22:35 Jan 25 2014
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Its officially been six months since I've held this job. I should be getting my certificate soon. I didn't expect to celebrate but he promised a "bigass meal". xD
Ideally, it should have been a year if they hadn't taken so long to get a nurse to train people, but I can't complain. There is a lot I don't tell people and its probably why I end up with such anxiety all the time. I'm always trying to do what's right for those I love. And now, since talking to someone last night with my honesty, I'm about to share it all with whomever wishes to read this.
The past years have been hard. I live with a single mom who has a bunch of medical issues (disabled and we push her in a wheelchair) and a little sister who's dealing with high school like a good girl. About four years ago, when I was 19, they cut us off of food stamps. I was always looking for a job and never found it. Spending my spare time on here. At age 20, I landed a temporary job at the original Nathan's famous where I got poor hours and was harassed by a fellow employee and manager. So I quit. We were really running tight on money after that.Finally at age 21, I happened to see an advertisement on Craigslist to get training to become an Hha. Home health aide.
I took a look at my life of always helping others and i knew this was my chance to shine. Took all the blood tests by November 2012 and didn't get training till early July 2013.
It wasn't easy running from place to place to find the best hours but i stuck with it till they could find me such. My patients love me so much that i got requests i couldn't make, lol.
During all that time, my family and i have been eating at various soup kitchens and getting food from various food pantries. I'm always so grateful for what we get. From local churches, organizations and shuls. People should know, it doesn't matter what someone is or who they are, i appreciate everything.
I should probably write a book one day about my experiences. Volunteers aren't always nice, hungry people aren't always so nice either, but who can blame them, we're hungry! Probably the funniest thing is hiding the fact that I'm a vegetarian, lol. Asking for extra meat on my plate just to pass it along to a family member. I'm also thankful for last month. When people had coat drives, i don't know what I'd do if i didn't have my "new" coat. I'd be stuck with a huge coat that wouldn't've fit me so well. I've lost a great deal of weight over the past few years. Part of it was becoming a vegetarian, the other was walking places because i couldn't even afford public transportation. People pay so much for gyms, lol, just be poor and it'll do you wonders, hahaha.
Right now, even though i work fifty hours a week, i don't even bother to look at my paycheck. I either buy food for my family, pay the bills or save for the rent. And I'm not complaining, I'm only happy i can do so much for them. If i could, I'd do even more, i love my little family.
Okay, now that I've typed you into boredom of my life, you can return to your regular programming of adults typing about video game hardships and living in their parents basement, hehe. I kid, gotta show those guys some love too!! :P
Life is too short to always write about negative things. Be positive, peaceful, give gratitude where its needed and make friends. :)
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