Tabula Rasa Realized

Sep 14, 2008 - 20:20 PM PST

I know that I have been saying for a good long time now that I was going to find a way to get my life on track once and for all. I have been saying it for so long that I even began to doubt it myself. The people at work came to believe that I was never going to leave and that I would be next in line to become manager. Over my dead body, don't get me wrong, the owners are great guys, but hell no. Well, last week my prayers were finally answered, through the guidance of an old friend from California, and also from the example of a QL friend who I have unfortunately not kept in touch with. Apparently there is something to this thing called prayer after all. Anyway, last week I finally got word on whether or not I would be accepted into the Job Corps program. Yes. I am on the verge of tears because I leave this Tuesday. I will be leaving behind everything and everyone I know for the next 2 years. I will have limited internet access and may or may not be able to keep up to date on QL. For the next 2 years I will be housed, fed, and trained by the government. If all goes as I have prayed for, I will be able to make it through the 2 years and graduate as a Pharmacy Tech. Should I succeed I will have moved my immediate branch of the family from military to medical. My mom is an RN, my sister does clerical at a doctor's office at the moment while waiting to be moved up to Medical Billing and Coding, and I will be a Pharmacy Tech. This is my chance to make something of myself and I am not going to take it for granted. Job Corps, hopefully, my clean slate realized. Carpe Diem, Carpe Nocturnum, Capre Jugulum.