I'm getting ready to help my unlucky friend move in to a "new" house. Once they figured out the confusion with his mother on getting utilities turned on there was another delay because he had a deal with his ex that she would pay off the balance she owed on the electric bill for the trailer he's letting her stay in and she would then get it turned on in her name. Well, stupid witch deliberately paid with a bad check and then switched it over (utility company let her switch without his permission). He had already put down a deposit of $350 to get the lights turned on at the other house and she owed over $300. When the check bounced they added a $25 and deducted the $341 from his deposit so he couldn't get his lights turned on. She was a real hag to him on the phone about it-- like "What do you expect me to do about it?" I swear, I am not a violent person but I want to beat the crap out of her. She was supposed to have a job working at the nursing home but she quit after a couple days of the training because she's a stupid bint.
The good news is, her current boyfriend-- or rather, fiance now-- is a stand-up guy. He's really nice and we can't for the life of us figure out why he's with a piece of refuse like her. Everyone has been warning him about her, but for some reason he's staying with her and supporting her. He felt so bad about what she did to my friend that he bought food for my friend and brought it over to him at his workplace and then informed him that he paid the money back for the deposit and the lights will be turned on this week. He wasn't going to let the ex screw him again.
Another bit of good news is that the two main auto supply stores in town have been fighting over my friend. He used to work at one but the management was so terrible and other employees were extremely lazy so he moved to the competitor. Well, first place wanted him back and offered him $13.50 an hour (I think he's making about $9 an hour where he works now) for 30 hour weeks. That is all he can physically manage to do with his injuries from the wreck. He thought place #2 would fire him when he told them about the offer, but instead, they are so desperate to keep him that they matched the offer, and they have better employee discounts/perks. He is now making more than pretty much everyone else there, but he's also their top salesperson and has brought them a lot of business. The other employees also pull their weight so he doesn't have to work as hard and they treat him like family.
I'm hoping nothing will go wrong for him, but he knows we will help him out if he needs it. He just feels guilty for borrowing so much money, but he helps us out anyway he can. He's done quite a bit of work on my brother's truck for him.
Meanwhile, the guy we sold the tractor to came by this afternoon and bush-hogged the yard. I went out to greet him and thank him. I can't stay in the sun for even 5 minutes anymore because of my medication, so I couldn't stay out and make sure everything was ok. He got part of it done today and said he'll be back for more tomorrow. I was happy to see the old tractor again. He's added a shade/cover thing to the top and attached some forklift type blades to the scoop so he can use it to lift logs better. Since we gave him the trailer to carry it and a bunch of accessories worth a few thousand $ he promised to come bush hog for us from time to time. He also helps with cleaning up the yard and is going to help fix the front gate post He already helped stabilize it a bit more. I just wish I could go out and help with more stuff.
Dustin Hoffman is amusing.
Unrelated to him, have you guys ever seen the movie "Murder By Death"? It has Peter Faulk, Peter Sellers, Truman Capote, Maggie Smith, and Sir Alec Guinness. It makes fun of the old murder mystery movies and all of the characters are basically parodies of the movie/tv detectives.