Working with a Family

If I were to write to be frank, honest and transparent, the way I wish to be on this blog, it would be obvious that life was not always filled with rainbows and butterflies. What I write on other social media platforms highlights the best of my successes and some of my jokes, showing only the most positive and uplifting as I have always striven to inspire and motivate those around me, that or put a smile on someone's face, or to make someone laugh. After having such a great January, it was hard for me to write about this first week of February, but I've resolved to log it down like it came, and to move on. Without further ado, I quit training in dispatch. Everyone around my job avoids using that word and prefer to say I'm putting my training on hold until a better time, but really, I quit it. Why? I wasn't up to speed, I couldn't multitask fast enough, I was overstressed, I spent my days and life filled with anxiety, trauma, social and mental fatigue, frus...

We went on our first family vacation! A coworker from the other shift needed last Friday off, so we traded and it gave me a three day weekend in the middle of this week. I had set a goal early this year to attend our church's temple more, and to turn that Orlando trip into a vacation for our family. We stayed at a hotel that was less than 15 minutes away from both Universal Studios and the temple. The grocery store Publix was also nearby. So beforehand, we planned to save money by buying groceries and cooking in the hotel rather than eating at the restaurants in Orlando. The food was fresh and delicious and Universal security even let us bring our food into the theme park. /// /// My first night off, we drove the 2 hrs 20 mins to Orlando and checked into the hotel. We were all tired from the packing and travel, so we slept really well. Since we didn't have a crib, we moved the two full beds together. Josiah slept between us, and we surrounded the edges of the bed wit...