Chapter 130: Calming Waters
Yesterday I got up feeling shitty. I was sleeping on a couch. My back hurt. I could see a friendship deteriorating rapidly in front of my eyes. The only thing I had going for me was the fact that my driver was starting in the fourth row at Loudon. What a reversal the day had in store for me.
I found out through the grapevine that one of my friends here on the Coast had just moved in with a former Hands On'r over by Keesler in a three-bedroom house that has housed some of the greats at HOGC including the Falcon and Miss Carrie O'Neal. Anyhow I was resigned to packing some stuff in a van that my friend Kendall brought over from Biloxi and either dropping it at a friends house or moving into Hands On for a couple of weeks. The thing I hadn't really accounted for was meeting up and going over to the house and loving it.
I rode up to it and the address was 1617. My folks live at 16917. A good omen. The next thing that I noticed that as opposed to some of the other places down here that say they are "furnished" the furniture is nice. We have a huge TV. The rent is cheap. The rooms have ceiling fans. We have free laundry on site. And best of all, the roommates are really cool. All in all, many great things led me to basically walk through the house while talking with Tim Boon (one of the people living there) and after taking the tour told him that I'd take it on the spot. Pretty crazy, eh?
So pretty much my life has taken a total 180 in the span of a day. I have unpacked all my books, gotten my computer and camera stuff out that was packed away, imbibed a beer with my lucky 24 coozie, and slept on a mattress for the first time in weeks. Needless to say I am a happy camper. The internet will be installed soon and then we'll get back to regular posts. So this is the real beginning. I'll take pictures tonight and have a big post tomorrow. Stay tuned!
P.S. Thanks to everyone that helped me get through all this. A lot of people did things from letting me crash to letting me vent and I really appreciate it.
P.S. Part Deux- What a race yesterday! The 24 showed me a lot and that ending was great. The Drive for Five is Alive folks.