Eric

Alright....who am I?I was born in California and left when I was 9 and grew up in Hawaii...I moved back here (to California) in 2004.What do I do?I am divorced....I have re-invented myself several times. I was bound to be an Artist in "school days" and showed great promise (I still dabble in that these days). That ended when I started my own business...I got addicted to cars, racing and the "import culture" before there really was such a thing. I learned to weld, became a Certified Mechanic, a fabrication "MacGuyver", started a Performance/Racing business and became a retail businessman...I did import/export of merchandise, retail and wholesale sales, made almost everything in the business from scratch...including the showroom and most of the workshop/garage. I had some help here and there....can't do it alone, but I did most of it.....and the business grew and overhelmed me....I got burned out after 8 years of the "grind". I called it quits (my ex-wife was behind my efforts 100%...she was the best!) and I had a great group of guys that helped.....you all know who you are. I still owe you one! It just became dull. At one point there were 10 competitor businesses on the island that only really needed 3. One or two would open and/or go out of business each month. I had my fun and news was out that the only race track would soon close. You gotta know when to fold 'em.So I packed up looking for a change. I found it in California. I wanted out of the "car scene" and into something that I can do the rest of my life. What I do know is that I am sure working a lot now. I'm involved in the manufacture and assembly of Satellite & Spacecraft structures...basically I make sure that my company is building what our customer wants...like a 3D jigsaw puzzle....making sure that side "A" goes to side "A" and not "B". It takes me back to "Lego days", it is sort of like building a full scale model, so I enjoy the work...it is a pain at times, but fun too.Me and my wife ended things before summer 2007. We are still best friends, but she is far away now, both in my mind, my heart and literally in another country. People change. We both took a good look at ourselves and realized that we weren't happy anymore. We weren't the two people who met 7 years prior....she reinvented herself too. Sting sums it up in his song "If you love someone, set them free". We did.So here I am.