Oooook, no really, it's ok!

Wed comes, and what happens? nada, as in no pickups at the airport, bad day.

We tried earlier in the afternoon, then he drops me off at the library and then gets me early in the evening to try again. Nothing.

I tell him right before the end of work "let's go home, and don't pay me today, i haven't earned it".

Yeah, i'm that kind of guy, call me nuts but how can i accept money when he spent gas all day and we didn't get even one customer?

It happens.

Then he's about to drop me off and we talk a bit and he mentions that the guy he hired for $300 to build the limo's website hasn't even called him since he hired him a week ago. I'm fairly familiar with building basic websites (which is what he wanted to start with) and i know a professional would take 2 hours at most to get it finished.

I told him so. He was a bit worried to the point that he had put a stop to the check he had given (whicih apparently had not been deposited yet). So i told him to give me Thursday off and that i would build the site. He was a bit hesitant but agreed to it.

Note: Derr is so busy he completely forgot that it was his birthday that day! he told me on the phone a bit later, and i ended up leaving him a "happy bday" song on his voicemail which he told me the next day that made him smile.

So the next day i'm at the library at 10AM and keep at it all the way to 7PM. Basic site finished. I had grabbed a free template online and modified it by hand (yes, that means going through lines of code, the old way) since i didn't have Macromedia Dreamweaver CS on my laptop or Paint Shop Pro 8. Those 2 programs were in my desktop and with them i probably would have been done in 2hrs instead of 9hrs.

Well that and the fact my laptop can't get online, so i had to go and use the library comnputers back and forth to get the template, to get new images, to get new content, etc. At times the computers are all booked and i had to wait 30-40mins.

Ok so then i call him and he's busy, his wife is busy. He has a flight later in the day. So the plan was to get the limo, we go in earlier, make some money, then he takes the flight and i drive the limo back to his house. That plan changed because he didn't want me to get in trouble because i have no limo license. So instead i drive him to the airport in his SUV.

On the way there he tells me "Luis, i'm very stressed today man. I got to head to NY and deal with some things there. All i want you to do now is say ok to everything i say, ok?". I didn't want to disagree, so i said "Ok".

Next thing... the man pulls the rug from under me. "You're going to drop me off, drive back to my house, and stay there for the night."

Snap! no choice but to say... "Ok."

And that is what happened, i drove to the airport and back to his house. I haven't driven in about 3 years and it was a very enjoyable ride. Now you can imagine how much he trusts me.

I stay there, talk to Mary who before the night is over gives me a Canon Z155 camera! she said it was an older one she wasn't using and since i like to take pictures to have it. I thanked her. I just did an online search and this baby costs $150-$200!!!!

She even gave me a leather case for it. As i write this i'm looking to buy a $400 on sale laptop from Best Buy so i can use some better programs on it so i can improve their website (well that and i can go online with it so i don't need to use the library's computers).

Well, time is almost up on this one, so i gotta go.

Have a great weekend everyone! =D