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It has been a dream of mine to live in Wyoming, but to get to my point I have to tell a story. Only thing that kept me from heading west as a young man were friends ( should have known better) college and my love for year round flyrodding. I wound up bailing on college because I got tired of being a broke college kid. Decided to do construction for just a year, take a "short" break from school
. Jump ahead 20 years later and an economic collapse, I took a job I really didn't care for. It had state benefits, but I didn't like what I did for a living, and my family likes to be fed, housed and treated to an occasional trip to the beach. For six years I did what I was supposed to do, day in, day out. Recently, I got my promotion, which means I work days now, get a better contract and am in charge. Now to the funny and good part. My wife's employer and several partners are buying a place in Wyoming and now wants us to move out there to run the place. It is a large operation. They want to cater to Fly fishing/ hunting/skiing/ snow-mobiling Christians. One of the owners is a pastor and guide who loves his flyfishing and hunting. My wife would keep the numbers while I would handle the maintenance. Figured it would be a no-brainer if it ever happened. My dilemma, I'm 42 years old and I don't feel like starting over again. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have a six year old I would have to uproot from friends and family and being in the middle of an adoption. Why couldn't this happen six years ago. The owners want us to fly out at the end of the month during the closing and look at the place ( and fish, of course) I really need some prayers from some of my website friends for two reasons. one, to allow God to work his plan and two, I am an absolute coward when it comes to flying now. I had a REALLY bad flight out of O'Hare. Never quite got over it. It even made the news. I"m trying to convince them to let me drive, I'll pick them up at Jackson Hole Airport. ( I can hear the laughter)
. Jump ahead 20 years later and an economic collapse, I took a job I really didn't care for. It had state benefits, but I didn't like what I did for a living, and my family likes to be fed, housed and treated to an occasional trip to the beach. For six years I did what I was supposed to do, day in, day out. Recently, I got my promotion, which means I work days now, get a better contract and am in charge. Now to the funny and good part. My wife's employer and several partners are buying a place in Wyoming and now wants us to move out there to run the place. It is a large operation. They want to cater to Fly fishing/ hunting/skiing/ snow-mobiling Christians. One of the owners is a pastor and guide who loves his flyfishing and hunting. My wife would keep the numbers while I would handle the maintenance. Figured it would be a no-brainer if it ever happened. My dilemma, I'm 42 years old and I don't feel like starting over again. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't have a six year old I would have to uproot from friends and family and being in the middle of an adoption. Why couldn't this happen six years ago. The owners want us to fly out at the end of the month during the closing and look at the place ( and fish, of course) I really need some prayers from some of my website friends for two reasons. one, to allow God to work his plan and two, I am an absolute coward when it comes to flying now. I had a REALLY bad flight out of O'Hare. Never quite got over it. It even made the news. I"m trying to convince them to let me drive, I'll pick them up at Jackson Hole Airport. ( I can hear the laughter)
