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I know it’s been a minute sense I have updated my blog and I have no intentions f covering EVERYTHING this time around, but here goes.

Work Life:

My job with Touchstones is still going well, although currently a little boring. I knew going into this job that that the pay was similar to my Iatesta job, but the job itself we much less consuming. I of course thought this was a good thing and I still do like the idea of not having as much pressure, however to what extreme? Right now is supposedly a slow season for us and the calm before the storm, but I’m going nuts. It is Wednesday the 14^th of September and so far this week (not missing any time or days) I have done about 5-6 hours of total work. This is CRAZY! When I don’t have anything to do at my job I am pretty much stuck and they know it. A lot of people have been sitting around doing nothing actually. I have been searching out things to keep myself busy that have to do with work. Filing, organizing, cleaning, and just overall boring things have been coming to mind. I have actually found myself working on personal things more then not, which is great, however I feel bad about it. Oh well I guess that’s how things go here at

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In addition to Touchstones I have also taken a second job cleaning. I am working for a company called Service Masters and I am cleaning (by myself) a large office building three nights a week. I HATE THIS! It is boring, monotonous, low paying, and people look at me as if I am trash while I am there. I am only doing this to get myself a little ahead for one and maybe start paying down some of the debt I have accrued over the years. I am work about 2-3 hours a night, three nights a week. This does not leave me much time to do anything else during the week seeing as the two nights I am off of work I am cleaning my house and doing my laundry. I really hope I can eventually get a second job doing something else that pays a littler better and is not so time consuming. We ill see I suppose.

I have also been working (all-be-it very slow) on the final version of my new company website. This site has been up and running for a while but I am still changing and tweaking things. I would love feedback from anyone who is willing to give it. Please be as honest as possible so I can get a good idea what needs to be left as it is and what needs to be changed. The name of the company is now Lotus Design Concepts and the web address is the same as the name, www.lotusdesignconcepts.com.

Home Life:

Seeing I as I am never home this part is going to be short. Dimitri is doing well although I don’t get to see him as much as I would like. Billy lets him out and he plays with Lolita a lot so I am sure he is happy. I just hate to leave him at home to much, the price we pay I suppose.

Financial Life:

Well this part sucks and I will not bore everyone with the boring details, but it does really blow. I am just barely catching up right now and one little slip or over-expenditure will throw me back down into the pit I have been clawing my way out of for the past few months. I hate this living paycheck to paycheck, especially when I have potential for so much more. I suppose this second job will help me resolve this issue much quicker then before, but at what price. I feel like I am missing out on a lot and that I am really wearing myself very thin.

Love Life:

I think this part is where I can actually say things are going very well. I hate to say that and jinx myself, but here goes. Chris and I are doing very well and I am extremely happy when I am around him. We try to spend as much time together as we can and that normally means one day a week and the weekend. We don’t do a lot do the things we would like to do because of financial issues (see above) but we do have fun. We watch TV and movies, and we try to hang out with friends and the band mates a lot. Chris just had his birthday and I was able to spend that night before his birthday with him which was great. Then we did dinner with his mother and sister that weekend. I really like his family and I hope to be able to get closer with them as time goes on.

Chris has really become a savor to me in this dark time I am having lately. He makes me feel warm and happy even when mind is heavy with the thoughts of money and debt. Whenever I get a hug, kiss or even touch from him it washes all my problems away, if even for a second. I think this is enough for me to keep my sanity for a bit longer at least. Seeing as I really don’t have a lot of friends anymore that I can hang out with, he has become a central support for me. It seems everyone has there own things to do and there own time to spend working and playing. I guess I should not expect them to chance after me to hang out or even talk on the phone, but I am almost done trying to contact them. At this point I will wait for them to call me and see what kind of effort they can make before I waste what little time I have every week to try to get a hold of them. As for Chris, he is almost always there and he makes me happy, so that’s all I can ask for at this juncture.

Family Life:

Things are crazy with my family right now, a little more then I would want to go into honestly. Let’s just say that my family life is very busy and very different right now.

I would say that overall right now things are kind of slow and steady in my life. Nothing but Chris is very exciting and that means positively or negatively. I am doing my best to stay afloat and all else is just details at this point. Maybe things will turn around soon and I will be able to lower my bills, save some money, pay off my debt, and start saving money. I have said this before, a few times actually, and this time hopefully I will mean it. That’s enough for know I guess. I will try to keep people posted on my progress, but we all know how much time I have to do that.

-Justin

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