Ok sorry for the long rant/post
Quick history:
The wife and I bought our 1st house in 2001, I was going to school and working. Leave 5am get back home 11pm. Not fun. Got hired at a big corporation for a job in AZ, stayed there 3 yrs, got bored, put in for an internal transfer to OR. With no luck, the lack of quality of life is outweighing the money. We still have the house, My dad and his past wife were staying there. She passed away leaving my dad by himself, so, we decided to move back. Not entirely for that reason though. True I dont want him by himslef and he would live with us wherever we went. We love that house, we were happiest there. I actually did work on the cars then. From taking this job we thought it would be better, no way! granted we are paying for the house and renting a house to live in. (I hate renting) A have a BSEE in electronic engineering, and dont even use it at my job, hell I think I forgot what a resistor looks like!!
We decided to move back and I'm gonna have to change profesions. The wife is moving back 1st, hopefully to get a job quick and then I'll move back. I hate being seperated from her, hell she's my best friend, along with being my wife. We both decided that this might not bring in as much money as we have made, but we would be happier. My last raise just barely puts us in a higher tax bracket, and we actually lost income due to that. At maybe a 2% raise it will take a LONG time to recoup the money lost from taxes. Damn so much for a quick history, sorry, but we are happiest working on our cars, living out in a rual area, in an area were I cant open the window and pee on the neighbors house!! I really dont see this being a carrer (current job). Hell she helped my put the engine in her Duster when she was 8 months preggo!
So now we get to be separated for a indefinate time, until this pans out, The other reason is due to the relocation up to OR I had to sign on for a yr commitment. Come this June the wife and kid are going back to FL to start our daughter in 2nd grade.
It gets depressing looking at our W2's and wonder why all the bills are late, and the car has been sitting for the last 4 yrs, we barely have money for maintance items? No we dont party. Our biggest thing is going out to eat. All this just to be happy!
I'm going back home, to my defintion of "happy"
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
First Hemi 'Cuda Convertible Ever Built
Short clips: Goodguys Pleasanton autocross and pit videos
How far would you go for ur hobby??
As far as the cars sitting, Our "smarter" inlaws that don't know which end of the fuel nozzle to use, say sell everything, well being they are at the house, they really don't do anything but take up space. I guess this is another "down" it sux but we are going to make the best of it. As far as how far to go, our quality of life is being able to play in the garage in peace, so basically everything we try takes our hobby into account. Hmm wonder if we are obsessed? 
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