I know when I have it good. I am very, very lucky to be in the position I’m in. Just a year and a half go I was looking at spending the rest of my life sharing a room in a board & care home. But the home asked most of us to leave so they could make more money. Then my case manager found my current apartment for me.
I’m living alone until they find someone else to take the other bedroom. This place is clean, has a washer and dryer out back, and plenty of storage space and best of all, the rent is $530.00 a month for a two bedroom apartment which is ridiculously cheap for an apartment in this area… The upstairs neighbors suck but I’m getting along with the neighbor ladies in the next apartment.
I’m even luckier at my job. I’m a janitor and I make $15.00 an hour and the work is not that hard and my company hires disabled people. So the crew is disabled. It’s a real job but we do get a little leeway, they overlook tardiness and calling in sick. One minute, the boss is laying down the law about working faster, the next minute they give us more breaks than we should.
The office building we work in is usually quiet and calm. Today was no exception, most of the soldiers take Fridays off so today was relaxing. A good day to take my time and daydream while I’m vacuuming. I’ll never find a job like this anywhere else where the work is often easy and the pay is good. Just feeling grateful lately as my life being employed winds down until I retire at 65 in six years.
That is good that your case manager helped you get a place. I can’t say when I had a case manager if they would have done that. I live in a unit by myself. But I was on a waiting list for almost 4 years before I got it.
Good for you @77nick77! Glad to hear everything is going well for you. Having a nice home to come home to after work definitely helps lift your mood and makes you feel good. Keep it up.
Glad things are going well for you. I know it’s been a long road to get to where you are. I, too, am grateful for where I am in life. things could definitely be much worse. thanks for the uplifting post!
keep on sharing! Good job:smiley:
