Last July I very reluctantly moved in with my dad and his wife. My sister was seeing a guy that was nothing but trouble and causing a lot of problems within the house. My mom and I were at each others throats over giving her money and various other reasons that I can't even remember now.
The first few months were hard because I had to leave my dog and cat with my mom. After that things started to slowly get better between my mom and I. Things have been rocky over here from day one. I've never liked my dad's wife and the more I was around her the more I wanted to smack some sense into her.
The final straw was when I asked about adopting a dog, she agreed to think about it for a few weeks but instead had my dad tell me the next day she didn't like the idea. She's never liked my dog and my dog knows it so I can't bring my dog over to visit without Roxy wanting to take the old hag's hand off. Well that and my dad telling my sister she can't get into any other college except the community college downtown. He's done nothing but put her down over the years.
The more I talked to my mom about how annoyed I was living here the more she pushed to have me move back since things were finally back to "normal" and my sister was going away to college in the fall. She's even accepted that I'm following through with my firefighting career and has pushed me to go talk to my former chief about volunteering at the fire department again.
My former chief and I didn't end on a good note. I interviewed last summer and was told to come talk to them once I passed my national registry for EMT. I moved a week after the interview and never went to talk to them. I've gotten more certification since the interview and experience but I'm still nervous that they are going to frown upon never coming back, even if I tell them I had family problems.
I've been talking to my best friend for the past few weeks about it. I just got a text from her telling me to go talk to the chief and Lieutenant. Explain what happened last summer, what's changed and why I want to volunteer again. I'm going to offer to go before the board of trustees and talk to them. I'm going to ask my EMS coordinator for a written recommendation to take with me to the station too. If they turn me down after all that then I'll be mad but it just shows the chief's true colors. Turning down someone with as much training I have is foolish. Especially since it came out of my own pocket and I'm coming in there with half my own gear.
Without my friends pushing me to reconsider moving I would have stayed here. Miserable, annoyed and farther away from my dog. I can move back to Johnstown and even move into the apartment complex and be no more than a few minutes from my mom's place and the fire station.
Now I need to get back to my English homework that I've been putting off all week. Ugh.:main_thumbsdown:
The first few months were hard because I had to leave my dog and cat with my mom. After that things started to slowly get better between my mom and I. Things have been rocky over here from day one. I've never liked my dad's wife and the more I was around her the more I wanted to smack some sense into her.
The final straw was when I asked about adopting a dog, she agreed to think about it for a few weeks but instead had my dad tell me the next day she didn't like the idea. She's never liked my dog and my dog knows it so I can't bring my dog over to visit without Roxy wanting to take the old hag's hand off. Well that and my dad telling my sister she can't get into any other college except the community college downtown. He's done nothing but put her down over the years.
The more I talked to my mom about how annoyed I was living here the more she pushed to have me move back since things were finally back to "normal" and my sister was going away to college in the fall. She's even accepted that I'm following through with my firefighting career and has pushed me to go talk to my former chief about volunteering at the fire department again.
My former chief and I didn't end on a good note. I interviewed last summer and was told to come talk to them once I passed my national registry for EMT. I moved a week after the interview and never went to talk to them. I've gotten more certification since the interview and experience but I'm still nervous that they are going to frown upon never coming back, even if I tell them I had family problems.
I've been talking to my best friend for the past few weeks about it. I just got a text from her telling me to go talk to the chief and Lieutenant. Explain what happened last summer, what's changed and why I want to volunteer again. I'm going to offer to go before the board of trustees and talk to them. I'm going to ask my EMS coordinator for a written recommendation to take with me to the station too. If they turn me down after all that then I'll be mad but it just shows the chief's true colors. Turning down someone with as much training I have is foolish. Especially since it came out of my own pocket and I'm coming in there with half my own gear.
Without my friends pushing me to reconsider moving I would have stayed here. Miserable, annoyed and farther away from my dog. I can move back to Johnstown and even move into the apartment complex and be no more than a few minutes from my mom's place and the fire station.
Now I need to get back to my English homework that I've been putting off all week. Ugh.:main_thumbsdown:
