Moving to St. Thomas Surprises this Tom
The idea to move to St. Thomas started when I was on vacation visiting my friends Errol and Beverly in St. Thomas, USVI in March of 2009. While on vacation my son joined the Amy. With my son in the army, I had nothing to keep me in my old haunts – the San Francisco Bay Area of California – where I went through several lifetimes in the mortgage business (and at least 10 of them in the last 3 years! – thank you subprime meltdown!).
As my son was leaving for boot camp on August 10, 2009, I decided to act on the information from my good friend Errol and get a one-way ticket to Paradise!!
So I did.
Four months later, as I’m about to begin my transfer to the wild Caribbean delights of St. Thomas, USVI, I get a call from Errol saying that he and Beverly are being transferred to Portland, OR! There goes my St. Thomas Welcome Wagon. Errol was sorry, but I explained to him that I was sorry for them as I was moving to Paradise and they had to leave for the rain.
So – I had sold all by belongings and was ready to go. I had no home, no job, no car and no place to stay!!! I had met a few friends of Errol’s, including Debra and Bruce when I was here March. These two “islanders” helped me to see that I had made the right decision – don’t worry man just get here!!!
That was all they kept saying. So here I am in Paradise with no home no job no car and no place to stay – and no worries. Debra is picking me up at the airport and my adventure begins!
Reporting live from the brighter side of life, this is St. Thom Tom!
