Dad and I were discussing the cost to benefit ratio of the way I handled things with Bubba when I didn't grab him and run away from him at the high school gym in Red Boiling Springs Tennessee and instead bought him back from the Buddhists. He said he will always cover my obligations and that I would have not suffered much for grabbing Bubba back then, but I said we have enough non earning mechanisms in our family and if we can do things in a way to make back our investment on people its probably a good idea to try that.
I've been complaining a lot that I don't get any direct payment to enjoy in the here and now for doing things that our country cannot live without. I don't even get a soldier's wages or any r and r time. Seats at boxing events are worth a lot of money and they are no place for a lady to sit, but there are lots of ways for me to view Bubba's fights and it helps in most business discussions to have an activity such as golf or a boxing match to watch on ppv or cctv to maintain the proper energy when dealing with detailed topics that aren't likely to become an immediate reward along the way home for the day. Golf has largely gotten too expensive for people to practice regularly and tastes have changed in general.
Even in my dreams I want to be compensated for my effort.
So we were discussing how Bubba is going to pay me back for his ransom, I already rented him to Dad who put the payment in an escrow account for when Bubba has actually made him that much. We are talking about dream currency and the need to keep him largely in the same form he is in now.
*for the most part Bubba is going to be disengaged on Dad's behalf, which will free up some energy for Dad and wont change anything of note in Bubba at this time, although we will also encourage engagement in Bubba simultaneously*
