Life Updates of a Larger Magnitude

Guess who got a call from a Casting Director for HGTV?  This girl!  I'm doubtful that it will turn into anything, but I'm just going to savor the moment. He connected with me via FB, by way of another well-known rehabber that I'm friends with.  So that's cool.  They're looking for a rehabbing duo to host some shows, and wanted to know if I'd be interested.  Uhhhh.... yea!  Matt Shea would obviously be my eye-candy sidekick if it panned out.  They can take lots of videos of his pretty self installing my kitchens.  McD, you don't mind if he takes a small hiatus from rocket science to be my handyman, right? :)  They want to know that I can actually do some of the work as well, which of COURSE I can.  I'm a flooring pro!  I just hope Bill doesn't watch.  He'll yell at me. :P We're doing a super short Skype interview today.  I figure it's a lot like me hiring my Sales guy - it may take a while to narrow down to the *right* on...

I want to remember someday, when I look back, that this is the era of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, of Muslim hatred and #blacklivesmatter, self-righteous superiority and frustrated locals who want to be left alone.  I want to remember these things, because I consider myself pretty middle of the road and tolerant, and I'm afraid that life might just be a psychological journey to one or the other extreme.  I don't want that. I took a personality test the other day, and middle of the road is exactly what I am.  Explains a lot, really... I hate presidential election years.  There is so much hate and fear mongering on both sides.  So much rude and offensive rhetoric.  I didn't vote for Obama the first time, but I've always been impressed with his dignity, intelligence, and willingness to step outside the box.  I hope he never loses the fire behind his great slogan. See?  Campaigning doesn't have to be all trash talk!

I fell off of the Miracle Morning thing after our trip.  If you've been following along the business blog, I'm sure the current emotional turmoil has bled through your screen into your eyeballs.  Basically, I'm back on a growth push, and it stresses me the fuck out.  It's not that any one of the things I'm doing is exceptionally hard, it's just that the weight of them all is really heavy.  So much responsibility!  And being my own boss, I can at any moment say, "Fuck it.  I'm sleeping in and then going to the beach."  Which I think makes it harder sometimes to keep on track.  I'm going to gross around $180k this year in my flips.  I'm going to take home around $65k because now I have expenses and people and the need to roll money back into my company so I can grow.  And I just realized I didn't put taxes in my projections.  Damnit.  And I just feel like, if I'm working this hard, I should be freaking swimming in money. :) Asi...

Got back from our epic adventure last week and decided to buckle down at work, and pick up a triathlon to train for.  You know, because I'm crazy, and I want rockstar legs again.  Luckily the triathlon is a super sprint, so I didn't think it would be a problem.  HAHAHAHA!  On Tuesday I went for a run and thought I'd break my 1.5 mile normal goal and do 2, since that's the distance of the tri.  And I did it.  2.4 miles, actually, but somewhere around mile 2 my knee started hurting and it hasn't stopped for the past 3 days.  *sigh*  Probably my shoes, since they're well over 2 years old, but I guess I'm going to just do bike and swimming for a week or 2.  (I'm sure you really care about the intricacies of my training plan, right?) :) This has been a good week.  My business is going well - one property is officially in the home stretch to sale, and I've found an excellent GC candidate that I'm so freaking excited about.  I'm phone in...

We are 5 days into a phenomenal family road trip and it seems like a good time to seize a pocket of quiet and blog.  Since we are with 2 of my sisters and their families, and since my family gets up the earliest, I have a little bit of time before the chaos ensues. We started driving on Weds afternoon and meandered our way to Chicago, where we picked up a 25’ RV from Cruise America.  We’ve loaded that puppy up and continued our meandering over to Rapid City, SD.  Let me tell you, this is not a place I ever thought I’d be visiting.  First, it’s not easy to get to from where we live.  Second, it’s South Dakota.  Not really a main tourist attraction.  I’m happy to say I was wrong.  It’s absolutely beautiful out here.  I knew it would be, but sometimes you can know something and ignore it until it’s right in front of your face. The journey so far has been really wonderful.  Driving in an RV allows flexibility for ...