Just in case anyone is wondering: Julian and I doing okay. Julian is very stressed with the move. I think he's going to be happier once we can get into our own place. That's going to probably take at least until next summer. I want to get a nest egg built, get a newer used car that is more dependable and safe than my Eagle Talon (the wheel fell off as soon as we arrived in TeNN), and of course have the deposits, etc. ready. I've already got a good start on my savings.
I've been with Sitel for six weeks now. They still haven't given up on me. The Chrysler campaign is the most complex and difficult of the three campaign our call center handles. The software is not user friendly, and that is putting it mildly, and there are vast amounts of complex policies and procedures to learn as well as product knowledge. We have to call dealers to negotiate as well. So far I have perfect attendence and break aux. They know I want to succeed and so are patient with this not so spring chicken.
I am thinking of submitting an essay and article to see if I can get on the staff of our local news letter.
This is the best company I have worked for. I like it and hope this will work out. You can advance very quickly here, that is, if you can learn the stuff. Some of my coaches and mentors started out slowly like me and they are quick to point out that though it was a struggle for them at first, they persevered and have moved up. That's what I would love to do.
Julian and I still looking for a church. I got St. Mark's news letter and read it and they had included an edited version of our thank you card, last month. St. Mark's had such quality to the music and services and the people were so spiritual, it will be hard to find a church that will compare. St. Mark's was a bit of magic to look forward to each week.
Andy still struggles to recover. His treatment for depression has helped some, but he's still very sad. He cannot work or drive right now and so is understandably melancholy over his life. He lost his home, Mickey and then Julian and me. He lost his car. He had to move back home with his parents. Any future together is very uncertain. We don't even discuss a future anymore. I have accepted this. I don't let sadness over it rule me anymore. I just want you all to know how he is. He does help his dad on the family farm a couple of times a week and has a new interest in shows and books about haunted houses and the supernatural. His sisters are both expecting their first babies in the spring and Andy is looking forward to them.
I am absolutely falling in love with TENN. I am discovering the people here to be very friendly, hip and fun. They blow the southern stereo types out of the water. People here are generally very charming and witty. They are making me very proud of my southern heritage, once again. I missed culture and pizazz when I lived in very quiete, reserved and mundane SW Michigan. I liked it there, but I missed the characters. I'm a character, so I fit right in.
Hugs to all ya'll. And to those of you who think all southerners are bigoted card carrying KKK, I invite you to come live here for a couple of months. This area is much more integrated and normal than Grand Rapids. I'm very proud of the folk here, all races, for how they live and work together harmoniously.
