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Post by defiant1 on Sept 13, 2012 20:22:24 GMT -5
Just wanted to update you guys about what is going on with me. 2012 has been by far the worst year of my life, but I finally had something good happen to me. About 2 hrs ago I was hired by a pretty big company. What's great, besides being employed again for the 1st time since May, is it ties in a lot of my background with my recent banking background and combines the two. It'll be challenging, but it keep my career in this field going and perhaps will open bigger and better things for me down the road. The pay isn't that much, but with a little luck and struggling, it may be just enough for me to survive. Hopefully I will find ways to make other money, overtime or promotions and raises. In any event, it gives me a fighting chance to save my house. I'm not out of the woods yet. Come next year I will have another life changing announcement that will further change my life and make me a different person than I am today and I was just months ago. Eventually I will announce here what that is, but the time is not here yet. It's been a tragically bad year for me and I've searched my soul for answers and prayed for something good to finally happen. I appreciate anyone and everyone who has reached out to me in some way. And I've learned not to take anything for granted. I truly believe I will never be the same person I was before this year happened. And when all is said and done, that might turn out to be a good thing. Sometimes you just need to be taught valuable lessons. Never take life for granted. It can turn on you at a moment's notice. Thanks for your support. It sounds like you are doing everything you need to do. Good Luck. I've been trying to get through some issues of my own. df1
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Post by G on Oct 8, 2012 22:11:43 GMT -5
Today was my 1st day of work on my new job. I'm optimistic about this place. I'm in a fortune 200 company and they gave all appearances of taking excellent care of their employees. Being day #1 is usually a fluff experience at most companies, I feel like I've been down this path before. But I'm not usually this optimistic after a day #1. I've felt like at other companies I sat and listened and said to myself "yeah, yeah, yeah". At this company, I was seeing actual proof that they appear to be on the up and up. Plus as a bonus, a girl I used to work with at a previous job called me out as I was on my first break. She recognized me. She said she had been their 5 years and loved the place. I also know where I worked with her before (for 11 years), she would not have hesitated to say that job sucked (and that job treated us fairly, but not greatly, well). The fact she loved this place and openly and glowingly said so, made me feel decent. Plus, the employees pretty much all seemed happy. That's something you can see right away at a lot of places. You can tell if people are going through the motions and collecting a check or they really like where they work. These people seem to like their jobs. So with all that said, I'm optimistic. But guarded and observant. As I readjust to working life, I may have limitations on being here at the board, but I'm going to try and keep at it. I'll keep you posted! And hope to see you guys at the Crack!
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Post by defiant1 on Oct 8, 2012 22:26:25 GMT -5
Keep us advised. Glad to see you bouncing back.
BTW, here's a secret. All jobs suck. Even the good ones.
df1
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Post by G on Oct 9, 2012 3:16:26 GMT -5
Keep us advised. Glad to see you bouncing back. BTW, here's a secret. All jobs suck. Even the good ones. df1 Oh, I know. I've been around the block a few times by now. The trick is to find the ones that suck less.
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Post by defiant1 on Oct 9, 2012 14:57:11 GMT -5
Keep us advised. Glad to see you bouncing back. BTW, here's a secret. All jobs suck. Even the good ones. df1 Oh, I know. I've been around the block a few times by now. The trick is to find the ones that suck less. You can find the best job in the world, but all it takes is one idiot to ruin it. df1
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Post by G on Oct 9, 2012 18:21:39 GMT -5
Oh, I know. I've been around the block a few times by now. The trick is to find the ones that suck less. You can find the best job in the world, but all it takes is one idiot to ruin it. df1 That's what happened to me on my last job. I loved my last job. Absolutely loved it. But one fucking backstabbing conniving bitch brought me down. I didn't really think it was happening until I started realizing it really was happening and by time I started seeing the light, the damage was done. I think I have my eyes opened better now. Sometimes it takes thinking things from a "oh, it's not like that perspective" to realize how not to be again.
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Post by defiant1 on Oct 10, 2012 15:46:16 GMT -5
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Post by G on Oct 16, 2012 17:44:18 GMT -5
Just had another spam post from overnight that I had to delete and ban. Seems like if I get a new member, that's all it is anymore.
SPAM
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Post by defiant1 on Oct 16, 2012 21:33:47 GMT -5
Yeah. I cited that as a reason I was shutting down my board.
df1
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Post by G on Apr 10, 2013 16:09:30 GMT -5
Well, as crazy as my life has been over the last year or so, it just got a little crazier. I've been sitting on this news since July 31st. I found out that day and it was more than a little unsettling considering where I was in life. Well, life waits for no one and it certainly doesn't wait for me and on Monday April 8th at 2:49pm, at the age of 46, I was given birth to my first child. It's amazing and it is certainly something I didn't want to happen under my circumstances, but it couldn't be undone. As far as how did it make me feel. Well......it's hard to pinpoint. I think she's adorable. Words can't do it justice. She is WAY smaller than the pictures would ever make you notice. She came in at 6lbs and 9ozs and 20 inches long. It's like holding a burrito with a head on it. It's amazing and life changing. I just wish I was in a better place in life. This is NOT what I wanted to happen but now that she is here, I feel very blessed and I'm ready to try and be a better person and do whatever I can to make her life better.
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