tex1230 Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Last summer I starting to have a couple of problems: 1) strain in my upper back and continued problems with my lower back, and 2) I got transferred to a different department at my job, lost most of my customers, and really started hating my job. So to deal woth the back problems, I decided to stop riding my motorcycle (sadly sold it in November) and to take the season off and try to get back in shape. So far it's going ok - lower back more or less stopped hurting and upper back is slowly healing. Now, dealing with the hating my job part, I did something today that I haven't done since college - I quit my job (of 13 years) without having a new job. Currently packing up my house and moving the family to Texas for at least a while... So I'm going to go from weekend warrior to one or two weeks a year dude. At least I'll be closer to some soft snow...maybe even make it to SES one of these years. So if anyone here is looking for a financial derivatives expert in the Texas hill country :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Well good luck to you. At least Texas politics will more to your liking ;) BobD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonbordin Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Good luck Tex. Why Texas? homeward bound? Only 10 hours Dallas to Santa Fe... don't tell me your going to Houston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inkaholic Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 bold move. Good for you Tex and I hope it all goes well for you and the family. CO will be much closer now. :) Ink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 It takes guts to leave a job that is secure even when you hate it. Congrats on your new direction. You have one life to live and being unhappy in your job is bad news. I wish you the best of luck in your future persuits. I quit a job of 15 years for another that paid 6$ per hour less, why, opportunity to move to a more positive experience. It has worked out better than I could have ever expected. ( I am a Tradesman, hourly pay is the norm ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheman0177 Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 financial derivatives expert Isn't that an oxymoron??? But seriously, good luck Tex. Huge step, but you'll be so much happier with life if you enjoy what you do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skategoat Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Good luck Tex. I hope the A/C in your car is strong. BTW, the best thing I ever did for my back was ride my bike regularly. Sounds counter-intuitive, being hunched over handlebars but, I think the riding strengthened my core. Maybe you could find Lance Armstrong for a riding buddy. BTW, I now make about 1/4 of the salary I used to pull down in a job I hated. But, oddly enough, I feel a lot richer now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queequeg Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Best of Luck Tex!! Hopefully Texas will be kind and we will see you at SES in the future!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Hey Tex, not sure where you are headed in that big state but there is a seriously large group of Slalom skateboarders in Texas, that I am sure would welcome someone who knows how to turn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boarderboy Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Hope you'll be close enough to the Gulf for the occasional warm water surf session. Good for the soul, as is happiness in your work. Mahalo BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utahcarver Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 I just had a job interview today that pitted me against two co-workers who I'll call Dumb and Dumber here. If the interviewer from HR hires either one of these two the company will get everything they deserve and more. That said, I took a lay-off last April and was out six months. I got some good days in at the skatepark and had some great bar time with the locals. I took an offer last October at half the pay I was used to making just so I could pay the mortgage. So, I'm in college trying to finish a degree at age 50. So, who's the dumb one here? I am. So, good luck to you and yours! Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertAlexander Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 Follow your dreams, if you can. As for bicycling,ride good road bikes w/nice wheels , find a bicycle group to match your level of riding, it might be good for your back and is certainly good for you. Bicycling changed my life 28 years ago. In Texas there are alot of good 100 to 200 mile rides. Work for it. Good Luck, Rob ,ps you bought me a drink 2 yrs ago @ ECES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex1230 Posted March 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 I have arrived in Texas - should be at my new home tomorrow afternoon. Currently sipping a martini in beaumont and getting ready to crash after 14 hrs of driving today. More updates later -tex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.T. Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 Just saw this thread for the first time. You have my utmost respect for doing something about your situation rather than staying there and continuing to be miserable. Congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aisling Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 just saw this as well... best of luck! its hard to leave a job w nothing on the line up... i know!!!!! however a doc i used to work with once told me that life is too short to be miserable at your job. no sense being miserable w one of the things you CAN change :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carvedog Posted March 30, 2010 Report Share Posted March 30, 2010 You can Tex out of Texas but you can't take the Texas out of Tex. Glad you made it buddy. Best of luck with everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex1230 Posted April 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 The fishing here sucks - the bass are spawning, so we're avoiding the huge ones - but here's a nice ~3lb one from today. that is my new home in the background - still unemployed, but life could be worse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobD Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 that is my new home in the background! The pontoon, or behind the trees? Hey if your can smile.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boarderboy Posted April 12, 2010 Report Share Posted April 12, 2010 than small ones, if I remember correct. Smaller bass almost always jump a bit when caught with a surface plug (?) Big'uns not so much. Never caught a smallmouth, but I imagine their distribution in The Big T is extremely limited. Ya'll have fun down there!! BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeW Posted April 13, 2010 Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 You been to Ski Apache, yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex1230 Posted April 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2010 You been to Ski Apache, yet? that's where I learned to ski when it was called Sierra Blanca - back in the 70's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeW Posted April 14, 2010 Report Share Posted April 14, 2010 that's where I learned to ski when it was called Sierra Blanca - back in the 70's Yeah, the white mountain. it's my local mountain as well as the backdrop for my grandfather in that town, too. Noice. From what I've seen the last time I was there, it looks relatively same except for the new lifts (Elk, chair 7 and uh.. chair 1). I'm still reeling my head off from the disbelief they don't use electrical motor for the gondola -- diesel all the way. I miss that mountain, in a way. And I take it you do -know- whenever you hear "El Nino" years, GO to Ski Apache. I did and purchased a season pass, and the snow coverage was insanely deep that a snow ranger said he's never seen that much snow in 20-something years. The drive up/down that 2 lanes narrow-arse highway to ski apache is ... a bit scary especially passing the texans who doesn't really know how to drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skatha Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 Where in Texas, Tex? Hopefully not Houston, although I do live about 20 minutes from Intergalatic Airport and about 1 hour from Hobby, so trips outta here are easy My bro works for Fidelity in Irving-do you want me to inquire whether they are hiring? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex1230 Posted April 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 thanks skatha - I'm in the hill countryoutside of San Antonio, so irving would be a hell of a commute! - if he hears of something a little more southern, I'd love to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skatha Posted April 16, 2010 Report Share Posted April 16, 2010 Where in SA and what are you willing to do? I have inlaws in SA and New Braunfels. I have a friend whose husband is management for HEB. I have a friend whose twin sis works for Frost Bank. All in San Antone... If my son would have passed his BSA swim test, we'd be driving to San Marcos tonight for a canoe trip.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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