Saturday, July 19th 2008, my world was permanently rocked by a little person named Oliver.  I knew from the moment that I met him, that things were going to be different forever.  I just had no idea how different they would be.

Flash to today, April 27, 2009.  Things are different now.  I'm unemployed.  Molly still has a great paying job with even better benefits than before, and I got my first "A" in college since I can't remember when.  Oliver is now trying to walk.  I remember when I first met my son, he couldn't walk, let alone hold the bottle on his own.  He does that now too.  It's just so amazing seeing him develop the way that he does.  I think I couldn't have made a better choice than to start studying psychology so that I could understand what my son is and will be going through.  

The job thing.  Heh. Yeah.  I am glad I am no longer working at Siemens.  I remember so little of that day that I was fired.  I just wish I had left on MY terms and not THEIRS. That said, when a job begins to give you chest pains of stress, it's time to get the fuck out and not look back.  That's exactly what I did.  As soon as I found out I was getting fired, I requested my things right then and there, and walked away, and never looked back.  I have friends still there, sure.  I don't know the full reason why I was fired, I don't care to know.  I do know that the friends I kept from there are great people for dealing with what they have to deal with.  The person who fired me says he didn't want to lose my friendship with him because of firing me.  He fucked that up by telling that to someone else and not to me directly. I'm not saddened by losing him as a friend. 

I am now looking for something part time so I can be a full time daddy.  Doing so will save us money in child care as well as give me time to bond more with my son.  A movie theater would be nice to work in again.  Hell an acting gig in a stage play or something would be great because I can be there at night and not have to worry about who's watching my son because my wife will be home with him.  That and I can take him places once he's able to walk more. 

Life for me is nothing short of happy, despite the circumstances.  Oliver's smile and laugh are enough to get me through the day.  That's it for now. He's waking up.  Time for food and playtime!