I just made a drastic life decision today and quit my job. Between work and grad school and the various other things I'm involved in, I had been getting only about 3 hrs. of sleep a night, and I knew something had to give.
I knew that if I gave up on my classes, it would be another 2 years before the same classes would come around again, meaning that by the time I graduated I'd already be 30. I just couldn't wait that long. My job as a schoolteacher, on the other hand, was not advancing me toward my career goals or any other lifelong goals, and was a source of alot of stress which was filtering into all aspects of my life.
I've had some kind of illness for the past few weeks. (Those of you at the convention will remember I was already getting sick then.) Just this past February, a similar illness landed me in the hospital for nearly two weeks. It was the same thing -- stress from teaching, which was causing me to fall behind in my courses, which bred more stress, etc. I was afraid that the same thing might happen again, and wanted to avoid that unpleasant experience.
The problem is, I still need money, and more particularly, I need to pay for a conference I'm supposed to be presenting some research at --in South Africa! So I'm having to thin out my weapon collection, and the Garud AK will be one of the ones to go -- not because I don't like it, but because I know I'll be able to replace it at some later time.
If anyone's interested, please contact me at ruelm@hotmail.com . Like the title said, it's just like the Garud Ang Khola in the HI Smoothsale site pictures, but with silver instead of brass mounts. The blade had been used, so there is one tiny nick and some stuff that needs cleaning off to be brought back to mint condition. I was looking for around $175, but I'm negotiable.
Sorry to clog up the board with this, but I want to get an emergency cash fund established as soon as possible, in case I need it in the near future.
-- ruel
ruelm@hotmail.com
I knew that if I gave up on my classes, it would be another 2 years before the same classes would come around again, meaning that by the time I graduated I'd already be 30. I just couldn't wait that long. My job as a schoolteacher, on the other hand, was not advancing me toward my career goals or any other lifelong goals, and was a source of alot of stress which was filtering into all aspects of my life.
I've had some kind of illness for the past few weeks. (Those of you at the convention will remember I was already getting sick then.) Just this past February, a similar illness landed me in the hospital for nearly two weeks. It was the same thing -- stress from teaching, which was causing me to fall behind in my courses, which bred more stress, etc. I was afraid that the same thing might happen again, and wanted to avoid that unpleasant experience.
The problem is, I still need money, and more particularly, I need to pay for a conference I'm supposed to be presenting some research at --in South Africa! So I'm having to thin out my weapon collection, and the Garud AK will be one of the ones to go -- not because I don't like it, but because I know I'll be able to replace it at some later time.
If anyone's interested, please contact me at ruelm@hotmail.com . Like the title said, it's just like the Garud Ang Khola in the HI Smoothsale site pictures, but with silver instead of brass mounts. The blade had been used, so there is one tiny nick and some stuff that needs cleaning off to be brought back to mint condition. I was looking for around $175, but I'm negotiable.
Sorry to clog up the board with this, but I want to get an emergency cash fund established as soon as possible, in case I need it in the near future.
-- ruel
ruelm@hotmail.com
And if you decide to get rid of some of the rest of your collection drop me an e-mail.
