GRATEFUL!!!

This week has been a total turn around from all previous weeks this summer. I spent the entire summer working and trying to find a new job and this have been coming but slow in doing so. So I guess this as best as a reintroduction as any seeing that I haven't mentioned anything about my life on a public forum since my graduation and subsequent break up with my first LTR. Now things have really developed since walking across that stage and shaking the Prez. hand in pouring rain and socked cap and gown. The apartment is coming along and I have furniture and a new flat screen TV. Now i look at the summer in retrospect it was quite productive and to an extent, meaningful. I am going to try to give an update in a concise but fulfilling way.

First things first, me and homeboy got back together a few weeks after the break up and lets just say I think he's getting closer to becoming a man. Things can be rocky at times but what I need for him is growth and I see it happening slowly otherwise I would not be with him right now.

As far as jobs, this summer has seen a dry spell in interview opts and job offers. I pretty had given up in late November. All that changed this week. This week I landed about 3 interviews and another potential (which I will turn down). The opportunities were from Allstate (I interviewed last Friday, but didn't get the position, which is ok because I think I would have turned it down if I was offered), Morelli Ratner, P.C. (a law firm), Record-Access (a legal support company), and a potential interview from StateFarm. Morelli Ratner is the one I REALLY want. I would be doing the same thing I do right now except for more money and with benefits. The firm's location is GREAT, its in midtown Manhattan and about 30-35 mins from my home (via the E-train). The firm is smaller but I will take a smaller firm if it comes with a bigger salary lol. Record-Access is support company. I believe the supply medical records and to firms and possibly management of case files and so on. The say that there salary is "competitive" so I will run with that and see if they can keep their word. I also got a call from Statefarm for an underwriting position, however, the salary was too low and they wanted me to move back to Jersey (Are you nuts? I just got out of that hell hole- NO OFFENSE). So that a no-no. I am not counting my eggs before the hatch though. I may get turned down for both jobs. But I will do my best to land them both.

Second miracle this week. I GOT GOOD CREDIT Y'ALL!!!!!. I finally got around to checking my credit this week after months being afraid to. I was convinced I had bad credit because I never got a credit limit increase on my one credit card. Even though I paid my bills on time I figured that prolly realised I was a minority and decided keep me down, lol. Well I was wrong apparently they ain't realised that "Ian Thomas" is black as yet..lol. So imma run with that too...lol. I intend to keep my shyt tight though, no spending sprees for me. RESPONSIBLY IS KEY!

Third miracle this week. MY FINANCIAL AID WENT THROUGH!!!. Now I some form of financial aid from good ole Trini. However, it does work like financial aid in the US. They usually give you the money afterward. But I figured since I graduated that they weren't going to bother with me anymore. I really have to thank my mother for this. SHE IS THE ONE THAT TOOK CARE OF EVERYTHING FRO ME AND KEPT ON THEIR ASS UNTIL THEY GIVE ME SOME MONEY. Considering that this is post financial Aid, I am really getting some extra cash which I will use to pay off for my degree and the rest will be invested.

Well that's the reintroduction. I have been away because I work from 9 to 8 everyday and spend like 3 hours traveling. So I'm exhausted by the time I get home.

P.S. MY B-DAY IS IN EXACTLY 2 WEEKS!!! (Sept. 20th). But however I think I've been given enough. I AM GRATEFUL!!!!

Hope my small but faithful following has not fallen off while I was trying to build-up this Renaissance man..lol. Life is god for now but I do expect further hardships. THANKS