Life update!
Full disclosure, I think pumpkinqueen144 will be the only one reading this post in the near future given that everyone has migrated from LJ land. Nevertheless, Queenie, read your heart out! :P
I finally feel settled in as an adult. I suppose I probably hit this point a while ago but alas, I have not been journaling...at all. My paper journals, including the last one that I started but didn't finish, are hidden away in the closet. I have nothing to hide from Alex, but it would still be weird for me if he found them. I might dig them out at some point and start getting things down on paper.
I left the coffee company at the end of January. It wasn't a difficult move; I went back to waitressing. I make more money, I have a better schedule, and I am much less stressed on the job and at home. Christmas really stretched the budget. I only shopped for my immediate family as well as Alex's and limited everyone to one thing per person, but when you're going for four parents, four siblings, and your sister's boyfriend, it still wasn't easy. The big thing was hosting my family at my house on Christmas day. My dad and Sherry are in the process of divorce, and so we actually had a family holiday with both of my parents and my sister and me together. It was the closest I've felt to normal in a while. :)
Not long after new year's, my sister's boyfriend dumped her and kicked her out of the house claiming that she was clamoring to get married. Apparently she was out of line because she had brought up the subject more than once. They had been together for five years and lived together for three of those, but he wanted no part of it and she had to go. There was much drama, but she is now staying indefinitely at Dad's house until she gets back on her feet. She can't afford a place by herself, and she hasn't found a permanent solution yet. Still, Dad is being understanding, and things always have a way of working themselves out.
As far as the new job goes...I'm not a fan of management, but the head honcho is leaving soon anyway. He's one of those who won't tell you when you're doing well, but he'll be the first to bite your head off when you're doing something wrong. He also stresses himself the fuck out when a rush hits. I just hope I'm not working when he sends himself into cardiac arrest one of these days. Anyway, the word got out that he's leaving the company and starting his own restaurant, so I'm waiting it out to see what the new boss is like. I miss my Starbucks boss every day, but I still have bills that have to get paid, and I can't have everything I want. Such is life. Besides, everyone else at the new job has been supportive of me and tells me I'm doing well, and they're always willing to help me. If all else fails, my schedule at this restaurant is very conducive to going back to school. It may be a rough ride, but I'm going to get back into the educational world and get the fuck out of food service one day.
Some days are worse than others but I just have to take them one at a time. If my worst problem this week was the fact that I threw out bacon because of a power outage, I'm doing pretty well.
I finally feel settled in as an adult. I suppose I probably hit this point a while ago but alas, I have not been journaling...at all. My paper journals, including the last one that I started but didn't finish, are hidden away in the closet. I have nothing to hide from Alex, but it would still be weird for me if he found them. I might dig them out at some point and start getting things down on paper.
I left the coffee company at the end of January. It wasn't a difficult move; I went back to waitressing. I make more money, I have a better schedule, and I am much less stressed on the job and at home. Christmas really stretched the budget. I only shopped for my immediate family as well as Alex's and limited everyone to one thing per person, but when you're going for four parents, four siblings, and your sister's boyfriend, it still wasn't easy. The big thing was hosting my family at my house on Christmas day. My dad and Sherry are in the process of divorce, and so we actually had a family holiday with both of my parents and my sister and me together. It was the closest I've felt to normal in a while. :)
Not long after new year's, my sister's boyfriend dumped her and kicked her out of the house claiming that she was clamoring to get married. Apparently she was out of line because she had brought up the subject more than once. They had been together for five years and lived together for three of those, but he wanted no part of it and she had to go. There was much drama, but she is now staying indefinitely at Dad's house until she gets back on her feet. She can't afford a place by herself, and she hasn't found a permanent solution yet. Still, Dad is being understanding, and things always have a way of working themselves out.
As far as the new job goes...I'm not a fan of management, but the head honcho is leaving soon anyway. He's one of those who won't tell you when you're doing well, but he'll be the first to bite your head off when you're doing something wrong. He also stresses himself the fuck out when a rush hits. I just hope I'm not working when he sends himself into cardiac arrest one of these days. Anyway, the word got out that he's leaving the company and starting his own restaurant, so I'm waiting it out to see what the new boss is like. I miss my Starbucks boss every day, but I still have bills that have to get paid, and I can't have everything I want. Such is life. Besides, everyone else at the new job has been supportive of me and tells me I'm doing well, and they're always willing to help me. If all else fails, my schedule at this restaurant is very conducive to going back to school. It may be a rough ride, but I'm going to get back into the educational world and get the fuck out of food service one day.
Some days are worse than others but I just have to take them one at a time. If my worst problem this week was the fact that I threw out bacon because of a power outage, I'm doing pretty well.