome. Two days later, the pain set in. It is now 11 months later and I am still in lots of pain. Nobody can figure it out. I was put on steroids for a week and I felt GREAT..... Two days after the steroid prescription was over, the pain came back just as bad as before. Some days the pain is like an 8 out of 10..... on a good day it is like a 5 out of 10.
8. I have taken up Indian and Chinese cooking as a hobby. I have been approached by someone to open a casual cooking school for regular folks. ( There are about 5 of them within a 20 mile radius of where I live, and they seem to do pretty well. ) I love the idea, but don't love the investor. Probably not going to do it, but I think my wife wants me to.
9. Have won a few more local BBQ awards, though, my passion for BBQ has waned. I likely will never enter another BBQ contest.
10. Been on a roll with fantasy football. Won both of my leagues last season, and one had some pretty decent money involved. Also won a Super Bowl box pool worth $6000. But strangely enough, I find myself enjoying actual football less and less. It's almost all about fantasy football these days, except I still watch the Eagles.
11. Going through a rough patch with the wife.... pretty sure we will get through it, but some days are brutal.
12. My kids are doing incredibly well in school. Both are in gifted programs, and both are in the top 2% of students in our school district. They have both been asked to enter a new computer program at their school. It was touted as being for those "with exceptional learning capacity." They didn't want to do it at first because they thought they would be in a class with almost all boys. As it turns out, the class is 75% girls. My girls are both 13.
Anyway, that's what I have been doing the last 2 years. BTW, who owns this site these days? I think I heard that Bob no longer does. Oh, and congratulations to those of you who I have heard on Sirius / XM radio for fantasy sports.
So, this is what I have been doing the last couple of years:
1. Stay at home dad. Take the kids to sports events, cook dinner, do most of the chores. Though, I still own my DJ business, and DJ kind of when I want to.
2. Tried to start an internet travel forum with an entirely different take than any other travel forum I ever saw. Unfortunately, my partner in the business developed kidney cancer and walked away from the whole business...... totally understandable, but without him, I couldn't handle the website mechanics. We had also planned another website based on food wars within a city.... like the locally famous Philly Cheesesteak "wars"....... but we would have covered all the bases of local eating. Again, we had a slant we had not seen before.
3. Bought and sold lots of Netflix stock....... I hope you guys got in on it...... I did very well, but took profits way too early.
4. My mother fell in a Walmart, and almost immediately developed dementia. She is now in a nursing home. It wasn't Walmart's fault. It sort of turned my life upside down, but over time, she has actually improved. When she was at her worst, it would have been quite comical to listen to the things she said, if it wasn't so sad. We were planning on building an addition onto our home to take care of her, as she needs 24 hour care. But we were advised that that would ruin our home life by several people who had tried that, so she ended up in a nursing home. Turned out to be the right call.
5. I wrote a chapter of a book that was published. It sold about 1000 copies. I made no money on it, but am still glad that I did it.
6. Lost 25 more pounds, but still need to lose 80 more.
7. Really hurt my back doing something stupid. I was assistant coaching a girls softball team. I was batting for infield practice. After about 150 swings, I asked the other coaches - all women - to take over. None would. So I continued to bat..... to the tune of about 450 swings in 90 minutes. I was feeling awesome. Two days later, the pain set in. It is now 11 months later and I am still in lots of pain. Nobody can figure it out. I was put on steroids for a week and I felt GREAT..... Two days after the steroid prescription was over, the pain came back just as bad as before. Some days the pain is like an 8 out of 10..... on a good day it is like a 5 out of 10.
8. I have taken up Indian and Chinese cooking as a hobby. I have been approached by someone to open a casual cooking school for regular folks. ( There are about 5 of them within a 20 mile radius of where I live, and they seem to do pretty well. ) I love the idea, but don't love the investor. Probably not going to do it, but I think my wife wants me to.
9. Have won a few more local BBQ awards, though, my passion for BBQ has waned. I likely will never enter another BBQ contest.
10. Been on a roll with fantasy football. Won both of my leagues last season, and one had some pretty decent money involved. Also won a Super Bowl box pool worth $6000. But strangely enough, I find myself enjoying actual football less and less. It's almost all about fantasy football these days, except I still watch the Eagles.
11. Going through a rough patch with the wife.... pretty sure we will get through it, but some days are brutal.
12. My kids are doing incredibly well in school. Both are in gifted programs, and both are in the top 2% of students in our school district. They have both been asked to enter a new computer program at their school. It was touted as being for those "with exceptional learning capacity." They didn't want to do it at first because they thought they would be in a class with almost all boys. As it turns out, the class is 75% girls. My girls are both 13.
Anyway, that's what I have been doing the last 2 years. BTW, who owns this site these days? I think I heard that Bob no longer does. Oh, and congratulations to those of you who I have heard on Sirius / XM radio for fantasy sports.
- Wonderboy
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