Sunday, September 18, 2011

How I became "Homeless Joe" Part 2 of ?


I Figure that I should add a little backdrop to the situation. I spent the 1st year of my life and much of my 1st 18 on an old 80 acre former dairy farm.

I later reclaimed some of the land back in 1998. I one day wanted to build a barn style home out back and have a small homestead.

Well I did a little bit of wandering and always managed to come back home.

In 2009 My dad inherited the 40 acres that I had grown fond of and he had done some improvements to it over the years.

In 2010 He decided to list his GIFT( now I know MANY of you would like that kind of gift including ME).

He persuaded me to move to the worst part of the 40, but I stayed steadfast where I was.

he PROMISED me 5 acres, but obviously on HIS terms!!!

I didn't want the "PRIME" spot, but just the spot I had favored or possibly another.

Well in the spring of 2011 I started to move over the "allocated spot"

In mid June he ( my dad((not exactly the name I use anymore for him)) ) told me an offer was put in on the property,BUT he was keeping MY 5 acres

Then July 3rd he called me and said  the land was SOLD and I had less then a week to clear  ALL my possessions off of the property.

Luckily I had braced for the possibility of this happening, BUT still I had more than plenty of stuff out there...because I thought I would always have the security of 5 acres.

Keep in mind too that this was a FAMILY farmstead and this was my biological father.
My grandfather would have gladly given me 5 acres, but he died when I was 12. My Grandmother GAVE it to my father assuming that he would do right by me...

Well in August I received MY payout of $1000 in lieu of the 5 acres that I was promised.

( The land sold for atleast $30,000(AFTER ALL COSTS)....an 1/8 of that (or 5acres) would be  $3750... but apparently MY math is quite off...BTW it was originally listed @ $54,000 and I could justify a small parcel going for $5000 in a fair market. ( because that is great for a building site.

Well the bottom line IS : This is how I have become Landless and HOMELESS

Before I begin..please READ

WARNING: MY posts may contain 
offensive language and subject matter, but it is how I choose to express myself, so fuck you if you can't deal with it!
I just want to take a quick moment to clear up what I am about to write:

Many of whom shall read this will actually know me.. and it is YOU that is perhaps whom I speaking to the LOUDEST.

Before you write me off as a BUM, LOSER, SCUM or sad sack of shit looking for pity, let me make two things crystal clear:

#1) I  am currently in the situation that I am (homeless) BOTH by the choices that I have made and by situations that have happened beyond my own control.

#2) I am writing MY feelings,thoughts, etc. IF you disagree or want to judge me click close NOW!!

With that said... I shall try to express feelings cooped up in me to those that want to read them.

how I became "Homeless Joe" Part 1 of ?

It may be a surprise to some of you that I am actually "homeless", but are you already judging me?

I need to go back to the LAST time that I truly felt that I had a "HOME".

that would take me back to around December of 1998. "Really", you are saying?

"YES", I reply. I've had a HOME as recent as February of 2010, but NOTHING permanent since.

But WHY December 1998? Well that is when I chose to "jump ship" from my first marriage and abandon everything familiar to me.

So, yeah, there you go... that is HOW I became "Homeless Joe"