.:I'm living in a material world & I am a material girl:.
I figired I would write in here since I gave my link to my friend Anna , I wanted to give her something recent to read. I also wanted her to read something from a time frame when she at least knew who I am!! So this entry is for you my lovely Anna!
Well I haven't written in here for well over 6 months and a ton has changed since then. I got the job in Sioux Falls and I moved to Sioux Falls in January. I've been going though the ups and downs of living in a new place. I love it here but I also hate it as well. I miss my friends, but they all moved out of Vermillion last summer anyway. So I hated Vermillion as well, I am glad to be gone from there. Although, I should have moved to Sioux City. I don't regret moving to Sioux Falls though because I met some really great people and I love being closer to home. I love that my friends can come stay when they come to Sioux Falls. I just wish it wasn't so hard to maintain some friendships.
Anyway, right now I'm working with homeless teenagers that never quit suprising me in both good and bad ways. I love being able to be there for their good moments when their life is going right and good things are happening, and sadly I love to be there when things fall appart and they break. They all have potential, I just wish they knew what they had in them. I was the same way when I was their age though. Anyway, I'm suposed to be teaching them the basic life skills, like cooking, cleaning, laundry, getting a job, holding a job, just anything you can thing of I deal with. They've taught me a lot as well. I enjoy my job, even when its frusterating.
On that note, I have decided to go back to school. I'm already back in and taking a summer class that I have to finish before classes start in September. I'm taking the required classes to become a chemical dependency counselor. With this I must quit my job, and find a place to be a chemical dependency counselor trainee because I need at least 1000 hours of training to be a level I, but I want to test high enough so I can be a level II right away so that means I would need 2000 hours of training. I can do this with Volunteers of Amierca (the place I work with now) but they don't pay good because they are a non-profit agency, but I think I'll have to do it anyway because there aren't many private places hiering right now.
Anyawy, I only have like 2 friends here in Sioux Falls, one of which was one of my good friends in Vermillion that moved here. The other is Anna who moved to Japan a few days ago :( I imss her already! She's been a great friend though and thats one reason I'm glad I did move here, because I met her. It's so hard to meet people here because I work nights, on average I work until about 4 or 5 in the morning. Crazy people have shifts like that (but its perfect for me!). I was reading past entries today and there were numerous comments about how I'm an insomniac, and I forgot how hard life used to be because of that. The hours are nice, but I'm never going to find a social circle with hours like that! My mom mentioned me getting a part time weekend job and I was like ARE YOU INSANE!? I'll be full time working, half time school, and now she wants me to get a part time job? I would be willing to do it if I wasn't back in school!
Also a new development is im 24 now. This age makes me want to puke. I dislike being 24, I disliked being 23 but I got used to it just last month, NOW I have to adjust all over again?? I'm unhappy in the age department. My birthday was last week, I went to dinner with my mom & dad, my uncle and aunt which was nice. I don't get to see much of them so it was nice. Then I went out for drinks with two of my best friends Shay & Missy so that made me really happy. Missy sent me flowers (fabbbb) and made me cupcakes which are delicous and I love them. Anna gave me a bunch of fun stuff, my favorite is this foot stuff and I used it and you wear the socks, and now my feet are AMAZINGLY soft. The kids at work even made me a birthday cake, I was so impressed. I'll post a picture of it sometime soon (I always say this & it never gets done).
I think that's all I really have for now. At least this entry had some substance, every time I try to type up something I just draw a blank on what to write.
::JeN::
Well I haven't written in here for well over 6 months and a ton has changed since then. I got the job in Sioux Falls and I moved to Sioux Falls in January. I've been going though the ups and downs of living in a new place. I love it here but I also hate it as well. I miss my friends, but they all moved out of Vermillion last summer anyway. So I hated Vermillion as well, I am glad to be gone from there. Although, I should have moved to Sioux City. I don't regret moving to Sioux Falls though because I met some really great people and I love being closer to home. I love that my friends can come stay when they come to Sioux Falls. I just wish it wasn't so hard to maintain some friendships.
Anyway, right now I'm working with homeless teenagers that never quit suprising me in both good and bad ways. I love being able to be there for their good moments when their life is going right and good things are happening, and sadly I love to be there when things fall appart and they break. They all have potential, I just wish they knew what they had in them. I was the same way when I was their age though. Anyway, I'm suposed to be teaching them the basic life skills, like cooking, cleaning, laundry, getting a job, holding a job, just anything you can thing of I deal with. They've taught me a lot as well. I enjoy my job, even when its frusterating.
On that note, I have decided to go back to school. I'm already back in and taking a summer class that I have to finish before classes start in September. I'm taking the required classes to become a chemical dependency counselor. With this I must quit my job, and find a place to be a chemical dependency counselor trainee because I need at least 1000 hours of training to be a level I, but I want to test high enough so I can be a level II right away so that means I would need 2000 hours of training. I can do this with Volunteers of Amierca (the place I work with now) but they don't pay good because they are a non-profit agency, but I think I'll have to do it anyway because there aren't many private places hiering right now.
Anyawy, I only have like 2 friends here in Sioux Falls, one of which was one of my good friends in Vermillion that moved here. The other is Anna who moved to Japan a few days ago :( I imss her already! She's been a great friend though and thats one reason I'm glad I did move here, because I met her. It's so hard to meet people here because I work nights, on average I work until about 4 or 5 in the morning. Crazy people have shifts like that (but its perfect for me!). I was reading past entries today and there were numerous comments about how I'm an insomniac, and I forgot how hard life used to be because of that. The hours are nice, but I'm never going to find a social circle with hours like that! My mom mentioned me getting a part time weekend job and I was like ARE YOU INSANE!? I'll be full time working, half time school, and now she wants me to get a part time job? I would be willing to do it if I wasn't back in school!
Also a new development is im 24 now. This age makes me want to puke. I dislike being 24, I disliked being 23 but I got used to it just last month, NOW I have to adjust all over again?? I'm unhappy in the age department. My birthday was last week, I went to dinner with my mom & dad, my uncle and aunt which was nice. I don't get to see much of them so it was nice. Then I went out for drinks with two of my best friends Shay & Missy so that made me really happy. Missy sent me flowers (fabbbb) and made me cupcakes which are delicous and I love them. Anna gave me a bunch of fun stuff, my favorite is this foot stuff and I used it and you wear the socks, and now my feet are AMAZINGLY soft. The kids at work even made me a birthday cake, I was so impressed. I'll post a picture of it sometime soon (I always say this & it never gets done).
I think that's all I really have for now. At least this entry had some substance, every time I try to type up something I just draw a blank on what to write.
::JeN::