Friends are forever?

Here's something I've not had before. Friends. And I mean real honest to goodness 'we're practically family' friends. Until very recently, when I reached out to a group of people who shared a common interest with me: gaming. When I sent out that message telling them I was running a game, I expected, knew even, that it wouldn't pan out. No one would show up or they would but it wouldn't really be a big thing.

I confess I'm a little paranoid when it comes to friendships. So when my game night friends turned into my every day friends, it frightened me. To the point where I really was afraid of trusting any of them. Sometimes I relapse into that. I blame anxiety and a lifetime of bullying...

The best part is that my friends know this and love me anyway. They constantly reassure me and let me know how much they care...in between casual teasing...(that's how I know it's real. If they were nice all the time, I would be very suspicious...)

Anyway I'm loving my friends now more than ever. My truck died and they have been carting me around a lot lately, especially when I had this big job interview. I'm so grateful for them.

Friends may not always be forever. You have to work on friendships. I've found some worth working for and the best part is, it's mutual.

It's been a while i know.

Yes I have not posted in a while. I've been very busy with life in general.

So I had begun to work at Waffle House. That did not last long. It all started when I decided I wanted to try to apply for food benefits. Yeah I was hungry, don't judge me lol. So I needed more work hours than I had been getting so I applied to many jobs and, after 4 interviews and 2 weeks of training, Waffle House hires me. It took me just another two weeks to figure out that food service is not my strong suit. So I put in my two weeks notice.

Now I work for an at home senior care agency.

  I've been working more regularly at AWANA at my church and I love teaching kids about Jesus. And speaking of which, I got a new job at the YMCA working in their after school program. Because I am so passionate about teaching children about Jesus, it is hard to step back at a childcare job and merely supervise. I much prefer to be engaging. But I understand that most children do not enjoy coming from school for more learning.

Game night with my friends has been awesome. We recently celebrated Christmas together and they gave me one of the game manuals with a note that read:
     'Merry Christmas. Here's hoping you don't kill our characters before the new year.'

So hilarious. It's okay though, I have a fabulous plan for this week's game.