The Demise of Simone
A couple of weeks ago I got concrete confirmation that I've been working too hard. Trying to juggle my work, church, and personal responsibilities has always been a challenge but it recently has gotten more than a little out of hand. Of late my wife Karen doesn't like to ride in an automobile with me while I am working because I've recently become a very busy driver. With my blackberry smart phone in one hand, a sheet of paper in the other, and a lot on my mind it doesn't leave much mental bandwith for driving. Because our foreclosure market has recently gotten really hectic the situation has worsened over the last several months to the point where I may need to consider hiring a driver. Sadly, my beloved BMW (named by my wife "Simone") died a tragic and meaningless death earlier this month when I got distracted while driving on a narrow and twisting Sevier County road and hit a large pickup truck head-on near Sevierville. To make matters even worse my former ...