Counting Down The Days

It’s been a very long journey, and one that I’ll be proud of when it’s finally over, but I’m starting to count down the days like never before!

I’ve been the product of not only gossip, but a mess load of idiots who feel like taking advantage of me is the thing to do. I made agreements at the beginning of the job, and those “gentleman’s agreements” are slowly but surely being broken by people other than me. I’ve kept my word and will continue to do so.

It’s been a learning experience. It’s also been an experience that I’m not sure I want to do again. Why??? I’ll tell you why…

People by nature (which is not an excuse) are greedy. When people become greedy, they get out of character. It causes people to become something they’re not. Take Lee (the guy working with me on this job) for example. We made an agreement when we first started this job that I had no way of paying him until the job was over. I told him I’d get him some cash when I could. I explained to him that I wouldn’t be able to pay him until I got paid from the General Contractor. He said that was good and agreed to it. It’s a 3 month job, so I’ve kept him with as much cash I could.

So what’s the problem? He’s been talking to the General Contractor who feels the right thing to do is tell the guy working for me how much I get for the job, how much he’s already sent me and how much… you get the point. Now, Lee has decided that since I’ve got all that money, he wants his full pay check. Under normal circumstances, I’d give it to him, but these are far from normal circumstances. For one, he agreed at the beginning that he’d work for what I could give him. He has NO bills, so I’ve given him a few hundred dollars at a time to make sure he can get some personal items and a few things he may just want out of desire.

I’ve had to pay for just about everything out of pocket, so cash is a luxury that’s been elusive since day one of this job… Concrete, pump trucks, materials, food, lodging, necessities, etc. Cash is tight needless to say.

I think I’m getting off the subject a little. The bottom line is that I’m working as hard as I can to get the job done so I can be finished with the idiots who are making my life a daily hell. I feel so alone here it’s not even funny! I want to go home and I want to be with my family and friends. I want to see my daughter play softball for the BYSL and I want to wake them up in the morning. I miss them. I miss Brittany, I miss Amber and I miss Denise more than I’ve ever missed anything in my entire life! I want to go home!

Until tomorrow… I have 10 very hard days to go!