Its been quite awhile since I've posted anything. I've been very busy and barely on my computer. All my forms of internet entertainment have been neglected. I apologize.
Right after I posted last I did in fact get a new job at ADT in the call monitoring center. I am a outbound dispatcher. Its wonderful. I will, when I get out of training, be working from 16:30-1:00, but for now I'm working 15:30-00:00. I will be the one waking people up to tell them their alarm is going off, or have a low battery, or their zones aren't functioning properly. I can't complain one bit about any of it. The money and benefits are amazing. I have never been paid this much in a job before, so that is great and I get paid once a week, so budgeting with be a breeze. It is a very professional atmosphere, and I not entirely used to that, but I should be just fine. As far as the training goes: it is one month of training, so I will be out on the 21st. I have already met my requirements to "graduate" because I reached the required stats within the first two days of taking alarms. I'm quite proud of myself for that, so please forgive me if I have begun to brag.
The thing I look forward to the most is being able to save money to move into an apartment. I do enjoy living with my parents, but I would really like to have a place that is mine again. And I know Erin is dying to move out. Her and her mom aren't on good terms again so there has been a lot of strain in their house. Needless to say she's been at my house with my family quite a bit. She told me the other day that she wished her family was more like mine. It struck me as odd for a couple reasons. I'd never thought anyone would wish their family was like mine. My family has never been perfect, and I'm not saying it is now, but for awhile it wasn't good. Even six months ago it was rough. And the other thing was: I've already accepted her as a part of my family, and I'm pretty sure my family has accepted her as part as the family (she has just as many Christmas presents under the tree as I do). I just hadn't realized she hadn't thought of herself as a part of the family yet. I told her that her family is just like mine because my family is her family as well.
Speaking of my family, my parents continue to amaze me. About a week ago, a friend from my training class was kicked out of his parents home because he made the mistake of coming out to them. I happened to mention to my parents what had happened and within 30 minutes they had made a trip to Wal-Mart and come home, handing me a gift card and a piece of paper with our address and every phone number associated with my family on it. She instructed that I give it to him and tell him that if he needs a place to stay he is welcome to stay with us. She also told me that what was on that card was a gift, not a loan, and that someday he just needs to basically pay it forward. Later I looked at the receipt for the gift card and saw that it had a balance of $100. It brought tears to my eyes that my parents were willing to open their home and give $100 to someone they had never met and I had only known about a week. I love my parents. So Robby is now staying with us most nights, and him, Erin, and I are loving it. Its like a little sleep over every night. My mom is loving it as well. She absolutely adores him. She even bought an extra Christmas stocking for him, just in case he is here for Christmas.
Erin and I are just as well as ever. She's sick right now, so I feel miserable not being able to help. But I am just as happy now as I was the first time we kissed. I hate when she's not by my side, and can't get close enough to her when she is. I can honestly say that though I have loved others, I have never loved and I will never love another like this. |
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