The State of my Union

I haven't post in a while, just waiting for things to fall back into place. Well, "peoples of the internets", as I promised, it's time to shout it onto all : I'M BACK WITH A VENGEANCE BABY!!!!!!

Let's see, where can I start... YES, YES, YES I've got a a job. Full time at a decent pay rate. After almost a year of struggle trying to survive in the worst job market environment I have ever faced, I have a lot of people to be thankful for.

Let's see... I don't want to sound like a Hip Hop artist, but it wouldn't be fair if I didn't say first and foremost THANK YOU JESUS!!! As in any other time of trial, I have learned a couple of spiritual lessons from this one. It's been a while since I had to put on the war paint and pray with conviction. I'm not talking about the "Thy will be done" with a defeatist attitude. I have learned that the will of God is unknown to us, but there is something we do have power over. We can shake it, stir it, cry out to heaven and ASK for it with the belief that it is ours by birthright.

I've also learned not to bargain with God for what I want, but to thank Him in advance for what He'll do, and it is awesome.

Thanks to my family. This last year I had to go through what no adult should ever... I went back to mom and dad. It's more than living with the folks, is that dreary feeling of hitting rock bottom and have daddy take care of your finances for a while or crawl into a ball and wail out all my frustration while mom told me I had it in me. It was relying on my sisters, aunt and cousins, even Gramps and finding that spark, that warmth, that unconditional love. It has been a blessing to be born among people that Rock, crazy as they might be.

Thanks to my friends, with special honorary mention going of course to the one and only Mariah Cotto who fearlessly opened my desperate emails and bravely listened to my feverish phone calls and never failed to respond. Thanks even to those whom I seemed to have forgotten on the course of this year. You know who you are. If at a given time I didn't answer a call or was mysteriously absent of our MSN chats, I pray forgive me, but I needed to get back on my feet.

Thanks to life in general, for being patient and kind to me, for teaching me lessons in humility that I will never forget. The odd jobs were crazy enough to be remembered fondly. Now I am venturing into something I have never delved in... I'll be a Campus Coordinator for a Beauty School. Feel free to wish me luck in my endeavor, as my idea of a spa is Apricot Scrub and an extra five minutes in the bathtub. However, I'm in it to win it, and I'll give it all I've got.

"For many people a job is more than an income, it's an important part of who we are"- Paul Clitheroe