A bit of background: I moved from Tasmania to Melbourne 5 months ago. I had been living there for the last 14 years, and not really doing a lot with my life. I had been waitressing for about 3 years at the same place, and I'd had other jobs in hospitality for brief periods the rest of the time. I left school fairly young, not because I couldn't do the work, but because I had moved around so much as a child, it was hard to settle in to learning. I fell pregnant when I was 17 and gave birth to a beautiful boy who just turned 12 and is probably one of the most amazing people I know. 5 months ago, my sister called me and mentioned a job vacancy in her company that she thought I'd be perfect for, so I packed up my things and moved over. I started a full-time job 6 days after I arrived.
So now I'm working in an office, doing the banking and dealing with customer finance. I love the work, and I'm really well suited to it. Best of all, and the reason I'm having such a great day, tomorrow I have an interview for a promotion! The manager of another store called me to see if I was interested!! It's blowing my mind that 5 months ago, I was a casual waitress, now it's not outside the realms of possibility that I will be an Administration manager for a large store sometime within the next 6-12 months!! (Which is what I was trying to work towards)
There's also the fact that it's working out so well living with my sister. We've always been really close, but we're very different people, so we weren't quite sure how it would work. (She's a real neat freak, I'm really not!) But we're both really pleased with how it's all going. The only thing that would make it perfect would be to have my son here. He stayed in Tas with his dad, he's just started his first year of high school, and I more than anyone know how much it sucks starting new schools. But I'm working on having him here in the next year. Till then, lots of phone calls and visits.
Wow, that was a lot longer than I planned, sorry all. If you read it all, thanks
Hope I didn't bore you, just had to get it off my chest. Taking a chance and starting something new can turn out really well sometimes!!
