this company, mentor, has several different programs. inlcuding some with developmentally disabled children, emotionally distressed teenager, and people with brain injuries. i'm hoping that over time, there will be an opprotunity to sort of move around within in the company. and maybe.. hopefully.. i can return to brain injury. it was seeing them improving and getting better and going home that made me love brain injury so much. that made the clients and the job so much a part of my life. so.. i'm very excited to start this new job. it's a fairly significant pay cut, but it's a job and god knows i'm going out of my mind being unemployed for the last month.

the other day, i did something fairly significant. see.. ever since i got fired from cns.. i've been telling my mom that work is shit and i'm looking for something new. if you knew my mom, you'd know i can't very well tell her i was fired.. let alone fired because i was dating kristi.

so i was talking to my father the other day and he asked about work. i told him what happened, that i was fired for dating a subordinate, and the conversation moved on. however, he came back to it and wanted to know more about me dating someone. so i told him about kristi. and he was so wonderful about it. my heart had completely dropped into my stomach and my dad just said that he didn't think that sort of thing mattered - the only thing that mattered was what kind of person you are and how you treat people. he asked if my mom knew and understood why she didn't, because he knows how my mother can be.. he's experienced it firsthand.

but i know that now, the ball is rolling as they say, and it's only a matter of time before i tell my mother. i wish i wasn't so scared that she'd disown me. cause i know i'd feel a whole lot better if i was just able to be honest.
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