[RACN35]

I retired from the military....worked on jets for 22 years. Airframes and hydraulics. Now I am a welder.....when I wanna be,that is.

2007 was the most I ever got to fish in my life.......

The story behind the story is this::: I retired from the Navy in 2001 after 22 years of service to my country. Trying to adjust my income from the active duty to retired will not cut it so I went to work in P-town as a welder .....there I worked for the next 4 years......7 days a week to make up for the money I used to make.....I worked millions of hours overtime and didnt get any time to do anything at all......for over 3 years I didnt get to fish,hunt or drive my race car at all. Then as some know I had cancer, spent a year in the hospitial and kicked cancers ass, went right back to work fulltime AGAIN and my boss said man you need to take some time off......so I started working every other day and then finally just came in when they called me in 2006. I am not one to go on the internet and beg for prayers and sympathy in any way because I was in the hospitial everyday for over a year, I never posted it once........very simply I look at LIFE way way way differant now and as 2007 proves I will spend the rest of my life doing what I like more than punching a clock making some one else rich !! You all can go to work Monday but I'll be fishing ...........I paid my dues, paids off all my bills, bought a new truck & boat .........what good did it do me to work 7 days a week and bank my paycheck just for some doctor to tell me I have less than 6 months to live ......that was 3 years ago........I had my monthly probing at the hospitial YESTERDAY........bad news folks..........your stuck with me a while longer !!!