So, a Year's Worth of Updates

Where the heck do I begin. Today I quit my job. Never fear, I found another job already. I will not be dealing with people on the phones anymore, and because of that, I feel as though my sanity will surely return. Three and a half years I spent at this call center and though I love the people I work with, I did not enjoy the job itself. Being promoted to the senior level was the worst mistake I could have make at this company, and my mental state paid the price for it. Yeah, yeah, don't take your work home with you. That is really hard when I already don't deal well with confrontation so being yelled at for three hours straight did help that, either.

Let's see, what else have I been up to in the last several month. My mother and stepfather came down in June for a week. While they were here, they bought me a bow for my birthday. No, this had nothing to do with that Hunger Games movie that came out. I haven't even seen it. I've been into archery since I was a child, although my interest was reactivated a few years ago when my mother said she had gotten into it. Quite jealous was I, actually. She and I finally have something in common. She had more in common with my sister than with me. I don't get to shoot as often as I would like these days, but that will be happening more now that I am not tied to this call center job anymore.

I moved out of my beloved apartment that I was in for two years.  Last summer I went through some financial issues and so I had to leave my apartment.  I moved in with four, yes, count them FOUR gamer boys, most of whom I do not see very often either due to work or the fact that they are playing video games or WoW at all hours of the day/night.  They don't bother me, and I have never had a conflict of schedule with them regarding the fact that my call center job had me up so early in the morning.  To my knowledge, I have never woken them up being up at 530am.  That's a good thing, I think.  Now that I'm not working there anymore, my schedule is going to be changing drastically, but I am sure that it will not be an issue with the boys.  They are very easygoing and understanding.  Did I mention I'm the only girl in the house?  I'm just one of the boys to them, and that's fine with me.  The house I moved in is very old and dilapidated, but it's one saving grace is that it has a very nice garden area so this spring I will be able to clear all the dead stuff from it and grow another garden if I want.  That is the one thing I miss about my apartment is my garden. 

Raven started first grade this year.  Currently she is staying with friends of mine a town away.  I still see her on a regular basis.  She turned 7 nearly two weeks ago and she is growing up to be so beautiful.  She is thriving with the family she is with, my friends.  They love her so much, just as I do. 

I did start going to a gym.  Planet Fitness to be exact.  Their membership fees were very reasonable and I have already lost about ten pounds, give or take, since I started there.  That is a total of around 40 from about a year ago summertime.  I am very proud of that.  I had to buy new jeans finaly, and that felt really good!

I have spent the last several months trying to get my head back on my shoulders straight, and I know that I have barely scratched the surface of that, but I am hoping that getting back into regular blogging and getting things out that I will be able to get that going again.  It has been difficult, but things are progressing much more interestingly than I had thought possible.  I look forward to the time when I am as back to "normal" as I was before.. whenever that was.... 

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