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2020, yup, this is still here
5 years ago
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Hi rarely used FA account!
It is an understatement to say 2020 did not go as planned! I had originally hoped 2020 would be a year of starting over. Roughly this time last year, I had made the decision to give up my steady job of over twelve years, albeit with minimal social life to start over in a new city.
Things started fine in Austin at first. Me and Rylie got along, and I enjoyed having a pet cat around. I even began the year with a six month, with option to extend, temporary assignment at the same pay rate I was at when I left my Houston job.
Then Covid hit. Rylie was noticeably freaked out working in the food industry and seeing how badly the company they were working was taking the pandemic seriously. This combined with my temporary job becoming a mess had me stressing my move.
As the year went on, my social life plummeted to near zero, my satisfaction with the assignment was also near zero, and I was in a panic. That’s when a friend I helped obtain a house in 2019 told me they could take me in at a reduced rent, mostly just to have another person in the house. This led to my hardest decision to move from Texas to Georgia.
I’m hoping to get work soon and trying to keep mentally above water so to speak. But 2020 had one more surprise for me.
My hate filled mother called a few weeks ago to let me know my father died. Even worse, she mentioned needing help to get home. I called back and mentioned I’m no longer in Texas, which I could tell annoyed her. To this day, I do not know what happened to my father who I had a good relationship with over the last 22 years since I moved out. I’m hesitant to contact my mother to get more information.
Now we come to 2021. A reality show presenter will no longer be in charge of the nuclear launch codes. Covid hopefully will take the first steps to being reduced. And with luck I will find work near my previous Houston-based job income level. I’m hoping 2021 goes much better.
Thank you to my friends, old and new that are still around. Happy Holidays and a happy new year to all.
It is an understatement to say 2020 did not go as planned! I had originally hoped 2020 would be a year of starting over. Roughly this time last year, I had made the decision to give up my steady job of over twelve years, albeit with minimal social life to start over in a new city.
Things started fine in Austin at first. Me and Rylie got along, and I enjoyed having a pet cat around. I even began the year with a six month, with option to extend, temporary assignment at the same pay rate I was at when I left my Houston job.
Then Covid hit. Rylie was noticeably freaked out working in the food industry and seeing how badly the company they were working was taking the pandemic seriously. This combined with my temporary job becoming a mess had me stressing my move.
As the year went on, my social life plummeted to near zero, my satisfaction with the assignment was also near zero, and I was in a panic. That’s when a friend I helped obtain a house in 2019 told me they could take me in at a reduced rent, mostly just to have another person in the house. This led to my hardest decision to move from Texas to Georgia.
I’m hoping to get work soon and trying to keep mentally above water so to speak. But 2020 had one more surprise for me.
My hate filled mother called a few weeks ago to let me know my father died. Even worse, she mentioned needing help to get home. I called back and mentioned I’m no longer in Texas, which I could tell annoyed her. To this day, I do not know what happened to my father who I had a good relationship with over the last 22 years since I moved out. I’m hesitant to contact my mother to get more information.
Now we come to 2021. A reality show presenter will no longer be in charge of the nuclear launch codes. Covid hopefully will take the first steps to being reduced. And with luck I will find work near my previous Houston-based job income level. I’m hoping 2021 goes much better.
Thank you to my friends, old and new that are still around. Happy Holidays and a happy new year to all.
I had other things going on like friendship issues and family issues and more which wrecked anxiety and my mental state of well being. As well as covid and the election which wrecked emotions even more. Hopefully 2021 will be better.
Really hoping 2021 goes better as well.