Holly

Well, I tried to have that conversation and he's like, well, maybe I want to be a teacher, which means he has to go back to school. And then if you look at the salary that it's starting pay for teachers in our state.

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Right. Well, we live outside of Portland in a much cheaper area, but he thinks we can make up the gaps with the side hustles, which we've been doing.

Right. Well, we live outside of Portland in a much cheaper area, but he thinks we can make up the gaps with the side hustles, which we've been doing.

Right. Well, we live outside of Portland in a much cheaper area, but he thinks we can make up the gaps with the side hustles, which we've been doing.

And he's up against time. He doesn't have any more hours in the day to do another side hustle. He already has two part-time gigs plus his bus driving.

And he's up against time. He doesn't have any more hours in the day to do another side hustle. He already has two part-time gigs plus his bus driving.

And he's up against time. He doesn't have any more hours in the day to do another side hustle. He already has two part-time gigs plus his bus driving.

The business was in the basement of the house? Yeah, he had an office for himself, beautifully decorated. He had an office for the rest of us that we shared as a large room. What was the business? He had an IT consulting firm. He provided IT consultants for local businesses.

The business was in the basement of the house? Yeah, he had an office for himself, beautifully decorated. He had an office for the rest of us that we shared as a large room. What was the business? He had an IT consulting firm. He provided IT consultants for local businesses.

He was usually in the office around 5 a.m. He did a lot of work for the day early before everybody came in.

He was usually in the office around 5 a.m. He did a lot of work for the day early before everybody came in.

He would leave a small cassette with his instructions for the day. Those are your marching orders for the day? Correct. I never started the day without that. And yet, that was not on the desk. Neither for myself or my coworkers. Holly thought maybe Lance had an appointment out of the office. She checked his daily calendar. It was blank. There was not one item on it.

He would leave a small cassette with his instructions for the day. Those are your marching orders for the day? Correct. I never started the day without that. And yet, that was not on the desk. Neither for myself or my coworkers. Holly thought maybe Lance had an appointment out of the office. She checked his daily calendar. It was blank. There was not one item on it.

Again, very unusual for someone who is very scheduled.

Again, very unusual for someone who is very scheduled.

If you put a stamp on a letter, it needed to be straight and in the right position. If you were designing a business card or a brochure, it had to be perfect.

If you put a stamp on a letter, it needed to be straight and in the right position. If you were designing a business card or a brochure, it had to be perfect.