So a lot of changes since the last blog and some big ones at that. You can probably guess by the photo that a new addition happened. Meet Kaya. She was rescued from the SPCA at 4 months old and this picture is from the first week or so that she came home. She is much bigger now as this photo was in January. I will post a more recent photo of her in the next blog. Although I don’t really want to turn my blog (not that it is much of a blog anyway – last post was over a year ago – yikes) into a dog blog. She is a very sweet dog but as anyone with a puppy knows, a lot of work. So that is the first big change.
The other change is really much bigger, for the first time in over two decades I am earning my living doing something other then music. It is kinda sad. But it is also ok. I think I look at it as a necessary step. For those following along you know that when my main gig ended in 2017 and when that did I decided to work full time on the site. My goal was to get the site earning enough to pay my bills and allow me to keep writing and working on the site each day. I gave myself a year. It was a tough year mentally. I made a lot of progress and lots of new members joined, however not enough to pay all the bills. If you are reading this and are a member or were a member for any period of time, I thank you from the bottom of my heart and cannot express to you my gratitude and the importance of each and every one of you. Not only did you contribute to putting food on my table for myself and my boys, you gave me the much needed hope that allowed me to continue.
And before I go much further, I have not given up on the site nor have I stopped working on the site. And I certainly haven’t given up writing and performing music. It has always been my passion and my love. I don’t see that ever ending. It is just that for the first time in my adult life I have a “real” 40 hour a week job. I gotta say I was a lucky guy for my whole life. This whole 40 hour a week thing, working for someone else, it is odd to me. But again, it is ok, it is what it is. So you are probably asking what on earth am I doing if I am not doing music. I am assuming if you have read this far, you probably have interest. You ready? I am working for a collection agency selling cars, suvs, yachts, motorhomes, motorcycles and other vehicles people were not able to pay for. Just this past week a 2018 Lamborghini Huracan, 2018 Mercedes SL63 AMG and a 2018 Bentley SUV (I didn’t even know Bentley made an SUV) came in. And for those who are unaware, I have always been a car guy. I love cars. Learning about them, driving them, working on them. Although prior to now, it has always just been a hobby. So now I find myself learning about them in order to sell them. As far as having to work a 40 hour a week job, I am ok with the choice I made.
But let’s come back to the important stuff. Music. I have been working on the site relatively consistently for the last few months. The first few months after the job started I wasn’t doing much, I think between a new job and a puppy I was finding it hard. Now I have settled into the job and the puppy is 11 months old and getting easier and I am finding myself getting excited about the site again and writing. I have been doing a lot of writing and sharing some of the new ideas on the site. I will post a page soon with the new ideas. It is actually up now but the page name is going to change so I don’t want to post it here or the link will be no good once it changes. Also I will be back making videos soon and getting back into the live streams. I have one set for Sept. 12 🙂
Thanks so much for reading this and all the support everyone has given me. In some weird way, I almost feel like it is all just beginning.