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And I'm ready to go.

Less than two weeks to go with my current job. Had interview #1 with potential new job last Monday and an impromptu last minute interview #2 on Friday. Followed by the usual "we'll get in touch with you". I was ok over the weekend. But Monday I wasn't. Between waiting to hear if I'll have a job after this one ends and the crisis after crisis at the current job I was beyond worn out. Yesterday wasn't much better. People who I thought I was cool with have been working my nerves to the point where if they do one more thing wrong I'm going to go off.

Yesterday I had to take a little breather. Ran out to Starbucks during lunch and grabbed a Caramel Macchiato. And told myself there's only a couple more weeks that I have to deal with these people. After that I won't have to see none of them again - except for one but I'm stuck with her.

After my Starbucks run I grabbed my notebook and went through it looking for something I had wrote a couple days ago. A little self-inspiration to keep me from not going postal. Between the caramel triple caffeinated goodness flowing through the recycled cup and what I had written earlier I began to relax. And then my cell phone rang.

Potential new job decided they really liked me. And wanted to hire me. So no more worrying about the job situation. Which is what the S.O was trying to get me to understand the last couple of weeks. My stress levels hit the roof even though I tried to hide it. I'm not good at hiding stuff btw.

Have you learned your lesson yet? Stay calm, worry only about the things you can control, make sound decisions and let the chips fall as they may.

The S.O

That's what he sent me via text message after I told him about the job. And he's right. That's what I've been telling myself all year. We can chalk this up to lesson learned. Hopefully I won't have to resort to getting the Serenity Prayer tattooed on my arm for the message to stick.

I don't know what I would do without him. In the short time I've known him he's been there for me through some serious situations trying his best to keep me grounded in whats real around me and out of the dangers of my own head. I think I'll keep him... for as long as he'll let me.

Since I'm officially no longer living paycheck to paycheck due to severance pay from soon to be old job and I now have a new job to look forward to... I can relax. And set the wheels in motion for the next big adventures of my so-called life... getting back into school and moving. The first quarter of 08 is almost over and the lessons I've learned will last a lifetime.

Moving forward bit by bit, step by step. Falling where I may but dusting myself off and getting back up. Even though setbacks come, they also go. Moving forward no matter what. And that's what counts.