Had two incidents today that succeeded in shaking us up quite a bit. First, the power company stopped by to shut off our electricity. They wanted a bunch of money that we didn't have and would not negotiate or wait in the least bit. We ended up writing a check on the account that has the money we've been saving to move away with. Almost $300 buck down the tubes. Power here is very expensive.

Second I got a call from an old friend at Games Workshop. It seems that he was thinking of hiring me back in Seattle and wanted to ask me a few questions about my termination. After explaining the whole sordid affair with him he then tells me that he spoke to my old boss who painted a much different picture. In my friends words the victor writes the history and my reputation at GW is not good thanks to him. Despite the fact that my old boss said he would not bad mouth me and had lots of good stuff to say about me, he proceeded to run me down to a new prospective boss within the company. It's bad enough he had to fire me for no reason, now he's gonna damage my future! Talk about kicking a man when he's down!! It's like I continue to say, the king of rats is still just a rat. He'll get his come-up-ins. With the crappy job it looks like he is doing with my old store and the whole facility, someone is sure to call into question why he was hired in the first place.

I guess it is really my fault for placing my faith in people, and in a company. I had a gut feeling about my old boss and I should have listened to it. That really has been my problem over the past couple of years. I haven't listened to my instincts and I look for the reasoned approach to things. It is reason that had us leave Siskiyou county when we had it all there. Well, reason is not wisdom, and my instincts tell me now that the wise thing to do is return home and make a new life with people whom we love and respect.