Page 24 of Vows In Corruption

Do I know exactly what I will be doing? No. Which is fine, I will learn on the job.

Hopefully.

I’m keeping a fingers crossed that I don’t get fired on day one.

And why would they fire me?

Well, I’ve never been anyone’s assistant.

I can’t barely handle organizing my own life, what makes me think I can do that for someone else?

I’m secretly hoping that there is training involved, even if it wasn’t stated in my welcome email.

Assistants get trained, right?

Let’s hope that they do, if not then my nerves will really get the best of me and then I will be saying goodbye to this job.

Not wanting the let my nervousness win this morning and mess up anything about my appearance, I decide that it’s time to get a move on with my day.

I can’t stay in this room forever. No matter how much I want to.

You can do this. Today is your day and you are going to do great.

Great. Today I will do great.

The pep talk helps enough and after giving my reflection a smile, I turn and finally head out my room and out to the kitchen.

It’s a lot earlier than what I’ve been starting my day at lately, which means that I won’t see Charlie off when she goes to school or make sure she eats a granola bar at very least. I’ll send her a message to remind her.

Starting my day earlier means that I now have a job that pays well and I’m able to not only keep a roof over our head and our fridge stocked but also pay for Charlie to go to Saint Christopher.

After I got my offer letter from Lane Enterprises, I didn’t hesitate in accepting the position. I wrote Linda back within ten minutes after all the excitement came down, and thanked her profusely for giving me the job and that I was more than excited to accept it. More so when I saw the salary that they were going to give me and the signing bonus that was attached to it.

Apparently the old men who run that company, pay their employees well, no matter how low their position within the company is. When I saw the number, I understood why people wanted to work there so much.

What I make at this job is going to be more than I have made in all my other jobs combined. Not only was the pay well, but the signing bonus is enough to help with half of Charlie’s first year at Saint Christopher’s. I just have to come up with the other half.

So as soon as Linda got back to me with all the final paperwork she needed from me and my official start date, I pulled out the email that Charlie had received from the elite private school and accepted her admission.

More paperwork was request of me for a damn private school than what I needed to submit for my new job.

But it was done, and Charlie was set to start at her new school in two weeks. All we need to do is buy her a uniform and pay what we can with my signing bonus and we are set to go.

I couldn’t be more thankful that I was able to get this job, and I haven’t even started yet. I now have a steady paycheck and I don’t have to go into a panic just thinking about how I will be taking care of the things that we need. I know for a fact that there is still going to be a panic here and there about some stuff and there will definitely days where I’m going to completely forget that I can now afford some things now, but hopefully that panic will subside quickly.

Let’s also hope I’m able to keep the job because then the panic will be here to stay.

After pouring my travel mug full of coffee, I leave some cash for Charlie on the counter so that she can buy something to eat on her way to school and and head out the door.

I don’t realize it until I’m on my second bus stop, but there is so much excitement rolling through my body.

I know people usually would be scared or nervous about there first day at a new job, an even though I am feeling those things, excitement overpowers them.

This is the first page of a new chapter in my life.

The last couple of years have been hard for a number of reason, the biggest one being that I became a mom to my little sister at twenty, but it’s finally looking up and that is definitely something to be excited about.

I should celebrate this new step in life with some wine. Maybe some chocolate. I’ll stop by the store on my way home and see what I can get my hands on.

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