Strong, confident...Damn! I too am very proud of you, red!
I really hope you do not let that feeling slide. Consider it one of your first major victories.
You're definitely disappointed about the jobs. It's not the end of the line though. CNA, right? How much longer? I work in a behavioral health section of ONE of the hospitals in my city. Want me to throw jobs at you? That's not counting all the retirement homes, nursing homes, home health agencies, residential agencies, private doctor's offices, etc. It's only the end of the world if you let it be (like the hopeless L situation you just smashed into the ground... )
Money is just a matter of good budgeting. We can help you with that as well. During our separation I paid for the house, utilities, joint cell phone plan, joint car/house insurance plan, all of son's daycare, healthcare for myself and son, food and clothing for myself and son, and bought him a new bed (his big boy bed) on an income slightly higher than W's. She came out of the process with $3k debt. I came out about even with only a little in debt to a friend for L fees that was planned out. All about good plans.
M: 8.5 T:10 Me:37 W:34 S:6
Retrouvaille and W moves back- 7/31/15 Piecing - 7/4/15 to present
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