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Day 23: How did this happen?~Part 4

I guess its time to finish the story of ..How did this happen? a continuation from Days 4, 8 & 18

So....where was I? Oh yea, fired from Medifast last July 2013.
The irony was, I was complaining to my husband for weeks that I wanted to quit. Really, ever since I got written up. I imagine that they wanted me to quit but I promised my husband I would not quit unless I had another job. I had been looking with no luck. When I texted my husband that I had been fired he responded, "good,  now you don't have to quit!" I immediately applied for unemployment insurance. After a few weeks I had a phone interview and shortly after was told that my claim had been approved. I was relieved and felt a bit vindicated. They had no substantial reason for firing me. I did a good job, I was reliable, represented the company well, was promoted and counseled 75% of the centers total clients. And as with most things that seem horrible and life altering at the time, I found the silver lining and after time realized it was one of the best things that could have happened.
I decided to take a few classes at Delta Community College. At first I was exploring the idea of becoming a Psych Tech. Delta had recently received grant money to teach and certify students to become Psych Techs for the new Prison Hospital in Stockton. At first I thought it would be an exciting new challenge but, after looking into it and talking to people about it, I decided it wasn't a good fit for me. Now I am currently earning my AA with a transfer to a CSU. Concurrently I am working on getting an Early Childhood Education certification. I am considering working as a teacher and I want to start gaining experience with kids. It's a long road ahead. But I have never been happier! I love learning and it has been a life long dream to continue my education and go to college.
Not to mention I have had so much more time to spend with my family. I really enjoyed the summer with the kids. We had a great time! Plus I am available to take them to lessons and pick them up from school. And now I even take Escrima classes on Saturdays!
Recently my unemployment insurance ran out. I started working at Ann Taylor LOFT. It's my favorite clothing store and I have worked there before. It's great fun and they work around my school hours and special requests for family time or events. It is only part time and I am not in management so I am making less than what I did on unemployment.
That is where we are today. In about five years we went from spending $12,000 on bills per month to $3,000 not including food, gas, etc. Joel's job pays just enough to cover the bills and my job pays for groceries and gas. And that's it. That's how we got here. Then I decided to do the spending freeze this month because we were slipping behind and paying too many fees. Doing the spending freeze is exactly what we needed. I feel like we are on stable ground now.

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