At least, it feels like it...

I'm 20. When did this happen? How did I come so far, so soon? It feels like just a few months ago I met some of my closest friends.. and some changed, becoming someone or something less than who I met.

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I have a job. The first one I got on my own, with a bit of help from said close friends.

Not even two months here and things have been shaken up, almost dramatically.

The way I was hired was luck, and stupidity on someone else's part.
The warehouse worker set a dryer on fire and jumped ship because he was probably high and didn't want to get drug tested.

My first day, mere hours after I left, the place was robbed. Crazy shit. They went for TVs in the warehouse and nearly got out unnoticed, except someone checked in the back and they were found.

A trainee that I became acquainted with threw a fit of some proportion and got fired by Regional Manager herself. At this point, cops have been called to the store twice so far.

He came back some time later, trying to be civil, seeking a letter stating why he was fired so he had something to show to new employers. He was turned away, and the police were contacted again.

Not many days after, the police were contacted again because a credit card thief was at our store for the third time. Third time.

Now, I'm getting a different position in the store, taking over someone else's hours and maybe becoming more of an asset to this company. Will this attention be a good thing, or a bad thing? Will I be shaking things up just to make my mark and leave for something bigger and better?

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I've been waiting for almost two months(with emails back and forth in between) to hear back from the government about an IT helpdesk position. As of November 15th, it will be two full months.. and needless to say, my hopes for this have gone from sky high to about ... a solid six. They do still need an extra IT guy, after all.

Certain complications which I'll discuss in private are preventing swift answers.

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I've come ... what feels like, very far, in just .. two years.
Two years. That's a lot of time. That's six hundred some times I've gone to sleep, and waken up, to face another day. To say "Hi" to my friends, my family, people I may never see again, and people I'll see every day.

I face every day with a bit of nervousness, a hint of anxiety.. A heaping helping of wonder, curiosity, and so many other things.

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Good things are coming.. I want to just keep going on and on, but I'll save some stuff for another day.

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Thanks for reading, anyone that decided to stop by. I hope everything's going well for you. or, at least, as well as it can.