Oh! I forgot. hahaha I live in my own world. hahaha Today, is Inauguration Day! Big Congratulations to President Trump! LFG! Whoohoo!

In August of 2020 I was living in Spokane Washington in a huge house full of very magical people. The place wasn’t really much to look at. It was next to the freeway and pretty runed down. Truth be told the only thing that held that house together was Love and Duct tape. There was 9 people living there with two females German Shepards. Everyone who lived there are all very gifted in our own ways. I have never experienced that sort of flow in any place I have ever lived in my life before or since. There was always a pot of coffee brewing, someone awake to talk and joke with and the whole house echoed laughter 24/7.

My good friend and brother Kirk ran the place and said to me one day while I was visiting. I have an open room downstairs in the basement if you are interested in it. Rent is $300 a month. I said well let me sleep on it. He said okay perfect. Let me know in the morning. You can sleep on the couch.

I woke up the next day and went a cup of coffee and was sitting at the kitchen table. A Lady who lived there was dancing in the kitchen to music and making everyone breakfast. As I sat there one person walked in and set a roll of electrical tape down on the table next to me went in the bathroom grabbed the bathroom trash can took it out set it on the kitchen counter stopped then went back into their room. Another person walked in the kitchen, grabbed the bathroom trash can and took it outside. Someone else from outside came in with the trash can. The reached under the sink, grabbed a grocery store bag and put it in it and set it back on the kitchen counter in the exact same place. Then turned and said does anyone have an electrical, saw the roll of electrical tape on the kitchen table and said perfect, grabbed it and ran back out the front door.

Kirk comes in kitchen scratching his head and gets a coffee cup out of the cupboard, knocks another coffee cup out of the cupboard and it lands in the bathroom trash with a clean bag in it sitting there. Turns and says Good Morning Andy and makes a cup of coffee. The lady cooking in the kitchen goes over to get something from the cupboard, grabs the bathroom trash can off the counter looks inside pulls out the coffee cup that fell in there. She holds it in her hand then the person who set the electrical tape on the kitchen table comes in says thank you! takes the coffee cup out of her hand and the bathroom trash can puts it back in the bathroom comes out with the coffee cup and makes a cup of coffee and sits down with us at the kitchen table. Kirk gets up from the table puts some creamer in his coffee, grabs a large spoon from a drawer, stirs his coffee a few times, turns around to go put it in the sink the lady cooking breakfast grabs it out of his hand and starts using it to scramble eggs in a big frying pan. She turns and says, Breakfast will be done soon. Her boyfriend comes in and slaps her on the ass then gives her a kiss. She laughs and then says I am making alot of pancakes and scrambled eggs. Hope you all are hungry. The person comes in with what is left of the electrical tape in his hand walks in the kitchen and her boyfriend says perfect, I need some of that too. Grabbs the roll and heads into his bedroom. The other person pour’s a couple cups of coffee, she says eggs are done! I cooked it, you have to dish it up yourself! She turns with the spoon to put it in the sink he grabs the spoon out of her hand and starts stirring the creamer in both cups of coffee. Her boyfriend comes in and He hands him a cup of coffee and her boyfriend says thanks. He sets the roll of electrical tape down on the kitchen table in the same exact spot it was when it first was laid on the kitchen table. This sort of magic and flow was a daily occurrence at this house. I never seen anything like it anywhere else. It like a magical dance all the time. All the time.

Kirk looks at me and asks me, so have you thought about renting the room downstairs? Place isn’t much to look at but there is lots of love here. I think you are a good fit with us here. Everyone thinks so too. I laughed and said There is certainly something magical going on in this place. He looks at me and says, oh yeah, Like I said you fit right in. I said nah I have a super good job making more money than I ever made in my life down in California. I appreciate the offer, but I want to take that job. I am heading back to California. He said I get it. Get that Money! If you change your mind, it will be available for you. I said I will keep that in mind. A week later I moved into that house with Him. That is tomorrow’s story. 🙂

In late November of 2020 my unemployment with covid relief funds got hacked and was all messed up. They placed all my unemployment on hold. I went 5 weeks without an income. On December 23rd I was down to my last $20 and I had a quarter tank of gas, and half pack of smokes left. It was winter in Spokane; I was living there with everyone. I had bald tires on my hemi Chrysler 300, So I didn’t drive it very much at the time with the icy roads. Kirk says to me; I got you on smokes and i can float you some gas money. I said it’s going to be a super thin Christmas. Something has to give. Right then, my cell phone rang. I got a phone call from someone I gave my number too a few months back and They said I am stuck at The Quest Casino in Spokane. Can you please give me a ride out of here. I came here with a few friends, and they left me here.

I said you got any gas money.? I am down to $20 bucks and a quarter tank. The kid said I can give you some money for gas. No problem. I looked outside and it was snowing. I said I will call you back. I go tell Kirk; hey this kid needs a ride home from the casino. I have bald tires on my car and it’s snowing outside. Can I use your truck? He said, I would totally let you, but I have to get to work. Just take your car. I said nah my back tires are super bald and its v-8. It’s snowing outside. I will just call him back and tell him I can’t do it. Kirk looks at me and says I have never in my life ever seen you ever turn your hand away when someone asks for help. Don’t start today. Just go down there and give him a ride. Who knows, this might be your big break. I sighed and said, ahhhh shit, ok, I will go down there and give him a ride but If I get stuck or something, you are coming to tow me out. He said bet.

I call him back and said wait for me outside the front door. I am not interested in going in the casino. I was an 88 for 8 years. He says what is an 88? I said a tribal gaming agent. Casino regulator. I spent 8 years working in casinos, I don’t like being in them now. He says I will be waiting right at the front door. You still driving your silver Chrysler 300? I said Sure am! I will need gas money. This thing drinks a bunch of gas. He said I got you. See you soon. I said OK, I on my way.

I drive down there to the casino to give this kid a ride. I park in front of the casino and call him and his phone is off. It goes straight through to voice mail. I sat there for a while. Then i thought, well maybe he is using the rest room or something. I parked my car and went in The Quest casino. I walked around and didn’t see him at all. I walked around again, and he wasn’t there. I was walking out the door to leave I stopped at a Tripple fortune dragon slot machine by the door. I looked at it, pulled out my last twenty-dollar bill and said why the hell not? I put in there spun it 3 times and won $400. I thought right on! I got gas money for sure now! I decided I will hit the max bet button once and then I am cashing out and getting out of here. I hit the max button and won a $3000 jackpot. Whoohoo! The lady comes over keys the machine asks me for my ID and says, Congratulations! I will go get your cash. You still have $380 on that ticket. I said I am going to take this ticket and go over to them Train slot machines over there. She said I will meet you over there with your cash. I figured, I will just play that $380 in that machine and as soon as she gets back with my cash I am going bounce out of this place.

I go over there put my $380 ticket in the machine and hit max bet button one time and BOOM! I hit a $7800 jackpot. The lady comes over with my $3000 cash and says WOW! You hit another one. I said I sure did. She hands me the $3000 cash; I signed the paperwork. She keys the machine and says, You still have $370 on that ticket. I will go get you that $7800. I said That sounds great. I am going to take this ticket over to that golden vault game and play the rest of it there. She says Ok, I will meet you over the golden vault machines.

I go over to the Golden Vault Machine put my $370 ticket in it, hit the max bet button a few times and Hit a $11,900 Jackpot. She comes over with my $7800 cash and Says wow! You are on a roll! Good for you! You want that cash too. I said I sure do! She hands me the $7800 cash, keys the machine and says You still have $270 left. You want me to meet you somewhere else. I said uhhhhhhhhhhh sure. I am going over there to play them pig games. She said the Break the bank Piggy bank Games. I said Yeah I will meet you over there. By now there is a large crowd around me.

I go over to the Piggy bank slot machine with my Put in my $270 ticket, hit the max be button a bunch of times when I am down to my last $20 in that machine, I hit a jackpot for $5200. She comes over with my $11,900 cash and says Oh My God! You still have $20 on your ticket. You want me to meet you somewhere else while I go get your $5200? I looked around and there was 30 to 40 people standing around me. I said No thank you. I will come with you, and I cashed out the ticket and handed her that $20 ticket and said I want to cash that in too.

We go over to the cage to get the $5200 and by now both my pockets are stuffed with cash. She hands me back my driver’s license, counts out the $5200 cash as the Casino Manager walks up. The Casino Manager shakes my hand and says Lucky you! Then offers me a free suite, free dinner and free 2 hours in the spa on the casino. I said no thank you. But if you could give me a few of them security guards to walk out with me to my car that would be great! I pointed to the 30 people standing around us. He said Well good luck to you! I can do that. Honestly, I would make a run for it too and laughed. A couple security guards came over and they walked me out to my car. All in total. I went in the casino to find some kid to give a ride and never found him. I was down to my last $20 and hour and a half later I was walking out the casino with $27,900 plus the original $20 I came in with.

I went to the gas station a few miles away and filled my tank. I cranked up Christmas music in my car and put down the windows. I drove around Spokane for 2 hours and every single homeless person I saw standing at a streetlight holding a sign I gave them a brand new $100 bill. As Handed them the Crisp $100 bill I would say, Merry Christmas! Jesus Loves you! Every single one of them homeless people said whoohoo! Thank You Jesus! Merry Christmas to you too!

When I got home, I went around the house and gave every single person who lived there a brand new $100 bill. When I got down to my bedroom and counted all the money I had left over. I still had $25,900. I never saw that kid that asked me for a ride and never spoke to him again. We had a really good Christmas. The next week all my back pay came in from my unemployment and In less than a week I went from being down to my last $20, a Quarter tank of gas and a half pack of smokes to having over $40,000 in my bank account.

Good thing I didn’t give up before the Miracle happened.