As part of doing what ever it takes to get my bills paid I am a painter. Not always as the artist that I am however, as a “paint the walls in a house” painter. I’m good at it too. I brush and roll. I prefer the look better and the overall coverage is nice with two coats almost every time.
My girlfriend, who is also a client of mine for getting her hair done, bought a foreclosure home and hired me to paint the entire house including the garage. I also drilled the holes in her cabinets and put new handles on all the cabinet door and drawer fronts.
Painters are wanting the jobs so desperately that they are under bidding the jobs. I really needed the money so I matched my price to her middle price quote. I was having a really hard time with it and at the same time I just NEEDED it. She later added another $200 on the job quote saying that she beat me up pretty good with the price. I was very happy and grateful for that! 
I was going to do the cleaning after all the contractors were done to get it ready for renting or leasing. She wanted to pay less agian so I decided that for an almost eight hour day at the price she wanted to pay I could probably accomplish better things in my home office.
I called her to tell her to give the job to another. We are both fine with it. I’d have to say that I am better than fine with it. I’m happy to be doing something more productive tomorrow.
Things always have a way of working out just the way they are supposed to…
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