Got the call either right before Christmas or just after can't remember now. It was a VA hospital in north central Minnesota that I had applied to for a job. So ok- scheduled interview for just after New Years and drove up with the intention of getting a room for the night and having a bit of a vacation. Vacation in Jan with sub zero temps means hotel with a hot tub to soak in. We are not high maintenance people here in the upper midwest.
So had nice time in hot tub and made it to interview and drove back to home and wait. Three days later phone call comes and by jimminy they offer me the job!!!! 5 grand a year more than I'm making now, federal bennies, federal retirement yeah! I accept. So now it's panic and try to decide what to keep and what to throw and hope that God will find someone to buy my shack so that I can get settled in a reasonable amount of time.
Some weeks later the following happened just down the street from my humble abode- so yet another sign the Almighty is looking out for me.
A town of Shelby man is at a La Crosse hospital after being shot in his mobile home late Thursday.
Three men dressed in stocking caps, bandanas or scarves and winter coats tried to force their way into a residence at the La Crosse Mobile Home Park, 4625 Mormon Coulee Road, about 11:30 p.m., then shot through the door, hitting the man in the right collarbone as he tried to keep them outside, La Crosse County sheriff's Capt. Kurt Papenfuss said.
The man, whose name was not released, was taken to Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, but he was conscious and his wound was not considered life-threatening, Papenfuss said. Gundersen Lutheran declined to release the man's condition.
Suspects have been identified, but no arrests have been made, according to law enforcement officials.
A neighbor said he saw an older-style station wagon pull up near the unit and three men get out while the driver waited.
They walked to the mobile home, the neighbor said, and "I thought I heard a firecracker. It wasn't very loud."
"He's a good guy," the neighbor said. "I don't understand why anybody would shoot him."
Investigators believe the incident may have been tied to prescription drugs, Papenfuss said.
No one was in custody as of early today, he said.
The sheriff's department was continuing to comb the area at the mobile home park.
For more on this story, see Saturday's Tribune or check back at www.lacrossetribune.com
Three men dressed in stocking caps, bandanas or scarves and winter coats tried to force their way into a residence at the La Crosse Mobile Home Park, 4625 Mormon Coulee Road, about 11:30 p.m., then shot through the door, hitting the man in the right collarbone as he tried to keep them outside, La Crosse County sheriff's Capt. Kurt Papenfuss said.
The man, whose name was not released, was taken to Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, but he was conscious and his wound was not considered life-threatening, Papenfuss said. Gundersen Lutheran declined to release the man's condition.
Suspects have been identified, but no arrests have been made, according to law enforcement officials.
A neighbor said he saw an older-style station wagon pull up near the unit and three men get out while the driver waited.
They walked to the mobile home, the neighbor said, and "I thought I heard a firecracker. It wasn't very loud."
"He's a good guy," the neighbor said. "I don't understand why anybody would shoot him."
Investigators believe the incident may have been tied to prescription drugs, Papenfuss said.
No one was in custody as of early today, he said.
The sheriff's department was continuing to comb the area at the mobile home park.
For more on this story, see Saturday's Tribune or check back at www.lacrossetribune.com
So for now I believe in horoscopes since mine said in December that this year 2010 was going to be better than last year.
