Curmudgetante Podcast 4v314a

It’s late March 1998, and I’ve accepted a job 2,500 miles away in Boston with a very short window to wrap up things in Reno and start work. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

When I see a light at the end of the tunnel, I don’t hesitate to throw the switch. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

It was only an hour once a week, and since I already knew how to read, I didn’t have to learn anything new, but I did! Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

It’s late 1997, and change is in the air. Some of it is better than others. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

Every workplace has it’s liabilities. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

A strange confluence of circumstances has lead me to find somewhere other than my parent’s house for Thanksgiving, and I get invited to a Christmas party that could have been a Christmas Carol showcase from the 60’s. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

My cat Giselle is on a killing spree. She’s enthusiastic, if not always thorough. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

It’s chronologically a little early for a midlife crisis (somehow hoping I live past my mid-60’s), but the optics of a grown man in a little red sports car say otherwise. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

Describing my behavior as narcissistic would have been putting a positive spin on it. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

It’s 1994’s infamous Thanksgiving in July. And the one thing I have to be thankful for during this bonus holiday is being alive to experience it. #Curmudgetante Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

The inevitable consequences of life after I’m officially single. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

For several years, I lived on a compound. Not in a cult on a compound—just a compound. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

What price freedom? Whatever it was. Worth it! Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

Go to dinner? A movie? How about flying up to Portland for the day for a little eating, drinking, and sales tax-free shopping? Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

Through a series of escalating incidents, my marriage to the girl starts to unravel at a prodigious rate. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

The disparity between ability and pay from the hotel-casino and the airline was shocking. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

Against all odds, I’ve serendipitously networked my way into full time employment as a payroll clerk at a hotel-casino in Reno, Nevada. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

I have no real plan. No job lined up. And no idea what difference moving half way across the country will really mean for me. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

In episode 25, it’s 1978, I’m in junior high school trying to navigate and find my place in young adulthood, while identifying my tribe. In Episode 26, we rewind to middle school, where puberty is kicking in hard, and instead of helpful advice, I get a Zeno-level example of Stoicism from my father. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe

Today, we jump around a bit in the timeline. Get full access to Curmudgetante at curmudgetante.substack.com/subscribe