New Job woohoo! Long post, im just so happy

[Zrothum]

During my time as Dharg, the infamous cheater, I lived here in Beaufort doing computer networking. I lived with my highschool friend and we all played FL.

Then I left everything behind and moved in with a college girl upstate in Clemson...we split up, Im practically homeless, so I turn to my parents in Pensacola to help. I moved down there and start working a labor job for Lowes in town. I'm soon promoted to a salary/management spot in their company called a Sales Specialist. Starting salary was 21,700 a year, plus 500 a month bonus for making budget, plus commisson off what I sold. Business down there wasn't too bad, at the age of 20, without a college degree, I made roughly 30,000 a year. This came at the price of working 50 hour weeks and having to deal with alot of bullcrap that came our way because of the hurricanes and whatnot. 50 hour weeks became 60 hour weeks. We were being treated like crap because of stuff that really wasn't our fault. Not to mention I fell into a huge financial trap due to some unlucky events in both some investments I had made and the place I was living in and renting out at the same time. I needed a way out both from the stress, the misery, and the money problems.

I moved back here to Beaufort, back into the home of my highschool friend under the intentions to wait until I turned 21 and attempt to get into the military again. For those of you who never ready my posts on the before....I have trouble getting in because when I was 15, i punched a kid and broke like half his face. Got into very serious legal trouble over it, probation and all that. Two months later I expose myself to a girl on the schoolbus ( I did not molest or take advantage of some girl as Despiser insinuated sometime ago, I was just a stupid kid, doing stupid kid things)....more legal trouble with that. Then I violate my probation but not completing all my necessary community service hours....I get locked up in a "medium risk residential" facility for 189 days. Military has denied my waiver times and time again. I've been through their system about 3 times already. ASVAB, MEPS, everything. But once the big dogs see my childhood on paper, they deem me unfit to serve my country. The last recruit I talked to said that once 5 years passes between you and juvenile legal trouble, they tend to overlook it. I turned 16 when I was locked up...so my 21st birthday would have been a 5 year mark.

Anyhow, my friend let me bum it up for awhile until I found a job working at the company he works for doing Heating and Air conditioning....for a measly 9 dollars an hour, sweating like a pig in 110 degree attics. I could barely afford the bills i had compiled while living the luxury life in Florida. Started to get back on my feet, but I couldn't save any money. A friend of ours here in town works for the local Lowes and told me the position I once held in Florida is opening up at her store....I apply on an offchance, I get called in for an interview....to my suprise.....

The company has done away with the 48 hour minimum work week expectancy. It's now just a regular 40 hour week with time and half overtime. Commissions and bonuses remain the same. The manager was awesome, he flat out said his sales specialists are not there to stock shelves and sweep floors and deal with the grunt labor that he hires people for. I'm there to sell and to make the company some real money.

I figure awesome, no more dealing with BS that isnt in my job description, no more stupid complaints from hostile people who have lost their whole lives to a hurricane....but the hour requirement is lowered, Im most likely going to take a pay cut.

WRONG

After he admitted I completely blew everyone else out of the water in my interview, he offered my the job at 23,500 base salary.

(meaning lenient with what I would expect from myself...I expect to make 32k a year, after bonuses and commissions, but no need to count my chickens before they hatch.)

But it doesn't stop there. That 23,500 is only temporary. After 90 days he will give me an evaluation and a pay increase depending on my performance. If I do well enough, he'll move me to 26,000, which would put me around 35,000 a year.

I am completely stoked. Not to mention the woman I met yesterday and the chance to play semi-pro football. ( I missed meeting the team today due to getting off my old job late )

Im back in the saddle agai-ai-ai-aan!!

I didn't know about the 40 hour work weeks...I'll still have time for FL! And now I'll have money to try and score a good woman! And now I can afford to buy a better place to live for me and Yaesiln! Bwahaha! Life gets so much better when you least expect it.

For those of you who don't know about working for Lowes....

Their 401k matching is out of this world. At it's best....you get like a 300% match to whatever you put in.

15% discount in stock purchase

the full medical/dental benefits of any large corporation

and so much more I could go on and on and on....it's simply, hands down, the best package I've ever seen from a retail company.

Plus, they will be opening up stores in Canada sometime this decade...I plan on trying to get into one of those.

Watch out Canadaland! Here I come!

I'm still very much in debt.

6,800 left on my car loan.

600 left on a personal loan I had to take.

1,500 in credit card debt

3,000 into my parents

about 800 into Yaesiln/Stench for him having to pay my rent for me here when I couldnt make it lol

200 into another buddy of mine

But it's all going to be taken care of now You can't imagine how happy i am lol

[Malchaeius]

Good luck. I hope everything works out.

[Iyorvin]

I hope you fail miserably and get hit by a big hurricane.

[Zrothum]

Would you come kiss me before they laid me to rest? I'm gonna put that in my Will lol, that's all I want! Admit your undying love!

[Zrothum]

Me and Yaesiln live in a crappy condition single wide trailer (white trash jokes need not apply lol) that we rent from his grandmother who owns both the trailer and the lot.

Im gonna try to buy a new modular home, or a new double-wide, (something around 80K should fit into what I have budgeted) When I was in Florida and was looking at buying an actual house, I found one for 75K...after insurance and taxes, I was paying barely 450 a month for the mortgage. We pay 800 a month for this trailer and utilities.

I figure 450-500 a month for the mortgage on a new double wide, plus 300 a month for the lot...Should work out to be very affordable and a very beneficial investment.

Gonna finance that, give this trailer back to his grandmother so she can put it on another lot and rent it out accordingly.

Hopefully Stench can even talk his grandmother into selling him this lot. It's not bad at all, just enough on the outskirts of town not to be bothered with, yet, close enough thats it not a burden to go into town and get to work or w/e Plus a nice size yard, a carport, etc. etc.

I've never looked into the prices of mobile homes...anyone know offhand what a double-wide, 3 bed, 2 bath would run me on average? If it's way over 70k, I think we're fine just where we're at

[Iyorvin]

Hope your girlfriend pops.

[Zrothum]

Well I hope you go back to that gay bar you went to the other week. I hope that transvestite tries to feel you up again...and I hope you like it.

Well, I'm off for the night. Got to show up at 8am, it's already closing in on midnight. Need to make a good impression if I'm gonna grab that 26k lol

I hope I can even get to sleep...I'm just simply shaking I'm so happy. Been needing to catch a lucky break for some time now....can't let opportunity slip through my fingers anymore. Time to close my fist around it like all the women close their legs when Festy walks in. Talking tight boy...nothing getting out and ain't nothing gettin in lol.

[MeleeCrazy]

Damn man, glad things are working out for you....wish I could say the same...but anyway rock on...make that paper.

[elfdude]

Take her to t-bell dude, thats where the classly ladies like to go. None of that trashy burger king.

[Zrothum]

You still working on the recruit depot and living with dales sister and her kids?

[Zrothum]

Take her to t-bell dude' date=' thats where the classly ladies like to go. None of that trashy burger king.[/quote']

Told you bro, I got more class than that.

Subway.

[Insepiddeception]

I hope you fail miserably and get hit by a big hurricane.

That post is just perfect after the Demon Immortal gives you a good luck pat on the shoulder....this texas hold em cheater has to word it perfectly.

[MeleeCrazy]

You still working on the recruit depot and living with dales sister and her kids?

Yeah....And I have mixed feelings about the whole situation.....I'd go deeper into it..but well you never know who's reading...

[Warpnow]

You can get a double-wide with those specs for way under 70k. Try more around 40k.

www.mygreathome.com == an awesome site.

[Zrothum]

Sweet ***! Means we will be paying LESS than what we're paying now. Which I really am not all that suprised, I've always thought were paying too much for a 2 bed, 1/2 bath crappy condition trailer on a half acre lot outside of town. 800 a month, all utilities included.

Now it'll be more like...250 for lot. 300 for house. 150 for utilities. 700 a month for something COMPLETELY better. I like it

Ill be going to the Clayton Homes dealer here in town and seeing what he can get me. Don't necessarily need brand spanking new, but 2002 and newer is just fine. In fact, I wonder how much the value depreciates on mobile homes...might not be that big of a difference buying a "used" one.

I'd like to be in something new by next year, that way I can use income tax returns as a down payment and use my regular income to pay off my debts, instead of just making minimal payments and saving for a new home.

[Warpnow]

If you really, really wanted to spend 70k they have triple wides. heh.

Here is a price estimate I found off www.mh-quote.com

New Home Prices

· Park Model, 350 - 450 sq. ft., high-grade construction $50,000

· Small, single-wide home, 600-800 sq. ft., economy construction: $24,000

· Large single-wide home, 1050-1150 sq. ft., mid-grade construction: $38,400

· Small double wide home, 1250-1350 sq. ft., mid-grade construction: $48,000

· Large double/triple wide home, 1800-1900 sq. ft., mid-grade construction: $72,000

· Largest double/triple wide, 2000-2200+ sq. ft., high-grade construction: $96,000+

[Zrothum]

Yea I was reading that. 72K for a 1800sq ft home.

But honestly, I don't ever see it being more than just me and Yaesiln for awhile. His girlfriend is here for the summers and stuff like that. I'm single at the moment, but having a steady girlfriend who stays over every so often wouldn't be a problem.

1800 sq ft would just be overdoing it. I think what we have now is like 18x80. Space isn't so much the concern we have now as it is the quality of the home, in my opinion anyway.

1300 sq ft is perfect. 2 bedrooms is what we need, although a 3rd could serve a purpose, yet it's not a necessity. 2 bathrooms is mandatory.

Anyhow, I need to sleep. Can't stay up late anymore and be dragging *** into work, gotta earn that damned raise.

[Iyorvin]

WTF do you want a trailer for?

"Hey honey, wanna see my three bedroom trailer? It's a 2002 model........on bricks! Can't rock too hard though.....you never know right?"

[Mindflayer]

I prefer my underground tomb.

[Zrothum]

There is absolutely nothing wrong with a "trailer". Anyone who wants to make fun of it, or the people who live in them, are simply a ignorant person.

Now, if you were just being your normal, sarcastic self, which I suspect you were....blow me. lol

[Malchaeius]

"Hey honey' date=' wanna see my three bedroom trailer? It's a 2002 model........on bricks! Can't rock too hard though.....you never know right?"[/quote']

That was pretty funny.

[Zrothum]

D'oh!

So, Im looking at buying a 2004 Ford Focus SVT as well, just got back from the dealership. Getting rid of my Prelude and putting a 48month lien on this 2004 car with 40K miles. Anyone own a Ford Focus? Complaints, criticisms?

About to leave in a minute to go to the Clayton Homes place here in town and see what kinda money I'm looking at there.

Basically -

500 a month for the car.

280 a month to insure the car.

100 a month on my personal loan will pay it off this december.

Start paying 200 a month on my credit cards (minimum payments equal only 70)

Factor 100 a month for my phone.

We'll see 400 a month for my portion of mortgage and lot rent.

Give or take 200 a month on personal expense.

1680 going out (will be reduced to 1380 in 2007), 2700 coming in with the possibility of 3000 coming in by early as Halloween

[Dobson]

Focus...oh yeah...might as well get a cavalier. BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAH. Get a civic, you need to save money on gas and insurance, which you forgot to factor in realisticly. 280 a month IS about what you will pay, but you HAVE to have full coverage if you hold a c-note. Depending on who you go with, can go up quite a bit. Also you should get a townhouse, cheaper, get a lawn, and there is usually a swimmin hole!

Edit:

Also, never, I mean NEVER rely on that bonus. I worked at Papa Johns for 5 years with bonus checks. Sometimes **** goes wrong, always plan on it going bad for you. Then put those bonus checks right into the 401K or savings.

[Zrothum]

280 a month insurance is full coverage.

And I've worked for this company before, the bonus is always there. It's the commissions you can't rely on.

Basically;

My base salary will cover ALL my bills. Any bonus or comissions will be split up into my 401k and personal savings.

[Dobson]

If that's what you are paying, double check what coverages you have. Also man, it can be there every month except one and it will always be that one month you need it the most. Never, EVER depend on money that isn't guaranteed, and bonus's are never guaranteed. Just my advice from living on my own.