Good Morning from Odessa! I know that some of my readers out there are probably wondering where I've been the last month. This post will be solely to fill you in on what is going on with my trading and where I'm going from here.
About a month ago, a friend of mine helped me realize that I was spending a crazy amount of time and energy on things that, in the spectrum of importance, should fall to the wayside. Fishing is a passion of mine. As I said in my very first post, because of the example my father set for me, my goal for my family is to put them first. This whole project was to avoid spending money on a boat that should be used to benefit my family. And while that is still the goal, my dream blinded me from what was right in front of me, in reality. My family. I was spending hours and hours on my fishing projects a day and in many ways, neglecting to give my wife the same amount of attention. I decided that it was important for me to take a break from everything fishing. Fortunately, as the seasons change and only last for a short time, this passion has been released to me. My wife and my God are now my first priorities above all else.
NOW! I am very excited to get back to business on my trading up. At this point, I still have my viola. I met a woman this last week who teaches orchestra at a local junior high school, but more importantly, she specializes in Violins and Violas! Go figure! My plan is to have her play my viola and I'll record it and stick in on here so you all can hear it! I imagine someone looking for a viola that can't play it themselves (if they live too far from Odessa) would be tentative to offer a trade. But if they know and can hear that it's a quality instrument, it should make it easier.
I have actually gotten two offers for my viola in the last few weeks. One was from a web design company based out of the DFW area. She offered me a quality web design for someone to trade for my instrument. This is what I have been waiting for! I think this kind of thing will allow me to get to the next level of item! Who knows how many small businesses there are out there that need a website and have an old company vehicle layin around?!?! How cool would it be to get something like that?! I think it would make it so much more real for me. My other offer was for a VERY cool antique piggy bank. The gentleman didn't even know what was inside of it! Maybe some really old collector coins! Funny story about that though... I hope he reads this and gets back in touch with me... My phone was running very, very slowly. A tip I heard was to delete all your old text messages. I had text messages that dated back for the last 3 years! I was trying to be intentional about not deleting important ones, but I found out the hard way that when you delete it... it's gone... there's no getting it back. And sure enough, I hit the delete button, not realizing who's texts I was deleting. Now I have NO way to get in touch with this guy! He said that this piggy bank could be valued anywhere from $2000 to $8000!! AGGGGHHHHHHH!! So, sir, if you are reading this, please shoot me another text. I promise not to delete you this time!
So this is where I'm at. I want to honor all those who have traded me by completing this journey! I just have to make sure that I always put God and my family before all of my goofy hobbies... they are clearly more important. However, this is fun and I can't wait to see this come to it's exciting conclusion! If you would be interested in trading me something and you live ANYWHERE in Texas, please feel free to get in touch with me. My number is 432-twoeighteight-four7zero6! You can also email me at cag04f@acu.edu. What I have learned recently, however, is that you don't have to live in Texas if you want to trade me something like a Website design. That could go to anyone in America! The next trade, unless it was something similar, would have had to be in Texas. Let's see how creative we can get! I'll make sure to let you all know when I get that video put up! Stay tuned for the next excited chapter!
Until Next Time,
-Something Bigger Something Better
