It has been a looong time since I experienced a real transition. I mean there are days I find myself still experiencing the last one, which was quite a doosy, it will be four years this December! These particular transitions (the ones I am experiencing like right now.) are coming to a close. I say coming to a close because as of the nineteenth or hopefully the thirtieth of this month I will not be living with my brothers as well as being employed more than 19 hours a week. Until now I hadn’t really known the stress of finding a place to live or finding employment because the living situations just fell into my lap ad so did the jobs. This time around I have had to work REALLY hard at both. It has been brutal! I have looked in the paper, asked friends and just started to randomly call apartment listed in the Yellow pages in an effort to find a situation that suited my needs and didn’t empty my pockets without anything to live on until a better job or one to go with the job came along. A friend has opened her house to me asking for rent that I can afford under my current income and I have applied for jobs ranging from secretary/administrative assistant to teachers’ aide. I still haven’t sucked it up to apply for a job in the fast food industry, but that may change depending on my success. It is true that even if the job pays my rent that makes it worth it until I find something more permanent.
How did this all come about, you ask? Well, its very simple someone called interested in buying Shane’s house, they looked at it, made an offer and it was accepted. Its amazing sometimes how one decision can bring about MAJOR transitions. Transitions that I knew were on the horizon, but ignored simply because it wasn’t a priority because I had want I needed, a job and a place to live. Its also amazing how one can move so quickly and feel as though the world is crashing in on them because they procrastinated. Don’t worry though, I am looking forward to the changes with determination and a positive attitude, most days…