This Is My Life and It May Suck

Well I have not even tried to keep this thing up lately. I just don't have to a lot to say. Work has been a real chore. The sexual harasser at work has been sent to another store after giving a girl at work a lap dance in the office. We were sent a manager from another store as a replacement and he kind of sucks. I have been around this store long enough to see what all the problems are, but I have no real power to make the changes to fix them.

I just realize how much I miss my friends back in BG. I love my girlfriend, but I have no real friends of my own. When we aren't spending time together I am alone or at work. It really sucks. I know I could spend time with my girlfriend's friends, but I always feel out of place. I just miss being a half hour or less from my closest friends, because three hours is just to much. We're planing to go to visit next month so that should help.

I am now living poorer than I was my first year away at college. I am almost at the point of choosing which bills I can pay every month and eating ramen three times a day. I exaggerate, but only a little. It is sad that I am making the most I ever have and still have less money than I did a year ago. Oh well there isn't much I can do about it.

My Parents May Be Insane and A New Job

This weekend I had my parents visit for the holiday weekend. The problem is that I had told them not to come up, but they came anyway. The Monday before my mom called me to say they were coming for a visit. I asked them not to come because I had to work the whole weekend. They came anyway, so I had to come up with some time to see them. My girlfriend and her mom decided to have a cook out and invite them for the fourth. This was the best we could all come up with on short notice.

So Saturday comes and I a just getting up for my parents who were coming at noon only to hear my parents at my door. I freaked out. I was so mad that I just basically told them to leave and give me at least an hour to get ready, and by told I mean screamed. This isn't even mentioning the fact that I wasn't alone when my parents showed up three hours early without even calling. That made things even more awkward. That I think freaked my girlfriend out more than me standing outside yelling at my parents at 9 in the morning.

After my parents came back I told them in no uncertain terms that the next time they invited themselves or showed up hours early, I wouldn't even answer the door. Later still we had lunch with my girlfriend's parents. It went alright, but I wasn't looking for them to meet anytime soon. My girlfriend also meet my brother for the first time since he came along for the ride.

Later I found out that I pissed off my girlfriend's dad by having them meet my parents. I understand and agree that it was too soon, but it also wasn't my idea. So great, my family really sucks.

I finally have a new job since this one is the worst one I have ever had and that is saying a lot. I am actually only working for a different franchise of the same company. This company doesn't seem retarded like the current one and has a lot of perks like better vacation time, bonuses, closer location. Meanwhile I have had to suffer through some really awkward conversations with my current employer since I had to talk to them before I could interview with the other company. Worst conversation of my entire life. I mean how do you tell your boss that you hate your job and are looking elsewhere. I was so glad after that to be able to put in my two weeks notice since I kind of burned my bridges there. Now I am just serving out my time and trying to not just get fired in these last few days. I love my life.

Life In a New Town

Well I thought that the moving would be the hard part, and it was hard. I am still unpacking because even though I had five full days to finish it I totally didn't. Things are mostly put away except the pile of 8 boxes in my bedroom. Oh well I will get that done on Saturday.

I started my new job on Monday. It is probably the most horrible job I have ever had. While it is almost the same job I had before, it is far worse. I knew that some things would be different, but I just didn't think that it would be this bad. I know I can be overly dramatic sometimes, but now isn't one of them. I have never been "corrected" for doing things that I know for a fact are right before in my life. These people have no clue how to run their business and it drives me insane. To top it off I feel like I have no one to talk to there. All of the people there are just irritating. I have this weekend off work so I am spending it applying for new jobs and fine tuning my resume.

Other than the job part of my life, I am actually doing pretty well. The move went smooth enough, the girlfriend is happy to not have a long distance relationship again (as am I), I forgot how much I missed about living alone, I have a washer and dryer that don't take quarters for the first time in 7 years, and I got my internet installed and it costs me half as much as it has for the last 3 years. I can't think about the last one too much or I will realize how much money I wasted (just did $720). Except for the money thing those are all good things.

Time to Move

Well today I being a two day process of moving to the new place in Cleveland. I will have live in a even smaller place and have to be on a strict budget. I know it sounds to good to be true. I have to get used to having no cable and I won't have internet until Friday. So I have to get used to network TV and reading for the next few days while I unpack. Saturday we are heading back to BG for the night to go out one last time. This is another one of those times were I have been told I must get drunk. Last time I heard that was on my birthday, and that didn't turn out so well (meaning I throw up a lot). Oh well I guess once every six months won't kill me.

Yep, I'm Moving

Well I now have a new job (still shitty) and an apartment (super small). I can't help but feel nervous still. It is still a huge change and I have so much packing and moving to do that I don't feel excited yet. My last big move was to college seven years ago, so I guess I am a little out of practice. The fact that I have a wonderful girl who loves me waiting there is the only thing that really makes going through all of this trouble worth it.

Right now I am so broke that I will have to pull a big chunk out of my emergency fund to make the move happen since I am pay for rent on two places for a few months. This is on top of the money I have spent traveling to and from the new place to see the girl and find an apartment. Now that I have I place I don't have to make that drive for a week or two. This is good also because it is a terribly boring drive as well as being two and a half hours long.

I am looking forward to leaving my current job. I just feel like I have done everything I can for the place. I know that I would never get promoted again and that would be the only way I could get more done. Still I feel bad because there are not enough people in the company to really replace me at the moment. As angry as that place makes me sometimes, it is still like another home to me and the people there are like my family. Going to a job that is almost the same for another company doesn't make me feel any better. Oh well time to move on.

Well I know I have not posted in forever, but who cares. I have found I don't want to post a lot when I am actually happy, so I haven't been posting. I am at the moment a little upset. My girlfriend is moving to Cleveland. It is good for her and she will have a better job. But now my girlfriend will live 150 miles away. This sucks, so I applied for a job online. I already have an interview set up for next week, but that still means some time apart. I had hoped that when I got another job it would be one that would be completely different from my current job. It doesn't look like that will be the case, since I am trying to get a job that is pretty much the same job I have now only in Cleveland.

I still haven't told my parents that I am planning on moving. I already told my boss and my friends, but I just don't want to worry them so I'll tell them once I have a definite plan. I don't think it will bother them, I just think they will be worried. At least they will know where I am which is something they can't say right now about my wayward brother. Anyway I am just hoping for the best so I can have a plan for the future, even if it is in Cleveland.