Many of you have been wondering how and why I seem to be giving all of my rewards away through a writing contest. Some have suggested that I'm "crazy", "rich" or "both".
Those that guessed I'm crazy, are closer to the truth. If I were rich, I wouldn't have needed to sell my blood this week to feed my cat and two visiting strays. Oh, I almost forgot...a baby possum too.
Now it isn't as if I'm a big fan of possums, but I watched that thing grow from the size of a chipmunk, along with it's sibling that used to sneak around my yard in the wee hours. Their mom had disappeared shortly before that, and I think something bad had happened to her.
Anyway, her two little kids were left to fend for themselves, with one being mean to the other. The darker colored baby, would hiss and lunge at the lighter one and hog up all the scraps I threw out for them. The poor shy little thing would back off in fear, then amble away to wait at a distance for their chance at eating.
In time, I stopped seeing the darker one. A neighbor told me that he had seen two dead possums in the road recently, so maybe that explains it? Karma? Perhaps. The lighter possum though, is still alive and seemingly doing well.
Back to the point:
If any of you noticed, my rep has gone up, but not the over-all value of my account; it has hovered at about the same monetary amount, but that's okay. Sure I can use some extra funds to supplement my retirement income, but up until recently, I was doing okay 'money wise'
I had been doing pretty much what I wanted to, and my monthly expenses were being met with a little left to spare...until; my rent was raised, my cable bill was raised, my phone service went up, electric company raised their rates, food prices jumped a bit, etc.
Can I remedy that? Yes, but I haven't. Why??? Who the freak knows??? I certainly don't. I just keep on doing my little thing here on steemit; "paying it forward" I think is the term most used here?
Anyway, there you have it; a little insight into AverageOutsider and his 'craziness' I've been a little crazy my whole life, so why change now? I'm still alive after all these years.
Well, that's about it for now; it's time to feed the cats again and that little possum in the yard; it's getting pretty dark outside now, he or she will be sneaking around out there soon enough.
LOVE THE ANIMALS
Regards,
