So, I’ve been meaning to write this update for about 3.5 weeks now…and I figure its about time that I do that…where to start..there is so much to update about…

Lets start first off with the whole trailer thing.  I did finally manage to get a trailer.  I hadn’t talked about this one at all in any of my previous blogs.  I had come across this one as it was on my way home through the park.  It was originally listed on sale for $4500, so I didn’t even think to look twice at it.  Now it was listed for quite a while and it didn’t look like a half bad place, but i didn’t know much about it or the guy that owned it.  Well, after a while I noticed that it had gone from being listed at $4500, to Make Offer.  So that piqued my interest very quick.  I looked at the place and it was trashed…I mean, livable trashed, but this guy lived here…alone, as a bachelor, for more than 10 years…there was ONE path from one end of the trailer to another…and it was CLUTTERED, DIRTY, SMELLY, DUSTY, and just yuck.  So yeah, I bet you can imagine just a little bit what it was like.  The guy told me that he was going to just turn the title in to the park at the end of the month if he doesn’t have it sold by then.  So I figured, to help him out, I’d offer him $200 and he could also get his security deposit back from the park, so he’d at least have $500 leaving the park instead of losing his security deposit and not getting anything from selling this place.  Well, he decided that wasn’t good enough and wanted at least $500 for it.  He was going to turn it in to the park anyways at the end of the month, so I basically told him to shove it and I’d wait.  So he moved out, and at the beginning of the next month I got in and started cleaning…and OMG…I didn’t know someone could live like he did…it was dirty and nasty and just ewww.  I was pretty much in awe at how he was living in this place.  I did manage to get moved in at the beginning of August.  It was really cool because I didn’t have to start paying rent until September because the title couldn’t be put in my name as the park was still waiting for the lost title to come back from SOS.  Another funny thing about that, I wound up not having to pay my gas bill until after October, because apparently, even though I setup an account and a start service with the gas company, because the previous owner never stopped the gas service in his name he was responsible for the bill and they were going to hold him accountable.  So that was a plus.  All in all, I like this place.  There hasn’t been much to complain about this place.  I needed a new faucet in the kitchen, and I need to replace the floor in the hallway.  There are a few small things I’d like to do, but not much.  I had to buy medicine cabinets and a fridge.  I’d like to get new toilets and faucets in the bathrooms and tub.  But other than that, things are well.  Its nice to have something that I can call my own and nobody else can tell me what I can or can’t do with it.  The only issue i’ve had, was I had to replace the burner and gas valve in my furnace because the gas valve had died and I couldn’t get a replacement because the furnace is so old.  It was only by luck I found another furnace that had the exact same burner that I needed and would fit my furnace.  Only $50 too

So, I moved out on my own into my own place   I’ve also made a few other changes.

I picked up a second job.  So now on top of working at Iserv, I also work for Coopersville Emergency Services.  So, what I do is basically I do traffic control, canteen service for fires, and storm watch.  All in all it’s fun.  Haven’t had too many fires to attend to, it hasn’t been bad.  I do enjoy doing it, plus I get paid for it too.  I wasn’t expecting that, but it’s nice. 

Mikelann and I aren’t together anymore.  She wasn’t happy here, she missed home too much, and I wasn’t going to make her stay out here just for me, its not the right reason to do it.  So her and I broke it off and she moved back home.  Best for all, and I’ve got not hard feelings, no regrets either.  Live and learn.  Everything happens for a reason.

More exciting news!!!

Nicole and I started dating.  1/1/09   This woman, is amazing.  She really, honestly, truly is.  She makes me the happiest I’ve ever been.  I’ve never felt this way about anyone before.  Ever.  It’s just completely amazing.  Everything with her is just so right, so perfect.  Even the mundane tasks of everyday life are fun to do, cleaning, shopping, etc.  I’m so in love with her, it’s unbelievable.  I mean, even love seems to disgrace what her and I share.  I truly honestly see her as the woman I marry.  I’m pretty fairly sure that I’m going to marry her.  We haven’t even been dating for a month yet, but we’ve known each other for more than 3 years, and we were BEST friends before we even thought about this…I mean, she’s been moved in 2 weeks already.  Life is amazing.  I’m sooo happy with her, it’s so hard to describe.  It’s just. PERFECT.  That’s the best I can describe her and I.

I think that’s going to be it for the update for now.  TTFN

’til next time

~Michael