New Job so push pause

In the next couple of days i will be starting my new job in the IT field. I have mixed emotions about it but sometimes you have to do the right thing not the easy one. With that currently in the mix i have been trying to button up everything else going on in the background. The envelope has been sitting dormant for the past month and will likely be the case for August.

Through this project i have been ticking away living at home reaping the benefits of very generous parents. Ballooning seems to drain you of all your funds especially when your not doing any flying. At least nobody else is flying at the moment. That would push me over the edge if people were flying and i couldn't because all my money was going into getting setup. 

I recently paid a Cameron Balloons bill of $450 for the PRV's, basket bolts and a couple other goodies. Today i spent $400 getting the fabric for a basket cover, targets, bag material, tank covers and misc basket items. Expensive but if you were to purchase all these items it would cost at minimum triple the raw material cost. 

Lots is happening in the garage at the moment and i hope once i show everyone exactly how much work i have put into making it look/function well they will be thoroughly impressed. I remember about a year ago i was living on noodles because i was putting every cent into getting parts for the balloon. To get started well its not cheap even if your going to route i'm taking. Id hate to see the money being dropped for a manufacturers rig. Hopefully within the next couple of weeks ill be able to pay back my debt to my brother and sort the remaining $800. Once that is all sorted ill be out of the noodle phase once again and be faced with lots of labor.

The cheap fan i purchased has been stripped and sent off to be powder coated. Once it arrives back hopefully the gas tank will be painted up and it can all go back together.

Lastly we finally got the bottom end together after the frame came back from the stainless steel cleaners. It is crazy to think that its the same frame. Very similar result to the tanks i polished myself. It wasn't until after that you look back and realize what 20 plus years will do to your system. Once we got it all together we had a little bit of play then got straight back to work getting the foam flooring cut and carpet fitted.