Ok, so I haven't been doing a very good job at keeping up with regular posts! So much has been going on in the last several months i've barely had time to even think!

The biggest change has been in my job/career. As many people know I had been job searching for several months, due to both being unhappy and stagnant in my current position and needing a much overdue pay increase. Little was available in my career field, and the positions I was actually able to find I didn't get for one reason or another. Just when I was about to give up on ever being financially stable we got big news at work: Our company was being bought out by Baptist Healthcare. Although most people in the company were majorly freaking out, I knew this was potentially a blessing in disguise. Most of the issues I had with my job would definitely be rectified with being under a larger healthcare corporation! Then there was the raise issue. I was already being majorly underpaid for what a normal RT makes in a hospital.

So the company change went thru completely as of this Monday. Although the change has been chaotic and quite an adjustment, thankfully all of the changes have been in my favor. Including financially! Plus now that i'm working for one of the largest healthcare companies in the city (and the state) I have many more opportunities for advancement. They are recognizing me as an RT and appreciate the skills that I possess, and want to utilize those skills. And for once someone actually sees how much effort and work i've put in to making my department so functional! I don't mind most of the changes they are making in the company. No matter what they do it will still be much more relaxed than working in the hospital! I'm still getting used to the new schedule, and i'm completely exhausted this week. But I know things will get back to being routine soon.

The biggest benefit of all this is that now I can pay off some of my debt and save money so I can finally move back to Louisville and closer to work and family! Not to mention the awkwardness of living in my ex's house and getting back out there in the dating world. Craig has been home twice since my last post. Don't get me wrong, we got along just fine, better than before we split up to tell you the truth. But this house is not mine. I want to go back to a place that I feel is 100% my home again. Plus I would like to not have to get up at the buttcrack of dawn and put a ton of miles on my car every day just to get to work! I've already gotten the information I need from the apartment complex I lived in previously (new pricing, pet restrictions, etc) so that I can get an idea of where my finances need to be and how long i'm looking at to move. It's funny how i'm ending up right back where I started from over 8 years ago when I first moved out on my own! It feels good though. And that was the last time I really felt at home with where I was living.

As far as the dating scene goes, i've been seeing someone for a few months now. I've not really announced it to the world (i.e. Facebook). This is only because i've learned that meddlers can take things out of context and start rumors, which get back to Craig (who could care less, not to mention probably doesn't want to hear anything about my personal life!), which could cause issues with our living arrangement. It's not like i'm doing anything wrong, I just don't want the hassle of having to explain myself and my situation. My true friends and family know the who and what and how, and that's all that is important to me. Pretty much I just want to live my life the way I want to live it and not have everyone else's opinions on it! I've discovered over the last 8 months (yes, that's how long it's been since I became single again!) that people have a lot of opinions on how I should live my life, how I should feel, how I should run my dating life, what I should do, etc. My life is not average or ordinary. I don't fit in to the "I must be married and have babies by a certain time or my life is pointless" mould that everyone feels is "normal", nor will it ever be. Will I settle down and get married and have kids? Only time will tell that. But i'm not going to put pressure on myself or anyone I date that this has to be the end result of my life. I'm all about letting things happen how they may, and if it's meant to be then it will happen. Until then i'm going to enjoy my life (and freedom to do so!) where it is!

There is much more going on in my life, but I think this is enough for one blog post! So, more on the rest of my story later. :-)