When in Texas, do as the Texans and ....Wait...What?

So here I am, I have been a Fort Worth resident for about a week and a half now. The day I went to my second interview for the job I am at, I walked out of my interview completely confident that this would be my job and that day I said to myself "I live in Fort Worth and I love it." Since then I have had to remind myself of that decision a couple times but for the most part life is good.

My job is cool, I am a Violence Prevention Facilitator, I basically work at local middle schools teaching things like Problem Solving, Empathy, Anger Management and Resisting peer pressure and gang pressure. So far so good, I'm not actually in classes for two more weeks, so things are kinda dragging at work, as I feel pretty preped, I already wrote my syllabus and everyone of my lesson plans for the entire semester. The only thing left is to buy a few more supplies for a couple activites but that's no big. I am really excited about starting schools. In my last job I was will kids so broken down and damaged that my goal was just to help them stabalize so they didn't lose placement, so prevention is something new, and something I can appreciate the importance of.

My apt is ummm...well they say if you lie enough you start to believe it. So with that said, my apartment couldn't be better. Okay I have never searched for an apartment before, a mistake was bound to happen. And after it all, I am so much more appreciative of my amazing former roommate who found us an amazing apartment last year. I also was extremely rushed by work. But the good news is I am only in a six month lease which means in march I am free to move about the city! And I have six months to find myself an awesome crib, with no pressure and with my new found apartment wisdom. So Silver Lining.

I really do like Fort Worth for the most part, although it is very different than I imagined, and I suppose that is my fault. Stereotypes are never something to be considered when building expectations regardless if they generally do come from some shred of the truth. I think I expected a big city but with the southern charm. I got the big city, now its not really that dirty or trashy, at least not compared to LA, but along with the big city I got big city people. Not the southern hospitatlity people, the same old rude, rushed, self concerned people I could find in CA. Oh well at least I'll fit in :) But there are the exceptions, so I guess I just have to work twice as hard to find them, I found them in CA and although I don't ever expect to find friends that top my CA ones, I might could (this is Texas saying which I loathe due to it's redundency, however I cannot help but laugh at also) find some that'll do, lol.

Ya'll come back now ya hear! (Texan for Peace Out Homies)

Jen