Onward and Upward!

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Busy day today but it was AWESOME. I had a great time with my new boss. We had to travel an hour to get my uniforms and ended up spending about 7 hours together.

At one point he mentioned that he called X during my background investigation and asked how long we had ben divorced. I told him it was final last week. Boss said that X couldn't say enough good things about me and he even asked X if he had anything negative to say but X said, no. Not one negative thing - Boss was confused because usually when he has to call an ex they are usually at best lukewarm.

He knows X professionally and said that X spoke about me like we were still together. I went ahead and shared a little with him (he is also an ordained minister) and said that I would prefer it not mentioned at the job.

Long story short, we did get a little personal, but he was impressed that I was able to do my training etc and no one had any idea of what I've been dealing with. He also wondered how I wasn't angry with X and I told him how I had my moments but I was focusing on my future (all true).

I was proud of myself in that moment. I did accomplish a LOT this past year. And I did it despite the mind games, the gaslighting, the cheating and the lies.

I am strong. I have my moments, but today was a great day.

Met a lot of my new coworkers and I feel like this is a great fit for me.

Onward and Upward!