New Year...New Job!

Ok so this year has blown my mind so far. I will make this short since I have to be up a little early tomorrow.

Last year my life was headed down hill very fast and I was very discouraged. A little over a week into the new year, I had been in a car accident which was the most unfair thing because the other driver was at fault but walked away with just a scratch on their car. My car took all the force (standing vehicle hit by another vehicle) and was totaled. My Lucy was gone. I had to drive rentals for a couple months. Then I got Carolinka but now I have car payments. I took the bad with the good and went with it.

Then I found a job as a security guard. I kind of enjoyed it but the hours were crazy. I missed out on so much and at times it made me really upset. Especially around the holidays. Just a few days before Christmas my dad fell off a roof and hurt his back. Thank God he is ok now.  Then I spent New Years in a tiny little guard shack. Thankfully my parents Skyped in but still I was beyond upset about that. It was a really terrible year.

Here comes 2017. A couple weeks in I got a Facebook message from a friend in response to my pleas for a job. She said her old company was hiring and she could talk to the Manager. I agreed to let her put in a referral. I also put in about 10 other applications. In addition to the friend, 2 other applications showed promise. All 3 called me up and I considered my options. the first offered part time 3 days a week. The second offered a temp position but only for 3 months. And the last one offered full time temp to hire. The last option was the least risky. I decided to throw myself into the third option. Within a week of the interviews, I started working at a Securities Firm.

I am so mind blown right now. It is surreal to think that I do longer have to think about reports, patrols, or bar codes. I don't have to freeze in a tiny little building on a Saturday night. "Dobby is free!!!!" At the end of this week, I have my first weekend off in a year. I don't even know what to do with myself. I think I might go to the movies to see a special screening of Princess Bride and maybe record some videos for my Youtube channel.

I am so happy right now.
Humble but confident.

200 Writing Prompts Project

Ok so this is something I always wanted to do in my own time. I have this neat little book of writing prompts. There are 200 of them. If I do 2 each day that I want to write something then it would take me approximately 4 months to complete. If they are short, I might do more. I think this exercise will cause me to dig deep within. This is also an excellent way to get to know me.

I will put in my best efforts to stick to this.

Why do I love going to the movies?

I just went to see The Space Between Us. I absolutely loved it. Asa Butterfield did a great job portraying a teen named Gardner Elliot that was born and grew up on Mars. Britt Robertson played his Earthling friend turn love interest named Tulsa. Sadly he can't survive in Earth's atmosphere and has to go back to Mars but something tells me that Tulsa will go there to be with him in the future based on the fact that she was adopted by a retired Astronaut and was in the NASA Training program at the end of the film.

When I walked out of the theater I got to thinking about why I love movies so much. To put it simply: Movies make me feel something. My world is pretty lonely. I have a few friends but everyone is busy with their lives and sometimes I don't see my best friend for months at a time. I completely understand. Over the last year I have kept busy too. I also didn't have weekends off. So I missed the chances to hang out with my friends.

Movies tell a story in a very real way. Especially when a good actor is in the movie. In this particular movie, I felt butterflies when Gardner kissed Tulsa for the first time. That is just one example when I really felt a connection to the characters and what they were feeling. In other movies I have felt a stronger connection to a character on a personal level. A good example of this is with Zootopia's Judy Hopps. I related to everything she felt and went through in the movie. I like to say that Zootopia is the story of my life in a way.

Movies are like small adventures that take you away to another world for a couple hours.
So I guess.... movies make my life a little less lonely.

2017-New Year, New You?

Well its half way through the first month of the year and already a lot of positive things have happened. I am honestly a little overwhelmed.

First I was able to connect with several people about open positions in their companies; mostly family members and friends this time. The first few came back with temp positions that lasted for 3 months or part time 3 days a week. Then a major opportunity fell into my lap from a friend on Facebook. On the first day, I was called for a phone interview, the next day I came in for a second in-person interview, and the next day they called and offered me a job. The conditions were acceptable. The only thing is that it is temp to hire to see what I can do. I am a little worried but since I will be trained, I feel a little better about it. Now I am just waiting for them to start background checks and all that. While I wait the next couple of weeks for processing, I plan to read up on the stock market and how it all works. As terrified as I am, this whole thing is exciting. I believe I can do it.

Next I visited a few churches in the last couple of weeks. I ended up coming back to New Life church. It is a Slavic Evangelical church that I have been to before. I ended up at a service on a Friday night. It turned out to be a youth service but no one kicked me out. Instead they asked me to go ahead and join them for the evening. The pastor even said that the youth ministry could use a lot of help in all aspects. I plan to email him about that and start coming regularly on Fridays. And eventually on Sunday when I get settled into a new schedule. I immediately felt that God was telling me that this was my new home. I felt God saying, "This is where I need you to be."

New Year, New me? For sure! This is shaping up to be a really great year. I just need to keep leaning on my faith and really listening to God.

Next Step: Figure out how to fit a running schedule into my day.

Happy New Year!

Well its official. 2016 was one of the hardest years of my life but somehow I managed to grow from those experiences. I am so glad it has finally come to a close.

Just a recap of 2016.
I was in a car accident in January. My car was totaled.
I got a job as a security guard in February. To this day my parents hate that choice of job and frequently start fights about it.
About 5 months after started said job I got a second post at a Baptist church.
Shortly after that I left my own congregation and to this day I do not go to any house of worship.
I dated a few guys and one stuck around for all of a month before realizing that we were not right for each other and he was faking it the entire time.
Shortly after that I deleted one dating site profile and switched to another one. No luck there. Frankly, it is discouraging.

Now that whole year is over. 2017 is upon us and the first thing I felt on the first day of the new year was hope. I felt hopeful for the first time in years. A new year. A new beginning. I have a few goals for this year.

1. Travel more around Georgia. Waterfalls and hikes.
2. Get the Youtube channel up and running.
3. Start an exercise regime of some kind. ie running on the neighborhood on my days off.

Those are just the beginning. The rest is up to God. I just know this year will be awesome.

Happy New Year!!!