Posted by Amber
on 11/3/2009, 12:17 pm
Well hello to all my wonderful friends. I am so sorry that I have not been around faithfully for the past year ... or even two...wow it's been a long time. So much has changed and I'm not sure what I've mentioned or not so I'm going to start right from the beginning...sorry if I am repeating anything but just want to make sure I'm up to date...
Chapter 1
May 21, 2008; Chris and I decided around 1:00am that we are going to call it quits and that I would move out (we where together just about 3 years). I spent the next two days packing up all my belongings...he owned the condo which is why I was moving out. We decided that he would keep Cayenne (our puppy) with him until we sorted things out.
May 23, 2008; My car was packed up and I was ready to hit the road..I was heading back to my mom's in Surrey, BC (from Calgary, AB). My best friend Pam was coming along with me to keep me company during the 12 hour drive. I had to go see a friend (Jamie) at work first so he could check my brakes (he's a mechanic) to make sure my car would be ok through the mountains. Jamie said everything would be ok and to drive safe. He gave me a hug and I was off to pick up Pam. (Jamie was Chris's best friend but over the past few years became a friend of mine too). So I picked up Pam and we where headed off. It took us just under 12 hours to get to my mom's. By the time we got there we just went to bed as it was really late and Pam had to be at the airport at 6:30am the next day to fly back to Calgary...she was just there to drive with me but had to be back for work.
...So my journay begain...the plan was for me to stay at my mom's for 3 months to earn enougth money to go abck to Calgary and get my own place and get back on my feet. I had to leave my job when I left Calgary and no chance to return since I left with such short notice...but really had no choice as I would have been living on the streets after the weekend.
...I found a job in a warehouse which was good enough for the summer...I was there for less than a day through an agency when the company approached me and said they wanted to hire me right on...they new I was going back to Calgary at the end of the summer but was willing to transfer me when I was ready so I had a job when I got back to Calgary...I cried...I didn't know what to say, I was very happy which was why I cried...we had a good laugh and then it was settled.
...3 days after I was hired I was having a hard time being away from Calgary...to me it's my home...yes I grew up in Surrey but it just wasnt' home anymore...I needed to get back and needed to do it fast. I talked with my mom and decided to take a loan out of the bank to be able to return to Calgary and get on my feet. I notified my work and they said that they are ok with that and woudl still transfer me. They set up an appoointment with me and told me to call the head guy at the Calgary office when I was settled in. 2 days later my mom and I where on the road again heading back to Calgary. I found a basement suite over the internet that I took without even seeing it so I had a place to stay. It turned out to be a real dive but hey, it was a start.
When my mom and I got there I called Jamie (my mechanic friend) and told him I was back...he new I was coming back as I text him a few days before and told him. He said that he would come over and give me a hand picking up stuff that I needed since he had a truck...
...this is still really painful so I'm going to stop here for right now...I will write more this afternoon...PROMISE!!!
Hugs,
Amber
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