Sooooo long 2009......

[TurboMirage]

2009:
work work work. plentiful. profit. yey.
bought 2 more mirages, and the jaguar
didnt do much racing at all
in a good relationship seemingly now all the bugs are worked out
blew through most of my savings on things i wanted and didnt really need and then sold

2010:
continue to pick up clients and grow my managed services business with kevin
work much less making the same money
move to sutton/oxford, with kristen
finish an awd turbo mirage monster
get to more autocrosses and hpde events
travel more.

 

[red91efhatch]

2009: found out wife is a drug addict
filing for divorce
built some sick motors this year for customers (pretty good year business wise)
Finished my own car for once
enjoyed my kids more this year then any other year

2010:
meet a hot new chick
start up another business with my bro testing fire equipment
enjoy my kids more then last year
quit my job and move on to the local PD
keep building sick engines
make sure the ex-wife goes to rehab
buy a new house (before June)

 

[Briansol]

damn, sorry to hear about the wife.

 

[92stoccord]

No offense to you, but seems like something that would be hard to miss.

 

[jamesA]

Recap Cliffs: 2009 sucked. I'm not going into detail.

 

[BrutalB83]

No offense to you, but seems like something that would be hard to miss.

Not necessarily. Some addicts are pretty damned good at hiding it. I've known a few guys who turned out to be hard core alcoholics that I never would have guessed...

 

[EFLove]

Recap '09:
Got a stable well paying job (and health insurance)
Got an awesome girlfriend
Moved into an apartment by myself for the first time
Got a car I've wanted for a while ('91 civic hatch) and paid cash for it
Got diagnosed with cancer
Got cured of the cancer(so far)
Got job promotion
Got my first gym membership
Some good friends passed away sadly, but I made some new friends along the way.

Plans for 2010:
Keep up what I was doing in '09.
Fix the civic (new carpet, seats, suspension, wheels, pass emissions, etc)
Keep my job and stay on track for my next promotion
Go back to school, business or economics degree
Register with the SCCA
Get back in touch with some old friends
Get a better apartment
Wing it for the rest of the time ;-)

 

[K2e2vin]

2009:
Got laid off twice
Missed semester of school(there goes wasted time)

Plans for 2010:
Stay in school, hopefully go full-time next semester
Get a good job(being temp sucks!)
Finish my Civic!

 

[eg'sforlife]

2009:
in NTI (boo)
had a collision with a deer
graduated from college (yay)

2010:
work
work
get the k out of the garage and into the civic
work

 

[BrutalB83]

graduated from college (yay)

What degree?

 

[eg'sforlife]

its not really a degree....its more i got 5 creditials in Nissan because i took the Nissan courses....i went to uti but the one in nc is nti

 

[BrutalB83]

Ah, okay, gotcha. So you're Nissan certified but you prefer Honda?

 

[K2e2vin]

Go to "real" college as backup. My sister's fiance'(spl?) went to NTI and works with people with high-school diplomas at a Euro-specialty shop. I think he gets paid a little more than them but not really by a large margin. He's BMW-specialty btw.

 

[BrutalB83]

Go to "real" college as backup. My sister's fiance'(spl?) went to NTI and works with people with high-school diplomas at a Euro-specialty shop. I think he gets paid a little more than them but not really by a large margin. He's BMW-specialty btw.

I'd work on a bachelor's degree in your spare time. Some colleges actually will let you use tech stuff as part of a bachelor's degree, like one half of your major would be automotive tech and the other would be business or communications or whatever. Might be something to look into...

 

[eg'sforlife]

thats what im going to do once i get nti payed off....yes i studied nissan but only cause there was no honda class... but i think im going to get a bs in business so i can start my own shop one day and have a clue about money and stuff such as that

 

[UNDR8D]

Recap '09:
Got a stable well paying job (and health insurance)
Got an awesome girlfriend
Moved into an apartment by myself for the first time
Got a car I've wanted for a while ('91 civic hatch) and paid cash for it
Got diagnosed with cancer
Got cured of the cancer(so far)
Got job promotion
Got my first gym membership
Some good friends passed away sadly, but I made some new friends along the way.

Plans for 2010:
Keep up what I was doing in '09.
Fix the civic (new carpet, seats, suspension, wheels, pass emissions, etc)
Keep my job and stay on track for my next promotion
Go back to school, business or economics degree
Register with the SCCA
Get back in touch with some old friends
Get a better apartment
Wing it for the rest of the time ;-)

Cancer? At 22? WTF?

 

[B16]

B, sorry to hear about your job man.

My 2009 was great by comparison to many others, I consider myself lucky.

- Re/fi'd the house to a rate of 5% from 6.75%. My house actually appreciated during this time and gave me a greater than 20/80 LTV ratio!
- Got promoted to Software Engineering Manager here at VeriSign.
- Got the largest bonus of my life!
- Remodeled my kitchen, all by myself!
- Got the retaining wall and drainage fixed around the house.
- Wife gave birth to our first baby, Bella Mae
- Lost about 20k in the market (on paper), which has been slowly recovering. not too bad

 

[K2e2vin]

Can I borrow a dollar?

 

[EFLove]

Cancer? At 22? WTF?

I know right, life's a bitch but they said I'm all clear I just have to have annual tests for the next few years to make sure it doesn't come back. I caught it really early which is what they say will help a lot in the long run. I'm a huge advocate now after experiencing it that everyone get checked out regularly because early detection is a HUGE part of surviving that shit.

 

[92stoccord]

Yeah, its a shocker when it strikes young. Good friend of mines mom died at 34 (ish). Real shame. Glad you won't suffer the same fate.