DD, ive already completed 3 years at CITC (Construction Industry Training Council) which is a program through WSU.. i was doing it for 3 years straight before my dad died, and have done alot during my life helping, i did have a job when i jumped school with my dad at 16 doing the same thing... did a framing job a few years before i went to work for Charter too... 1 more year in that class, and i will become a journey...

the situation of why i quit was a bad decision, but it was almost forced upon me by the idiot HR guy that has been gone for years... if i were still there, i would be making around 30 dollars an hour, same wage as my brother... but im not, i think tho, that i may be able to get the President to let me come back on the team tho, hes always liked me, and theres a ton of Supe's there that like me too so i should be able to get this done sooner than later...

also, im not just a "scab" that has bags and a cats paw, hammer, and tape... im way past that.. and no i wouldnt need compressors, guns, saws, ect if i go to work for a big company, but some of the little ones out here state specifically you need tools like that, or atleast buy them shortly after starting... i already have everything i could ever need, levels, planes, chisels, ect...

building houses is just something that i really enjoy, and thats what keeps people happy in their jobs, is if they enjoy doing it... im just trying to pick up where i left off, i havent lost any knowledge infact i have gained more with my brother doing window installs and what not, but i was already doing some of that before i left...

im not what you would call foreman material at this point, all foreman i know know more than i do so... im right below them tho, and learn quickly, work my ass off, and get sh!t done the right way, the first time...

i just wish i could do that with everything in life, but thats easier said than done....

we are hopefully getting the ball rolling this weekend, i have a few things to take care of the rest of the week, and then me and Katie are taking off for a night i think and getting it all figured out...


and after a year or so, we will move out of this sh!t hole... you fellers that hate me should come see this, come see what i do for the rest of the people here and how im thanked for it... living here has kept me in this rut, it has caused fights, it has hurt me, and i have hurt others because of that...

and im not letting that happen anymore...