Life is good... ish...

Well.. Here we go again.  She didn't go to college. She didn't have a dorm room to set up.  She didn't leave home to go to school.  I on the other hand, left the damn near most expensive state in the country, (Cali) and started over.  I am very glad I did.  She came with me for less than 2 weeks to help me get situated. Then, she went to Hawaii to spend time with her Dad before College started.  She went paddle boarding, fishing, and hiking.. She had a blast. 
I unpacked, and got ready to start a new job. Sounds about normal.  ish. 
Then she said she wanted to leave Hawaii after 2 months, and come back "home".  I thought she meant MY home.  So I got her a ticket back to Cali, she was going to get her car and head to me.  Ya, that isn't the happy ending I was looking for.  She decided she isn't going to college.  Nope, it's not "my thing" she said. Full ride.  Paid for.  And she turned it down.  She stayed in California for almost a year, living with different friends from high school.  She worked to have her own money.. she was happy.  I thought.
THEN came the news.  I want to join the Air Force.  Ok, that's fine.  She could learn something during her time there. 1/2 way thru that process, she changed her mind to join the Navy instead. She went thru about 3 months of meetings, and all kinds of stuff.  She went to boot camp (in Illinois) on the day that would have been my mom's 65th birthday.  Long story short, she scored very high on the entrance test (ASVAB) that she is now in Nuke School.  It's better than nothing, and she's happy to have made her OWN decision.  Not what Grama wanted, not what Mom or Dad wanted, HER decision.  And she couldn't be happier.  It is tough she said, schooling.. but she wants to be in the belly of a submarine for her "job."  I'm still on the fence about that. 
I however, had the job I moved for.  Then, they ran out of work.  I got another job, and had more than one boss, and I could never finish anything because the other boss gave me more work.  That didn't work out. 
At All.   So, I quit and decided to start working for myself. 
I have a few companies that I'm working on, that I should start seeing dividends beginning of 2020.  I'm happy.   I get to spend time with my dad for 6 months of the year (when it snows 6 feet at his house he comes down here).
Life is good.  ish.

"If life were predictable it would cease to be life, and be without flavor."  -Eleanor Roosevelt