Okay, so this is the first week of the new year and my kids are not with me...not that I am happy with that but it at least lifts a lot of stress on my back...I can find a lot of jobs to help me get by. But I miss my kids very much and so for those of you who did not know, my kids did go with their father to alabama to stay for three months so that I can get a breather for a bit and find myself a good job in the while.
(in rewind: This is why I live with my parents for the time being....back in october, I was laid off of my job because i was no longer working full time with them and I was back in school when they did not originally hire me as a student. They had no work for me so they could not afford to keep me. At that point, my roomie decided to quit her job because she did not like how she was treated. But after that, she was telling me that school told her to work on her free lance web designing work instead of finding a new job since she will be graduating in less than six months...I guess that looks bad on your resume; that is what they told her. So she did not look for work and for one, did not even file for unemployment...on top of that she did not even work on her free lance web design, either. She would rather watch her kids during the day so that her ex, who is the legal gaurdian of the children, would not have to go out to find a babysitter. It was good of her to do so but at that point she needed have some kind of an income; heck, she couldn't even drive her car anymore because her insurence was cancelled....how is she going to take the kids to the hospital when she can not drive her own car in case of emergencies?
So at this point I was stuck and could not make ends meet and finally the apartment complex sent me a notice to go to court about an eviction. I knew that I had no other choice but to get out of there and so my parents came to my help once again. Ugh, this has become much of a headache and hopefully before April I will find a place of my own and be ready for the kids when they get here then. Other than that, I do not hear anymore from my ex-roomie who still owes me in her share of two months rent and who has taken a few things from my stuff when we moved...in otherwords, TRUST NO ONE, even those you think you have known for quite sometime.)
Some of you might know that I did have a job over the holidays...well, unfortunately, that job is over since it was only seasonal. I was hoping that since I worked my butt off for them, they might let me stay there but they decided to hire someone else in my place who was only there for like three weeks when I was there for almost two months. I hate it when jobs choose their favorites to keep employed after season. So I was layed off just before the new years and since all of the state and federal places were closed on tuesday in recognition of President Ford's funeral, I had to wait till Wed to get anything done...that was not a good day to go to the employment office to file for unemployment and find a job...I tell ya. But I at least found many jobs to choose from.
On the good side of this new week in 2007, my kids are adapting to a new living area with thier father and his new family. At first, Jake was a little homesick but I am sure that that happens to every child when they are away from thier regular everyday home. Sammy I guess, fit in really well and she was trying to make Jake feel a lot more comfortable with thier new home too. The kids are happy and they are learning new things in this new lifestyle and I hope the best for them, too. As for myself, I just have to be here and get some stuff done so that I will not have to worry about not being able to pay my bills this time. I hope I will find that right job. But other than that, I hope you all had a wonderful new years and lets hope that things will change for all of us this year.
