Wow! Sounds like tuff times right now. But, it sounds
like you are taking the right steps to get to a place you
want to be. Keep your head up and keep fighting for what
you want in life and you will get. Many people in your
situation just give up and let life push them around.
You're a fighter, so keep fighting.

Good Luck and take care,

Mark


On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 14:11:42 -0000
"Adam Zigler" <noktiis@...> wrote:
> --- In Mellennia22000@yahoogroups.com, <maklak@...>
>wrote:
>>
>> Where have you been?
>>
>>
>
> Well initially it was just a matter of Maria working
>until late to the
> point where we'd be late showing up to class by about 20
>min. That
> was about 3 weeks ago.
>
> Basically, we've been doing a lot of thinking about our
>(Maria and
> myself) situation in life and we talk a lot about how
>we're
> unsatisfied with the way things are really going for us.
> We're just
> constantly struggling trying to get ahead or even scrape
>by with bills
> it's seriously terrible. We moved into my parents house
>at the
> beginning of 2006, "just until we find a new apartment
>that we like."
> and here we are in April 2007 and we're still here
>upstairs and the
> fact of the matter is, is that we can't afford to move
>out even if we
> wanted to! My situation at Focus (the telemarketing
>place where I was
> working..) SUCKED. I never ended up with all of my time
>because when
> I stepped down from my supervisor position, they change
>the way they
> pay you to where only time you're getting paid while
>you're there is
> while you're actually THERE on the phone. I still had
>sales reps from
> my team from when I was a supervisor (and they were
>basically without
> a supervisor here..) asking me questions and needing
>help so I ended
> up being off the phone all the time because the
>management at Focus
> just doesn't care about anybody or help anybody, and I
>can't be the
> bad guy.. and for some reason they always conveniently
>"forgot" or for
> whatever reason, my extra time on the phone never showed
>up on my
> paychecks. So my checks were getting smaller and
>smaller and then 2
> paychecks in a row my checks were $26 and then $0
>because I got
> insanely overcharged for health insurance so I QUIT
>Focus... and this
> was in February.
>
> I made sporadic appearances through February and into
>the first half
> of March, but I haven't been to a full weeks worth of
>practices since
> January. That's downright pathetic! Anyways, Maria was
>still working
> and so we still had income, and we figured I'd stay with
>the baby at
> home until I find a job, and I was offered a job at
>Collis in Clinton
> making about $9, which isn't too bad! Things are
>looking up. Well...
> Maria and I were talking, and $9 isn't *really* going to
>work forever.
> I mean, can you really rely on $30,000 a year? Not
>really.... I
> mean, you'll end up with more financial worries than new
>cars, let's
> just put it that way. Well, that's how much Maria and I
>would end up
> with @ her current job and myself @ Collis.
>
> I looked into schooling and I've decided that I'm going
>to be going to
> school starting the first week of June.. signing up
>officially for
> classes next Tuesday, and I guess I'm going to be a
>computer
> technician haha... The course plan that I have from
>Blackhawk right
> now, will have me end up with 3 certificates and my
>associates at the
> end of a 2 year tenure.. and with the associates alone,
>many
> technicians make $40.00 an hour. That's friggin sweet.
>
> Well that's the battle plan, and where does that leave
>me? Well right
> now, Maria and I are on the waiting list for Ster-Lynn
>Apartments in
> Sterling, IL. It's low income housing, but it's not Mom
>& Dad's
> upstairs. It's income based so no matter how much we
>make, we WILL
> have a home. I'm going to find a part time job to
>supplement with our
> bills and hopefully have some extra money to do other
>stuff. The only
> reason I haven't already done that is because I need to
>know what my
> school schedule will officially be so I know when I
>*CAN* work. I'll
> probably end up at a gas station, and I'm ok with that
>for now.
>
> Anyways, as soon as everything is figured out, hopefully
>I can afford
> to finally pay Mr. Nixon, because seriously I owe this
>guy like a lot.
> Like $150 or something crazy and then I can come back!!
>
>
> Anyways, I miss you guys hopefully I'll see you all
>soon!
>
> -Adam
>