I have been getting that question lately because it seems as though I have fallen off the face of the planet. Well, I haven’t I am here and well. There has been a lot of changes in my life over the past few months and unfortunately blogging and staying in touch with friends has taken a back seat. Where to start. . .
Well, lets start with the reason I have been incommunicado if you will. The beginning of April I moved out of my parents house into my own apartment. This was a good thing and a bad thing. Good because I needed to get out on my own and stand on my own 2 feet. Bad because it wasn’t exactly my decision. . . See I had to move out because Mom and Dad are going to Texas for a job opportunity. My choice was either move to Texas with them or move out on my own. Since my friends, job and life are here I opted to try and make it on my own here (key word there is try). So anyway I moved into this great little 1 bedroom apartment in Brighton and I am doing well and loving it. Problem is I have been without Internet because other things like food and gas and misc things I have needed to live comfortably in my new place have taken priority over the Internet. I have been able to check my mail a few times a week at work but that’s about it. Man do I miss being able to surf and keep in touch with my friends!
About 3 weeks after I moved in my parents left for TX so I am really on my own. I have aunts and uncles and grand parents here still but they are all at least a half hour drive away. It has been nice to be more independent but it is scary to. I miss my family more than anything and wish we could all be together again (Jacob, Misty, and Becca are in Tx to 
)
The same week my parents left Brian (my boyfriend who is temporarily living with me) lost his job after being out of work for about 6 weeks due to a surgery on his foot. This really hit me hard. Not only had I just had to say goodbye to my family and best friends but now I was faced with supporting myself and my boyfriend for an untold amount of time. This scared me because I was counting on him to help with things like groceries and utilities since he would be living there to. I panicked because I didn’t know how long I would be able to afford food, gas and rent on just my income let alone my other bills.
Thankfully I didn’t have to worry about that for long as God provided him a great job within 2 weeks. This job is a great opportunity for him since it is doing security work for level 3 communications which is a global company that offers good benefits and experience. The only down side to it is he is only working 2 days a week right now and those 2 days are 12 hrs at night. Also this job is in Broomfield so it is proving somewhat difficult to get both of us to work and church. But I am trusting God to provide for us. He also has another job opportunity at a retirement community just a few blocks from home. This is not as good of pay and he will be doing more janitorial duties than security work but it will help to supplement his income so he can save for things like an apartment, a car and school. He is not sure if he will take this position or not since he is still hopeful to find something that will pay a little more and/or be able to get more hours at his other job.
I guess that’s about it aside from the normal things of life like work, shopping laundry and church all of which are proving more difficult as time goes on. I have been able to get rides from co-workers on the days that Brian needs the car to go to work but this has meant I am often late for my shift since no one goes in at the same time as me. Shopping and laundry have proved to be difficult sometimes because we don’t have machines in the apartment so I have to get quarters and take it to the laundry room or to aunt Jeniffer’s (which is a 30 min drive away) and finances are tight right now. I have been able to pay off a student loan since moving in and am getting more house sitting jobs since it is warming up and people are traveling more which helps with finances but hinders time and complicates the car situation. I am hopeful Brian can find a good cheap car soon so that stress will be relieved. We have also had to stop going to care group ad spending time with friends from church on Sunday afternoons because of his work shift. He works for 12 hrs, rushes home to get me then we rush to church unavoidably late and he fights to stay awake during the serman.. by the time it is over he is so exhausted all he wants to do is sleep do socalizing is out of the question. We are both not to happy with this situation as we miss our friends and don’t like him being so tired during church but right now this is the best we can do. I’m sure things will start to come together soon I just can’t wait till they do. . . This crazy life I live is exhausting!
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May 13, 2008 at 11:55 pm
Hey, I’m so glad things are working out.
And I miss you, too! We both apparently suck at keeping in touch. :p Would you like to go hang out sometime and just catch up?
I hadn’t heard about Brian’s new job – that’s so awesome. I hope God really provides awesome things for him through it.
Have a good night!