Nope, not on vacation this time. This time I actually LIVE here. For those of you who don't know, I took a medical leave of absence from school this past February and about a month and a half later made a cross country drive with my love ("Lefty" from former posts) to live with him in beautiful Southern California. His home....SCRATCH THAT...Our home is a three bedroom, two bathroom house in Anaheim, CA. There's a nice, spacious kitchen for cooking and a huge comfy couch for lounging. Not to mention a wonderful man who invited me to be a part of it.
Living in CA has certainly had it's ups and downs, though I'll admit it's mostly ups. =) The main downer has to do with my job situation. I got
here (safely) on April 3rd and had a full time job with a 2 hour
(round trip) train commute waiting for me the very next day. I was EXHAUSTED from the four day cross country drive, but thrilled to have reliable employment ready to go. Sad thing was that the
pharmacy I had gotten a job at was super shady. They were paying me
cash out of the register, never verified my HIPAA certifications, and
were just letting me chill (unsupervised) next to vicodin without ever
doing a background check or drug test on me. I knew it was weird from
the start and it turned out my hunch was right. After about a week they
were like, yea we needed help catching us up, but we're good now
thanks. They then handed me my pay and that was that. =/ Since then,
I've been searching for jobs like crazy. There's not a whole lot
available to me here, but I have gotten 2 weekly babysitting gigs and
I'm teaching piano to two kids weekly. It's not the M-F 9-5 that I was hoping for, but thankfully it is getting me by. Also, Lefty is able to take care of me while I look for a job and do these spot babysitting jobs. =)
The ups. Well for one, there's Lefty. Now there's a man that any girl would be insane to let out of her life. His kindness and care for me was something that I wasn't good at accepting at first as it was so unprecedented in my life. I never knew that there was someone like him in the world for me. He can tell by my eyes whether or not I'm genuinely happy and if I'm not he does everything in his power to fix it. He brings me flowers from the Farmer's Market some Friday's for no reason. Just to show he cares. Even though he knows it means I'm going to pay less attention to him...he encourages me to study. He makes me want to make something of myself. He makes me want to be selfless. If you're reading this, Lefty, I love you babe. =)
Other ups, there's my crew!! Yep! I'm living within 45 minutes of The Designer, The Director, The Politician, The Filmographer, and The Baker. I've gotten to see them fairly often and it's been wonderful. Parties, game night, poker night, you name it...we do it. It's nice to have a piece of home with me here in this foreign area. Of course, I'll always have Lefty, but it's nice to have something else of my own here.
The only other down I can think of: I miss my friends and family. A lot. In fact, I'm looking for cheap tickets now to go back at the beginning of June! Yay!
Finally....we'll end on an up....I've met a ton of nice people here. Lefty's friends have now evolved into my friends as well. We can joke, laugh, and chill....even without Lefty. (Although it's always better when we're together.) =)
I still feel like this is just the beginning of my California adventure. I'll keep you guys posted on the ride.
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