I Finally Got a Car and Am Back In The DMV!!!
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I went home to Mississippi, to look for a car with hopes of finding one that would allow me to save some of the insurance money to support my training. I drove all over neighborhoods and dealerships looking for a great deal. Car lots were the worst! If you know me it would be no surprise to you that I studied a course to tell me the strategies of car salesmen and the counters. So, it was irritating to see the salesmen come with the tricks and lies. I got most of them down pretty low on the price but it was not as low as I wanted to pay.
I went to a particular Nissan dealership there and negotiated a great deal on a car, but finally gave them a lesser firmer price. The guy of course brought another guy over that said he wouldn’t sell it for that because he knew he could get more for it. So, he raised the price 2k, not knowing that I had already gotten the salesman that I was dealing with to tell me the bottom line price they could take for the car. Based off of the blue book value he could have raised it five to ten more thousands. So it was still a steal, but I just didn’t have that much cash. So, I left, and came back the next day with hopes of getting them to except my offer. The salesman that I had dealt with the day before had just left. I talked to him on the phone and he referred me to a new guy that would show me this other car. I asked him what was the least amount they would take for it. He didn’t know and asked the second guy that had raised the price on the previous car.
How did I know he would come with the exact price I told him I could pay for the other car? Of course he knew this car wasn’t worth this much but only was trying to get all of what I could pay!! So, I walked out not giving them a chance to negotiate or show me anything else. I told the new guy as I was walking to the car I was driving, how disgusted I was with the guy trying to play that ridiculous game with me as if I was ignorant. Of course I knew the values of the three specific car types I was set on. Not to mention I had also spent a whole week negotiating on those cars. The new guy even knew that the price the guy had given me was ridiculous.
The new guy tried to help me behind the scenes, but I found the car I wanted the next day. It took every penny I had gotten from the insurance, which was not the goal. I’m content with the fact that I got what I wanted for a change. I didn’t settle on what I wanted. The positive is my insurance went down $130 a month, the car has 90k less miles than my previous car, its better on gas, clean, dependable and I got a great price. So, things are continuing in the right direct and will continue!! I’ve decided a while ago not to settle anymore. If it’s not what I want, I don’t have a problem walking away swiftly!! Settling and not following my first mind caused me tons of problems and pain!!
I bought the car Friday evening and hit the road early Sunday morning. People were asking, so you got the tags and everything done already? Of course I did, I don’t play around! I went straight from the car lot to take care of those things not wasting a moment. That night my dad and his friend took care of some things that I wanted a certain way on the car. The next morning I got up at 7am to get some other things done. My dad was saying that I could have waited to get some of it done, but I wasn’t having it. I wanted everything the way I wanted it and wasn’t settling. I knew that once I got back I wouldn’t take time to do any of it, and it would never get done. The drive wasn’t bad this time my dad came along with me to help me drive.
I didn’t get a chance to do much of anything while there. I didn’t even train because I was looking for a car like a mad man. My dad had to make me rest one night because I wanted to go look through neighborhoods late night after a long day of it that started early am. I did get a chance to fish twice the first couple days. I hadn’t gone cat fishing in a couple years. Here is a video of me doing that below and you will see me afraid of being finned.lol Even though I hadn’t been fishing in a while I remembered that their fins are harder and sharper than most fish! My hand is already hurt so I definitely didn’t want that additional problem in my life!!
I’m Going Home To Mississippi Part 2
On the following Thursday, the same family member offered to allow me to use their car to run errands after my car accident. I think that was pretty bold of them knowing that I had just wrecked mine!LOL But, they are always willing to help me in any type of way they can. I just don’t normally except help from them or anyone else without first giving all my efforts to handle things myself. They and a couple other people contacted me offering to rent me a car for a while, but I declined. So, in no way was their messing with me about the fight intentionally harmful. A matter of fact, we always joke around and pick with each other. I was just in an extreme mood do to the fight nature that comes when preparing for an MMA fight.
Anyways, a couple hours later I had to take the car back to them. While dropping me off to borrow a friend’s car so I could make it to training, they asked did I get all my errands taken care of. I told them that I didn’t have time to run any of them because I was home cooking my food so I could follow my plan for the fight. Making weight properly was the most important thing right now. A couple miles down the road they asked so, why didn’t you go get your stuff out of the car? I said I told you I had to make sure my food was cooked. That’s the only thing I’m concerned about, If I don’t make weight I can’t fight.” They said you should have went and gotten your mail out of your car!” I said you don’t understand I have nothing!! the car was the last thing I had! They can have my mail and my identity haha good luck with that! All my stuff is jacked up haha. The fight is all I’m concerned with!!
I could tell they got mad but I was so serious and just being honest. I’ve told you guys that after the tragedy nothing seems to get me down at all, and I just laugh at stuff uncontrollably. So, while riding the laugh just came out of nowhere. But then, it played in my mind that I had been saying the last couple weeks all I had left was my car and immediately just as uncontrollable as the laugh, tears started to flow.
Even though I had told them that I would move home, I honestly never thought I would actually have to do that. I’m a thinker I had already thought out a list of plans and it was the last on the list. My ex was the only person that got to know about everything that I had dealt with from the beginning. She would always say in the past it was amazing for her to watch me do things out of faith because she would have never been able to do it because it wasn’t logical. She would also say that it was even more amazing to watch first hand as it looked as I was about to drown in life, but was able to see so many times how God would save me right at the last second. And this has always been the case and has continued to happen!
A couple months ago I was in over draft. I couldn’t figure out why because I budget money like no one else!! If I don’t need it I don’t buy it. And I’m not into material things at all. I found out that my old health insurance company had been drafting my account for a while after it had been cancelled. A nice check came from that to hold me over for my expenses. Last month about two weeks after my rent was due, knowing how much I was spending on food, tests, ect to get ready for the fight she said you can wait to pay me after your fight don’t worry about it. A couple of days later I got a call saying I have Income tax money “ That I didn’t expect to get!!” So I paid her and had money to live on. On the same day that I had my car accident, I was driving my car to Sterling, VA to train and prayed Lord please don’t let my transmission go out on me because it was sounding terrible and I knew if it went out I couldn’t pay to get it fixed
When I went home to deal with the tragedy all those months last year and left my car there just sitting it was never the same. Easter Sunday right after my accident, I went to my Pastor trying to see if he could get some businesses to sponsor me because the fight would be airing on T.V. I told him about my car and money situation. He said he couldn’t help with the sponsors, and what it sounded it like I needed was benevolence funding from the church. He called a lady over to set it up for me. I smiled and told her no thank you, I was trying to see if someone wanted to take advantage of a business opportunity bc I was about to win the following weekend, and that I didn’t want to take anything from the church I want to be in a position to give to the church and that I will be fine.
The next day I was called to pick up a check from the car insurance. So, that turned out to be a blessing so I came home to Mississippi for a week to find a car for a lot cheaper plus have the help of family and friends doing it. Even though I don’t talk to many of my family until I come home many of them are great and have helped me and helped shape me over the years to be the person I am today. Many also pray for my safety and success and would do anything in their power to help me if I allow them. It’s always amazing when I do talk to some of them because its like we’ve never missed a beat!
So, I will find a cheap car, have some money from the insurance left over plus other money and live to train many more days until my ship comes in!! I hope to be back in MD by Monday going Ham!! But while I’m here I will enjoy my time with family and friend!!He showed up again Thank You Lord!!!
Watch My Pro Debut!! MMA Fight!!!
This is from my pro debut fight at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore Maryland on Saturday, April 30th 2011 . Watch the footage right before I come out plus the fight, and post fight interview!
Video of Weigh Ins Just In case You Missed It!!
Video’s are usually at the end of my blogs, but since I know everyone doesn’t like to read I decided to send it out separately to those who missed it because they didn’t want to read! LOL
The Video From The Weigh Ins
I’m Going Home To Mississippi part 1
I was just telling a couple of my family members Sunday before my accident that I was probably going to pack everything in my car after the fight and move back home to Mississippi. The conversation started because there were a couple jokes made about my upcoming fight. I explained that this wasn’t the time for jokes and that I’m never in a joking mood at least a month before a MMA fight. This is why I cut everyone off during this time. My whole personality, mood, and focus changes on it’s on, with no respect of person.
I explained to them that in the past I would hear jokes about you gone get knocked out or something when that’s not funny. It would be no different than someone coming to someone and saying today you are going to get fired from your job and lose everything haha except millions would witness it!! I explained that I have lost everything on this journey and have nothing left and that I would probably leave after the fight If something doesn’t happen soon. The income I have coming in would end in a couple months. I’m not a person that is going to wait until the last minute to prepare. I never want to be in a position where I have to depend on anyone!
One family member continued to joke and like I said my mood during this time is night and day from me normally. Many nights I couldn’t sleep at all visualizing the fight. I had many instances of forcing bad outcomes out of my mind and replacing them with positive ones. Thoughts of everything is riding on this. Thoughts of the people who I know are against me as well as those who don’t believe in me. Thoughts of the fact that I hadn’t fought in 3 yrs. Thoughts of people saying there’s no where for you to go but up, and me knowing that’s not true. There are many talented people on the corner who gave up everything to reach their dreams but didn’t make it and are more talented than Jordan. Every possible thought on top of the normal anxiety that comes along with being a perfectionist and am going to be in a cage one on one with another man knowing that one of us has to win.
I didn’t say all of that but I summed it up and said I know that a lot of family and people will be happy to see me back so they can say I knew he couldn’t do it! I also stated that Noah’s family and friends didn’t believe in him either!! As, if I would stop because I’m there? I’ve said it a million times and seen it a million times “My blessings don’t come from a particular place or people they come from God!!” The people that have should realize that there is nothing they have that he didn’t give to them, whether they acknowledge it or not. “Well I used my brain and worked hard for it!” Who do you think gave you the brain and work ethic? You could have easily been born in a different state, but those he gives to he expects to give and help the ones in need!! Anyway that’s another blog!!
I use to be the person to call everyone for holidays and their birthday’s or just because but decided to stop when I got tired of always being the one calling. Everyone feels you should call them. I feel that all relationships should go both ways. I’ve never seen anywhere where God was a respecter of person but commanded us to love one another and treat each other the way we want to be treated. Anyway, one family member continued to try to make jokes. I felt like the incredible hulk on the inside, and I thank God that I was able to hold it in. I thought by telling them my state earlier they would have some type of empathy but was wrong. They also later got an attitude with me because I wasn’t entertaining them when I had just explained earlier that I couldn’t help the state I was in. So, from now on during this time I know to follow my first mind and stay home, because everyone has a right to say and do what they want in there own home!! Part 2 tomorrow it’s getting to long!!
The Video From The Weigh Ins
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