Had my finances in order, starting to make progress, being smart with my money. At my job, as I mentioned before, I wasn't going to be able to do a whole lot. Make progress, sure, but it was going to be drug out.
Anyways, I was getting tired of monotony and figured it was time to move on. Started looking for jobs in Oklahoma City and around where I lived. Had a few interviews. One company offered me a job but it was nothing close to what it said on the job board and they offered no benefits. Anyways, I was deciding where to take my next step at. Then it happened...
A company I had been doing training for called and offered me their Safety Director position.Company had everything I was looking for: better pay, benefits (health, vision, and dental insurance - which they pay 70% of, retirement, life insurance) you name it! Best part, it was a little closer than where I was currently working. I thought about it so I wouldn't make a rash decision and consulted with family, the answer was yes. I called them the next day and told them I could start in a couple weeks. I had already given my company a notice and was in the final week of that but was wanting a week to relax for a bit, after all, court was coming up for my divorce and custody.
I started with them and the next week was the mediation date. At mediation it was decided that I would get my girl on every weekend and any time I had off. Thanksgiving and Christmas we'd split the day. Considering I live in a state that a vast majority of custody decisions end up in the usual "father gets child every other weekend and 2 weeks in the summer" I made out great!
Since then, my stress has gone down a lot. My life is going great and I am starting to provide for my little girl a better life than I could've imagined just a year ago. I am down to 2 things in my debt, a student loan, and a car. My uncle wiped out my personal loan just a week ago and my parents have chipped in regularly. Talk about a support system, right? I have started to invest towards my future. Once I get those two things taken care of I'm going to look at houses.
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