Not so good news to share / RIP BOB

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And welcome to the Confederate Fat Guy Podcast. Before we get started on today's episode, I want to thank my sponsors, Rise Elite Coaching and Aaron5 News. Rise Elite Coaching offers fitness, nutrition, and specialized plans customized for busy professionals without burnout. Kai owner and CEO and founder is a certified personal trainer and life coach. You can contact Kai at RiseEliteCoaching at Outlook.com. You can follow RiseElite Coaching on Instagram and TikTok. And Aaron5News, your number one source for Indiana News on social media. Well, Aaron5News offers is free. Yes, free business advertising and monthly shout-outs. Friend Request, Aaron Glunt on Facebook, and go follow Aaron5 News on Facebook. And thank you so much to my supporter, Ashley Aldridge. I appreciate you so much. I'm sorry that today was not a good day. But thank you again for supporting the Confident Fat Guy podcast. So today, the CFG does not have the best of news. Thursday last Thursday, I got the email from Cass County Fire District 1 that I was not selected to move forward in the hiring process. It's a bummer, but it's been almost a week. I'm over it. And I understand. I mean, who's gonna want to hire a 39-year-old over a 21-year-old? Yes, I have loads of experience and I have loads of certifications, but let's be honest, I probably have a good 10 years, maybe 15, to fight fire when a freshly out of high school or college has 30, maybe. So yeah, I mean I get it, it sucks, but I realize that it's not my time anymore. I had my glory, I fought fire for almost 13 years. I was honored to hold the rank of lieutenant, and I was honored to hold the rank of captain. So it's okay. I've already dealt mentally dealt with it, and I'm okay with it, you know, it's just not my time. That's cool. I had my day in the sun. So it's all good. But then yesterday I got a text message saying that an old resident of mine, when I was an activity assistant here at a rehabilitation center, passed away. He was a very good friend of mine. We hung out all the time while I was at work when I was an activity assistant. Um, but things took a really bad turn. So I put on Facebook a picture of him and a tribute, and one of the other residents decided that when I I wanted to go there today because I wanted to see people, and I wanted to visit and you know, just soak it in the memories one more time. And one of the residents blew up on me and said that she should have never learned it off Facebook, that someone should have told her, let's get something straight. They are not allowed to tell other residents about other residents. It's a HIPAA violation. And the she made so much a fuss that the activities director got pulled from a meeting to take care of it. And me and the recreations director, we had used to have a great relationship, and thankfully, a friend of mine, which is a housekeeper there, stuck up for me, but she asked me what happened, and I told her, and she said, You need to leave. And I'm like, What? Like, I didn't even do anything. So I went to sign out, and I was talking to another employee that I was a friend with, and she asked me what happened. I told her, and the activities director was walking by and said, No, really, you need to leave. Just go ahead and go. And I'm like, I I I didn't do anything, you know. All I did was post a tribute, and people got mad about it. I didn't violate anything, I'm not under contract with that company anymore. I have every right to post a picture of my friend and a tribute. You know, I'm I I'm sorry I couldn't visit more because of my work schedule. I feel horrible. I wish I could have told him I loved him one more time. I wish I could have helped hugged him one more time, but I decided then that I'll never go back. Uh I was embarrassed, I was humiliated, and my friend, which is the housekeeper there, also got blamed for it, and she had nothing to do with it, and we've talked pretty much all day, and I feel so bad that she got brought into it, which when she had no involvement in it, she just stuck up for me. And thank you for that. And I'm saying this publicly, thank you for sticking up for me. I know I was not in the wrong, but I feel so bad that she got brought into the mix when all she did, all she did was stand up for me. So, Ashley, thank you so much. You're a true friend, and I'm sorry that you got brought into it. I really am. But yeah, that's been my day. That's not really how I wanted to spend my day my first day off, but it's okay. It really is, because now that I know that the people that I thought were cool with me and missed me and always seemed happy when I was around, it really isn't. So I am distancing myself from the rehabilitation center. Um, I had a good five months there and I had a lot of fun. Um you never really expect to fall in love with uh the residents, and it's hard not to. It was good to see the people that I did, and it sucks that I had to go through what I did today just because I posted a tribute to my friend. So with that being said, Bob, I love you. I'm gonna miss you. I'm always gonna think about you. Thank you for all the memories, and Godspeed, brother. I love you. You know, Bob was an interesting character, and I fell in love with him right away. He called himself the Resident Alien. He was so fascinated by aliens and outer space, and he has alien dolls in his room, and he would always wear alien clothes, and he would always want his nails painted, and that's what we did on Thursdays is I did his nails for him, and we would just sit and talk, you know, either about life or what was going on with him or just shooting the shit, or he would always ask how my son's doing. And when I got my new job, you know, I knew it broke Bob's heart when I left, but I always told him I'd keep coming back and visiting, and I tried to every Tuesday, and then just my schedule just wouldn't allow it anymore, and I haven't been there in a few weeks. And then I got the the phone call that Bob passed away and it crushed me. I I was at work when I got the message, um and I was pulling the 12 hours yesterday, so it was it it was 12 hours of thinking about Bob. I'm sorry, it was Saturday that I got the phone call not Sunday. But that's all I thought about was Bob, you know, the memories and and then the regrets of I should have went and seen him one more time, I should have done this, I should have done that. But just my schedule just wouldn't allow it, you know, and that's on me. And I wasn't able to hear his voice one more time. I think I believe he was like I think he was in his early 80s, late 70s, early 80s. And he I mean he had some health issues. He had some health issues when I was there, and I haven't been there in over eight months. But you know, I would get updates from people that he's doing really good, and then the bombshell that he passed away. So yeah, you know, Saturday and Sunday were pretty rough because that's all I had was Bob on my mind and just all the memories and yeah, it was sad. I'm still sad about it. You know, walking into the the the nursing home and not hearing Bob's voice or not having Bob come wheeling up to give me a hug and it sucked. It definitely does suck. But he's in a better place now. He's he's back at his own planet with the rest of his alien friends. But yeah, but other than that, the week's been good. Just busy a lot of overtime. Uh me and Lindsay are doing great. Um I'm so glad to have her back. It's been great. Um yeah, so I was trying to rush to make this episode because of my schedule. It's like, man, I gotta get this done before tomorrow. So yeah, this is being recorded a day before it's supposed to come out. I try not to do it, but I just not have not had the time to sit down and talk. And I I see this podcast as almost like my journal. I really do. I just share my journal with the world and thank you all for tuning in and listening, and thank you for the downloads. I'm over 800 downloads now. It's awesome. And thank you guys so much. Um if you guys would like to support the channel, you can go wherever you're listening and hit the support button. It's only three dollars a month, or you know, you can pick any kind of price you want. If you want to be a sponsor, if you have a business, or you just want to sponsor me, it's ten dollars a month, and you'll get promoted on every single episode of the Confident Fat Guy podcast. But I appreciate every single one of you. I don't have too much to talk about today. Um, I just wanted to come on here and tell you about the fire department, and I wanted to talk a little bit about Bob and let you guys know that me and Lindsay are doing pretty well. Uh, we went on our first date last Monday, and she looked incredible. I posted it on my social media. You can follow the confident fat guy on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. So, yeah, you know, I wish I had a more fascinating week to tell you guys about, but I haven't. I've just been working, working, working. Um, I did get some cool stuff in though. My uh I started the Power Rangers collection, figure collection, um, the original Power Rangers from 93 to 95, and I have the original Dragon Zord met in in box, the original White Tiger Zord met in box, the Power Ranger Command Center met in box, and then I have five out of the six original Power Rangers mint on card. So, I mean that's my goal is to get collect all of them. I've got a few more Zords left, I got a few more figures, just the ones that are left are like super expensive. Excuse me, but I'm working on it. I got my teenage ninja turtle collection going as well. So yeah, just working and hanging out with Lindsay and collecting my toys. Other than that, everything's going really good. Um, I hope you guys are doing well. I still have my email if you guys want to contact me. Um, but yeah, so I'm gonna jump off here. Uh Lindsay's actually on her way over right now. So hopefully I don't have to rush to next week's episode. Um hopefully I'll have a lot more to talk about. But thank you for listening. Thank you for tuning in. Don't forget to share me out, and I hope you guys are doing well physically and mentally. Um, I hope your mental health is in check. I hope you guys are doing amazing. Summer's almost here, so normally the sun and good weather brightens people up a little bit. But I love you guys. Thank you so much for tuning in. Remember, love yourself, love each other, conquer your dreams, and crust your goals.