Well it is finally here! The orientation day for the police academy! Tomorrow I am an official cadet! I have waited so long for this dream to begin and now here I am on the horizon of it watching it unfold. Now all I have to do is buckle down and get through the 6 months of books, physical exercise (*read: torment), firing range, high speed driving, etc. Then I can go out and get my dream job! YEAH! And however said you can't put a price on your derams LIED! The price of my dream is about $4000.00! :0 But considering I've wanted this since I was 5 years old I guess I've had enough time to save- LOL! Anyway, the agency I work for still isn't offering me a position as a fully sworn officer- they say they are holding applications until January 1st (* read: they want me to pay for it, not them). But I have applications out in multiple agencies and I can't complain because the rest of my life os amazing. I just found a co-worker who's wife is friend with a neighboring sherrif, so maybe i'll get a job elsewhere after all. (Besides, if I put myself through I am not tied to Delray Police for 3 years to pay back the academy "loan" from them so I can go wherever I want.) That's good, so I'm trying to be optimistic and have a positive attitude. (That's a major feat for someone who works with society's worst day in and day out.)

    Other than that all else is great. My husband is amazing, my mother is finally accepting that she can't change my faith (she's still struggling against it a bit though), my sister is doing wonderfully in school and my step daughter is warming up to me because her mother stopped acting like I ended the world when I married her ex husband!) I even did a few readings on this b/c the X has tried this before to lure my husband back (yeah right!) But the cards say she is probably sincere as she is experiencing a great shift in her perspectives and dreams... So let's hope!

Brightest Blessings and a Merry Yuletide Y'all!

Tori