Writing the next chapter

I will meet two of my "clients" next Tuesday and Wednesday. I have both girls Individual Service Plans, and will meet with the other people involved in their care. Both are young – teenagers or just about.

This is going to be interesting, something pretty much completely new to me.

The antidepressant and the Adderall will be helpful. It’s time to get out that dusty old persona out and try it on for fit – I’ve got a couple of days to hone my act.

Not that I’m really worried about it; I don’t know what to expect, so I’ll just more or less act as myself, and that’s not hard.

It’s a new act on a new stage, one I think I’ve been waiting for and getting ready for most of my life.

My life experiences will come in useful; that may be why I acquired them. That would make it all worthwhile, wouldn’t it.

They – my "boss", the guy I interviewed with, and the man I’ve been working with since the New Hire Orientation – was, and maybe still is, thinking about setting me up as the Life Skills Trainer for a girl down in Woodburn. It’s be a bit of a drive; 20, 25 miles each way, and I’ve been unemployed for so long that I don’t have any spare cash. The cost of gas is a real concern – thankfully, my Caliber gets decent mileage.

I said, well, better not bite off too much first thing, eh? We’ll see what works out.

This is not a minimum wage job, btw. It’s not some high-paying, world-class travel kind of job either, and I’m hoping it works out so I can pay for my car and the rent they’ll be charging me. That first paycheck though, will be for what? 5 -6 hours worth, and the next paycheck won’t be until August?

It’d be ironic to have to ask for help, now that I have a job, but I guess I’ll have to cross that bridge pretty soon. It’d be bitterly ironic if I couldn’t keep the job because I couldn’t afford to get there. There is some driving, for me, and sometimes, it looks like, with my clients to and from various places.

One girl likes swimming. So maybe I’ll spend some of the summer poolside. There are worse job environments.

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I had a period of time when I wasn’t sure this job thing was for real.  I didn’t want to write anything, so I didn’t.  I have been checking my facebook page, but I’m a slacker when it comes to keeping up with others.

That comes from being all selfish and self-focused.

That is kind of a cat’s nature.

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This new chapter is starting out kinda slow, but I think it’s gonna work out much bigger, better, and more meaningful than anything else has.

Onwards.

 

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