My Awkward Life

I’m tasked with coming up with a proposal to keep my job, or more specifically, to start a new contract with the company I’ve been with for 6 years. I officially hit 6 years with the job 2 days ago on October 18th. I usually would be happy to celebrate it, but it just felt bittersweet. I’ve been in a daze since October 3rd. A day when I usually would take my wife out on a date. We still celebrate Monthiversaries, even though we’ve been together for almost 11.5 years.

As isolated events, these probably wouldn’t be too much to deal with, but as a cluster of events, they are extremely overwhelming. I haven’t really given a shit about anything lately.

Yesterday, grandmother, mom, brother, and cousin came by to help us cut down the tree. I asked them if we could at least take care of all of the brush, I wasn’t expecting us to get too much done, but we ended up knocking out almost all of the brush from the ground, and then most of the tall branches cut down. There are only a few more that need to be cut, then the trunk can be worked on. The teamwork was incredible and it was very amazing to see how much we got done yesterday together. As one person, it’s an almost impossible task to accomplish, but with the help of everyone, it was an almost seamless operation. I’m very grateful and thankful for the love and support from my family as well as my in-laws. We don’t always see eye-to-eye, but they’re always there for me.