I walked away from work today feeling very very different. \u00a0In some ways I was ecstatic, but in others kind of sad. \u00a0The last 12 months have not been easy for me. \u00a0I have had a very tumultuous time on the personal side. \u00a0Heidi has been there through all of it by my side and I know that she is happy the last 12 months are over. \u00a0I won’t go into too much depth online but let’s just say that today was a day that some people have wanted for a while.<\/p>\n
I walked out of the DUA office today, never to return. \u00a0As of this moment I am currently unemployed, something I have not been for quite some time. \u00a0When I left Australia just under 3 years ago, I had a plan, I had a goal to work in the USA for a couple of years and return home. \u00a0That obviously has changed, and for the better of course. \u00a0But although the last few months at work have not been easy, they had to be done. \u00a0I don’t hold bad feelings towards my old work, but there was a lot of negativity for a while. \u00a0But they helped me get here over to the USA and without them I never would have met the love of my life, I wouldn’t be married.<\/p>\n
So right now as I sit here in front of my pc on a Friday night, for the first time in 3 years I have no job to go to on Monday, who knows what the future will bring. \u00a0I need to start applying for jobs and get some focus in my life, but either way, there is a future ahead. \u00a0I just need to work out what that is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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