Finally Moving Forward

I didn't realize it'd been four months since I've been here but I guess it has. That's okay because I've been busy trying to find a job...and I finally got one. After training to drive forklifts and having no luck getting a job because I have no experience I trained as a bus driver. So now I drive for a local school district. YAY ME!

I'm finally working outside my home again after 16 years and it sure does feel good. I'm tired at the end of the day because I have to get up early, and my days are long even though I have a break between bus routes, but all I keep thinking about is finally earning a paycheck. I've tried so hard for so long that I was about to give up altogether. I'm glad I didn't.

I applied for countless jobs over the past few years and nobody wanted my skills or experience for anything. If the job was an office job I was considered over qualified, especially since they only wanted to pay $9/hour. If the job was something I'd never done before I was under qualified even though there was training involved. I was even turned down for an apprenticeship because I didn't have any prior experience in the job they were going to teach me from scratch. That made no sense at all but it is what it is.

Then I saw the flier for the school bus drivers needed over here and jumped at it. I was interviewed the day after I sent in the application and was hired before the interview was completed. I got fingerprinted, had a background check done and went into training three days after the interview. Three weeks later I have my CDL with endorsements in hand and I've got my own routes. I'm starting to feel like a grown-up again.

I'm still not sure what I want to be when I grow up but I like what I'm doing right now and I'm happy to finally be able to support my kids the way I want to. For now I'll drive kids to and from school every day and still get to spend time with my own kids. Who knows? Maybe this is where I'm meant to be and I'll stick with it until I'm able to retire. Then again, I may decide I want to be a truck driver at some point down the road. I'll decide that when the time comes.

At least I'm moving forward and my life is back on track the way it ought to be. It was a lot of hard work but I finally made it. Hard word does pay off so stick with it regardless of what people tell you or how discouraged you get. Stay positive, as hard as it is to do sometimes; I know, I've been so negative I didn't think I'd bounce back. But I did and if I can do it, anyone can. 

Until next time...peace to all.