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Private Idaho

Working in the coaches program at DirecTV is definitely not the cake job that I thought it was when I was new hire. I remember thinking “I want to be a coach someday.” Well I am a coach now, and I have to say that there is a lot of work to be done. There is a lot of responsibility that I have taken on since I have become a coach. All in all, though, it’s way worth it. It is a good feeling when you see the light go on in the eyes of the new hire in week 5 of OJT.

That is not what this post is about though. I got a text message on my phone while I was at work today from one of my old friends in Cali. We kinda parted on bad terms, which is unusual for me. I love everyone. I have always been that way, but given my lifestyle and frame of mind at the time I left California, it comes as no surprise that I have not talked to him in almost 4 years.

It was good to see an email from him, and I hope he calls me. He said that he is not the same person that he was when we last saw each other. I believe it. 4 years is a long time. I know I have changed a lot in the last 4 years.

I mean, check me out, I’m living in Idaho. When I was growing up, Idaho was the state the sitcoms made fun of. Idaho is where the potato lovers live. Idaho is full of rednecks and full of punks that would never make it in Southern Cali… or so I thought. There are some really great people here, and I have made a nice home for myself. I have an awesome puppy that I love very much and a job that I actually don’t mind going too.

I made some really bad decisions 4 years ago. I walked out on a cake job, got into mad debt and turned my back on some really good friends. It has taken me time to forgive myself and move on, but for the most part I have done that.

I didn’t expect this post to be so long. I guess I had a lot on my mind.

Smell like Teen Spirit

With the lights out it’s less dangerous
Here we are now
Entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now
Entertain us

Over a period of eight months I have moved five times. The first three moves were quite unpleasant. I moved out of my apartment in Draper to live with my friend Jon and his sister up in Salt Lake City. That lasted for a week. The landlord kicked Jon and me out for no apparent reason. So I lived in a motel for a while. Then my good friend “Handy” Andy and his parents took me into their home under the pretense that I would be moving out in 2 months. And I did. I moved too Vale, Oregon. I don’t need to mention anything else about Oregon except it was so nice to leave that house in Vale for the last time. Getting all of Alexis’ things packed in the back of her grandpa’s truck was its own adventure.

Since I got this great Job at DirecTV, I needed to move to Boise, ID. Commute was killing me, and my roommate who was also working in Boise. So we decided to find a place out in Boise, and we did, and here we all are.

I do not like writing in my journal when I don’t have much to complain about. Heh. Things are going so good right now I’m not sure what to do with myself. Job is awesome. Money coming in is enough to take of the things that I need to take care of like rent, bills, internet, and cable (including a little extra rent to help out my roommates). I bought a washer and a dryer (They are piles of crap, but they work, barely) I am currently saving up to upgrade my computer, get a nice big TV and eventually I hope to have enough money to either get my car working better or buy a new one (I have a feeling that it would cost about the same)

I was making more per hour in Utah, and could never accomplish this. I don’t know why exactly that is, but I’m sure smoking the herb had something to do with it. Now that I’m clean I have so much more motivation to excel at my job and save money, and just plain do what I need to be doing.

I love it. I have found my niche in Boise. Maybe location has less to do with it and maybe it has more to do with timing. Any way you look at it, timing or location, I’m here, right now, and I don’t think I need to be anywhere else.