My landlord Steve is my new neighbor. He's building a new house and he needed a place to live, so he put his trailer down on his property at the end of my street. The city recently ran water, sewage and electricity to it, and the whole thing was put together by his cousin and contractor Ricky, who is my ex-boss from the tubing company.

This location down on the creek is also the place where we put tubers into the water. In fact, they waited until just after tubing season ended, to pour the concrete. You see how this all fits together?

Steve's is one of the largest property owners here in Lawrence County, if not the largest. He buys houses and flips them into rental properties, and the place I live in is one of them.

He also has a used car business and I've worked for him in the past, driving vehicles down from Nashville. His main mechanic Tim has worked on my truck on the side a couple of times and my current mechanic Thomas is Tim's brother.

One of his four sons was my neighbor when I moved in here five years ago. I guess I've become embedded in his life in a small way. I see him buying his HS aged grandkids breakfast at the Square all the time and I heard he just took them all off on a big trip somewhere.

I like Steve a lot, I just hope he don't raise my rent again for a long time...