Last we left off I was still living under Douglas Dam in a tent. It was no doubt cold now. We where at the end of November, and the winter had come on. I had managed to save enough money to rent a hotel room in a very low-budget hotel. It was really bad. Like Gatlinburgs' own little Harlem. This hotel had a life of it's own. I really missed the peace and quiet of the campground. Imagine that. All I heard all night was baby's crying and people fighting. The cops where all ways there because of drugs, child neglect, you name it. This place was $110.00 a week and really should be condemned by the city. The worst part of it all is After a couple of weeks of being there I had began to drink and make other bad choices, as I fell in with the wrong crowd. It just so happens to get a little busy during the holiday season in Gatlinburg. I was making more money and had a roof over my head. I could afford to eat and other than trying to feed all of the kids at the hotel was doing ok. The problem is the parents that live in this place are usually drug dealers and drug addicts. They stay messed up and the kids end up doing with out. It is a very sad situation in that particular place.
I ended up staying there through the winter. It was close to work and I just dealt with everything else. I did gradually slip into becoming an alcoholic. I still had all of my belongings in a storage unit and was having to make those payments as well. Come the spring time in 2008 I was offered my old job back at the rental company. Also with a raise. Wow!!! I am on my way back up. I knew this was my time to get back to that place that I was at. So I started working for the rental company again. I was making all kinds of money. I eventually left the hotel as I could afford to pay rent on a better place. I found a studio apartment that had 2 levels. It was perfect. It was $600 a month and I had my privacy back. I was settled in by mid summer 08 and was going out drinking every evening. I had made new friends again. That's right I forgot about that Acquaintance area I created. Seems like I forgot about a lot of things I had experienced. Drinking everyday will do that. My job performance did not suffer though. I always maintained a level of professionalism and never drank on the job. Things where great for the time being. After a while my boss started making certain advances at me. My boss was a female in a very difficult relationship. I did not respond to the advances and it wasn't long till I was replaced and out the door. Funny how that happens isn't it? By this time though I was a full blown alcoholic and had just met my special someone. Yep, I met the girl of my dreams. I walked into a restaurant and she was the waitress. We hit it off. I didn't tell her I was an alcoholic, but she didn't tell me she was either. We kind of found out about each other together,as we moved in together within 2 weeks of meeting. I started working at the RoadHouse again. I was serving. It wasn't so bad this time. I noticed that there where more people starting to come on vacation. I was making really good money as a server. She was working as a server at another restaurant. Things where only getting better. Then all of a sudden we come home and there is an eviction notice on the door. We paid our rent what was the problem? I called the land lord and she said that since I didn't work at the rental company anymore that we could not live there anymore. Wow once again.
So she and I moved into a weekly hotel rental. It was the fastest thing we could find that was in our budget. However it was a much nicer hotel. Still a weekly rental but on the other side of town. A downgrade none the less. We fell further into alcoholism. No surprise there right. I was promoted to bartender and my significant other started working at the Road House with me. We where making a fortune. Loved our jobs and was doing what we wanted to do. We didn't bother anyone and didn't want to be bothered. We stayed to ourselves and worked our butts off. Also drank our butts off.
Everything was going great. We had plans to get another place in the next couple of months. Things where really looking up. All until I found out about an ABC sting that Sevier Co. does. They came in when we where slammed out the door and I was the only bartender. The guy sat down and asked for a beer. At that moment I poured the most expensive beer I have ever had to buy. When I set the beer down he stood up walked out the door and in less than 3 minutes I was whisked away to a private area in the restaurant. The people waiting on me there where not nice at all. I was cited for serving a minor. The guy I served was 2 weeks from turning 21 and he was an undercover officer in training. Needless to say I was in big trouble and unemployed again. This time was going to be a little harder to find a job. I also incurred a large amount of fines, Intensive Public Service, and on probation. All on a first offense. That's right. Not even a speeding ticket was on my record. Later I found out why I got slammed with all of that. The judge I had also owns the probation offices and has a vested interest in the intensive public service program. I would say there are some crooked things going on but who are you going to get to fight it. So I was stuck with it and had to complete all of this, and also pay my fines. All of this for going to work. Minding my own business. I learned about how our government really oporates. I started learning from the guys who had been in the system a couple of times about the coruptness that go's on. We paid all of this stuff off and I finished all the things the court had me to do. Then we got the hell out of Gatlinburg. We thought we would be able to find jobs in another town in North Carolina. What a day that was when we pulled in to Asheville, NC. That is where I am going to have to sign off. I will be writing the next blog over the next couple of day's. I hope you enjoy.
The Social Buy Spot
I ended up staying there through the winter. It was close to work and I just dealt with everything else. I did gradually slip into becoming an alcoholic. I still had all of my belongings in a storage unit and was having to make those payments as well. Come the spring time in 2008 I was offered my old job back at the rental company. Also with a raise. Wow!!! I am on my way back up. I knew this was my time to get back to that place that I was at. So I started working for the rental company again. I was making all kinds of money. I eventually left the hotel as I could afford to pay rent on a better place. I found a studio apartment that had 2 levels. It was perfect. It was $600 a month and I had my privacy back. I was settled in by mid summer 08 and was going out drinking every evening. I had made new friends again. That's right I forgot about that Acquaintance area I created. Seems like I forgot about a lot of things I had experienced. Drinking everyday will do that. My job performance did not suffer though. I always maintained a level of professionalism and never drank on the job. Things where great for the time being. After a while my boss started making certain advances at me. My boss was a female in a very difficult relationship. I did not respond to the advances and it wasn't long till I was replaced and out the door. Funny how that happens isn't it? By this time though I was a full blown alcoholic and had just met my special someone. Yep, I met the girl of my dreams. I walked into a restaurant and she was the waitress. We hit it off. I didn't tell her I was an alcoholic, but she didn't tell me she was either. We kind of found out about each other together,as we moved in together within 2 weeks of meeting. I started working at the RoadHouse again. I was serving. It wasn't so bad this time. I noticed that there where more people starting to come on vacation. I was making really good money as a server. She was working as a server at another restaurant. Things where only getting better. Then all of a sudden we come home and there is an eviction notice on the door. We paid our rent what was the problem? I called the land lord and she said that since I didn't work at the rental company anymore that we could not live there anymore. Wow once again.
So she and I moved into a weekly hotel rental. It was the fastest thing we could find that was in our budget. However it was a much nicer hotel. Still a weekly rental but on the other side of town. A downgrade none the less. We fell further into alcoholism. No surprise there right. I was promoted to bartender and my significant other started working at the Road House with me. We where making a fortune. Loved our jobs and was doing what we wanted to do. We didn't bother anyone and didn't want to be bothered. We stayed to ourselves and worked our butts off. Also drank our butts off.
Everything was going great. We had plans to get another place in the next couple of months. Things where really looking up. All until I found out about an ABC sting that Sevier Co. does. They came in when we where slammed out the door and I was the only bartender. The guy sat down and asked for a beer. At that moment I poured the most expensive beer I have ever had to buy. When I set the beer down he stood up walked out the door and in less than 3 minutes I was whisked away to a private area in the restaurant. The people waiting on me there where not nice at all. I was cited for serving a minor. The guy I served was 2 weeks from turning 21 and he was an undercover officer in training. Needless to say I was in big trouble and unemployed again. This time was going to be a little harder to find a job. I also incurred a large amount of fines, Intensive Public Service, and on probation. All on a first offense. That's right. Not even a speeding ticket was on my record. Later I found out why I got slammed with all of that. The judge I had also owns the probation offices and has a vested interest in the intensive public service program. I would say there are some crooked things going on but who are you going to get to fight it. So I was stuck with it and had to complete all of this, and also pay my fines. All of this for going to work. Minding my own business. I learned about how our government really oporates. I started learning from the guys who had been in the system a couple of times about the coruptness that go's on. We paid all of this stuff off and I finished all the things the court had me to do. Then we got the hell out of Gatlinburg. We thought we would be able to find jobs in another town in North Carolina. What a day that was when we pulled in to Asheville, NC. That is where I am going to have to sign off. I will be writing the next blog over the next couple of day's. I hope you enjoy.
The Social Buy Spot
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