Random Talk

[killamajig]

Next week I'm doing a recon of the L.A. area before I move back out there permanently (i lived out there over 20yrs ago). After I got all my disability approved I know what my buget will be for this move. I'm even considering "The Van Life" and get me an small RV to live in and go where I please.

If no one cares I'll post some pics if I see anything interesting on my journey.

Oh and I bought a 2008 Sebring convertable for less than 5k so I can arrive in L.A. with style. It's got some rust but the top goes up and down and doesn't leak so the important things work.  I've owned jeeps and motorcycles all my life and didn't know how much I missed being able to drive around and "blow the stink off" as my daddy used to say.

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My health isn't great so I hope my body is up to this. I'm the last person alive in my family so it doesn't matter where I stay now and this place is too boring for a guy with too much time on his hands. I lived life by burning the candle at both ends because in my family you were either dead or in prison at my age (55) The joke was I got a job at a prison to fulfill the family curse. When I got my heart issues over 5 yrs ago I thought that was the sign I was about to check out but here I am on disability and no friends or family to spend all new free time. I literally lost friends because they thought I was dying and avoided hanging out with me since it made them feel bad. I reminded them that life can end at any minute, I guess. I died and was resuscitated on the way to the hospital, experiencing one of those life-flashing-before-your-eyes moments. I wanted to talk about it, but my friends seemed freaked out by what I shared about the experience. I understood, but at the same time, I could tell things wouldn’t be the same with my girlfriend or regular friends. I became a hermit over the past few years while waiting to see if I was sick enough to qualify for disability. A process that normally takes a year or two ended up dragging on for five years. COVID really strained the system, and the past five years have been the worst time to try to get on it. Meanwhile, I lost all my savings and so much weight that old friends didn’t even recognize me. This is the long way of saying I think I need a fresh start.