So, I've been in Bradenton for a week, and it's been alright so far.  Well, if you subtract the issue with my roommate over the weekend, it's been great.  I meeting new people, making friends, even managed to get rehired by Outback.  Got to call the KM tomorrow and find out when I start, but I will be making a dollar more an hour than my last rate ( Read more... )

Assume you are involved in the following situation:  Your roommate has custody of her two children every other weekend.  On the weekend she has them, she comes to you and asks you to watch them for an hour or two while she meets with her boss.  Then, she disappears for 6 hours.  A friend later tells you that she was out at a bar, a fact that she ( Read more... )

Well, I arrived safe and sound in Bradenton yesterday.  The weather is gorgeous, so I think I'm going to hit the drum circle on Siesta Key tonight.  Only been here a day and I'm loving every minute of it.  I begin interviewing for jobs tomorrow, so hopefully I'll have good news to report on the work front this week.  Anyways, it's far too nice ( Read more... )

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Still here, for one more night.  If my check isn't in tomorrow, I'm going to have to raise some hell.   So, anyone want to hang tonight?

This is it.  The Big Goodbye.  I'm leaving for Bradenton on Wednesday, with high hopes and a stomach full of butterflies.  It's kind of funny.  I've never lived anywhere where it's warm year round.  I mean, it's plenty warm in Georgia, but the miserable if brief winter does kind of temper that.  Nope, it's sunshine and palm trees for this guy.  But ( Read more... )

Ok, you fiends, here's some more pics of my Bradenton Trip.


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Wow.  I'm not entirely sure it's legal to have the kind of fun I had in South Florida.  It was sunny and warm all weekend.  I got to go to the beach a couple of times, drank way too much, and even signed the lease on my new place.  The move-in date is January 30th, or about 3 weeks away.  I'm getting pretty excited.  I love it down there.  And, the ( Read more... )