One of Those Weeks

It’s been a rough week or so for sir quadness. As a result, I have been in a little bit of a funk.

A week from last Thursday, we (the school) found out that a former student (was in my department) had committed suicide. If that wasn’t tragic enough, this young lady was only 32 and had a couple of children. Then we find out from the autopsy that there were “indications of bruises” on her body/face as well as “pills being forced” in her mouth. So who the hell knows.

That Saturday, we had all of my wife’s family that is local over at the house for a seafood fest. At one point, my mother-in-law yelled at my daughter (not by my current wife). Her yelling isn’t what upset me, but the way she looked at my daughter when she said it. it was a look of pure hatred. Regardless, I told my mother-in-law that she “needed to get that look off her face” because she didn’t need to look at my daughter that way to get her point across. MQ pitched in and was trying to defend her mom, then I told everyone it didn’t matter, just “chill the hell out.” Before my in-laws left, I apologized to my mother-in-law.

Well, I haven’t seen them since. We invited them over this weekend but she said “it was too early.”

“too early for what?” I asked MQ.

“too early for her to get over you disrespecting her.”

“disrespecting her? What the hell?”

Then she told me how her mom was feeling. It sort of pissed me off because her mom is one of those strong willed women that will tell you exactly what she thinks whenever she wants, disregarding respect, feelings, or whatever. AND NEVER APOLOGIZES!!! But the minute someone stands up to her, she feels disrespected.

“just as well.” MQ said. “it was getting a little much seeing them all the time anyway.”

Whew. At least MQ knows where I am coming from.

I played golf with hor-hey, jake-o and double-l that weekend as well. I shot a 10 on number one. Here’s the kicker. I shot a ten, we (me and double l) were up by two holes, and I was up on hor hey by two strokes after 9.

Then, of course, we make the turn and the beer kicks in. by the 10th hole, we had downed almost a 12 pack (double l wasn’t drinking). I ended up shooting a 100 and losing 4 holes to jake and hor-hey. No matter. It was a good time. It’s always a good time.

The week at work was weird. It was like everyone has been in a pissy mood. I think everyone at work was going through their 28-day cycle all at once. It was weird. I can’t even explain it.

There was also another death within the Brotherhood family, but I won’t talk about it.

So all of that and a bag of chips too, and you can see why Quad is a little out of his element. On a more positive note……………

I found a 23 unit apartment complex I was interested in that is on the market for 1.3 mil. Regardless of my offer price, if I make an offer, I was approved for 90% loan to value. Man, it’s good to know that I have that kind of fundage at my disposal. I didn’t like the terms originally set out by the lender, so I am shopping around. Things are happening, and it looks like my plan to have enough investments by September so I can quit teaching full time is right on track. Funny thing………the more things happen with my company, the more I seem to dislike my job……..maybe it’s knowing that at some point in the next 9 months (providing everything plays out accordingly) I won’t have to rely on someone else for money; that I’ll be completely self sufficient.