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July 24 interviewsHad another interview yesterday with another school district. Very low key, and very positive. They want to see a salary schedule and list of benefits from my old job, so that sounds pretty promising. The commute is about twice what I've had the last 14 years, but a job is a job. Benefits sound REALLY good right now. A week ago or so I had a 2nd interview with the school district we live in. That would be perfect. Have to wait and see which one wants to offer anything and go from there. Cancelled the college. Eddie never got his stuff together enough to actually be able to go to the one 3 hours away, so he will be starting at the community college. Hopefully that will work out and he can transfer in 2 years. At the very least, he'll be about $30k less in debt this way.
On a totally different note... Colleen said something yesterday. Liam had said it too on Mother's Day. Basicly they want nothing to do their dad at all. He's a sad so and so and not a father at all other than biology. Both of them said that if I don't want to, they would be fine if I didn't fight to collect on the arrears Bill owes. Not to wipe away what he owes all together, just not go to every hearing and keep watch on Domestic Relations all the time to make sure they're doing what they're supposed to be doing. It does make me think. Is any of it worth the aggrevation? I know there are lots of custodial parents who do not even file for support at all. Maybe that would have been the way to go. Colleen just wants to be done and pretend he doesn't even exist. I think it's hard for them to see me go to meetings and what not and come home beyond annoyed. Giving up just seems wrong though. I also think it gives him the green light to keep doing this not only to my kids but to his 2nd "set". The younger must be about 2 & 3 or 3 & 4. He's barely working and seems to think that's perfectly fine. My gut tells me to keep trying. I know there's very little chance of actually collecting even half of what he owes. (after already cutting the arrears by a third) I guess I just need to not let it bother me if I continue. July 12 Progress?Tomorrow is my 2nd interview at the college. I've also got a call to go back to the school district I had an interview in to talk to the special ed. supervisors. We shall see what happens. With the college, I have mixed feelings - I'm getting the vibe that maybe Eddie would be better off if I am not there - he needs to not be able to depend on my at a moment's notice and do for himself. Plus, I applied for this back in May, when I would have had plenty of time to find a small apartment out there and figure out all of the finances. Now, it's about 5-6 weeks before the semester starts.
Eddie screams that he wants to be treated like an adult but is working maybe 2 days a week when I've been telling him over a year that he needs to be saving money. Also, he and the gf got into some trouble swiping something stupid at the pharmacy... they only got a disorderly citation, but the two of them did not have a good attitude when at the police stastion. Somehow all of this got turned around to him being mad at me for not liking his gf or her mom.
Oh... Eddie did go to the SkillsUsa national conference/competition out in Kansas City. He did well - got eighth place!!! Weird he did not place higher though, as he found a mistake (a missing measurement needed to make the drawing). All in all we were extremely proud of him.
My thoughts are all over the place.
I did get approved for unemployment. Guess that's a yay... it will help and i am grateful for it. It just feels weird. I would much rather be working.
Meant to get more in this entry, but there are a bunch of things I need to do today!
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