Well... be aware everyone... well mainly those in New Jersey.... I got my license back! It's been two years since it was taken away from me due to a medical condition but after a struggle to get it back, I have it again! I'm really happy with it because I finally have the ability to drive (with a car and insurance that is lol) and can start making headway on becoming more independent.

A lot of job's that I was seeking required someone to have a license, and now that I have it I will be going forward with my job hunt and leave this god damn garage! The first job that I applied for was at Monmouth Arc, which is a residential group-home program in my county that deals with the mentally handicapped people. I applied to work as a substitute to see if I like it and mainly to get the experience I need to become a social worker. I also applied to a few other places (tech support, etc.) and I'm waiting to hear back from them. I'm also waiting for DVR to get back to me and see if I qualify for a state grant to go back to school for medical training.

Once I have that down, I'm going to start working on my savings and start reducing my debt that way I won't have much hanging over my head when I do move out. But the first thing that I NEED and I mean NEED, is a car. What I'll probably do is go out to PA and go to the auctions there or grab the resident car Guru here on GA, Robbie, and take him along with me. Why? Cus I suck at buying cars and don't know what to ask. He does... he's good with that. Oh and Robbie, I forgot to ask before I wrote this in my blog so if you don't read this now, expect a call from me soon. Also. We need to hang out soon... I miss your tall ass and I promise... no tequila

On the medical front, my doctor switched the medicine I've been taking for awhile to something that's less harsh on the liver. The reason why is that because of all the drugs I was taking to control my seizures when I didn't need to (long story short, I have an anxiety condition, not epilepsy but because they didn't know that, they had me take close to 2,000mg a day of heavy duty anti-epileptic medications) it did damage my liver, but not seriously. It's still functioning within normal limits, but the doc who ordered the blood tests told me to stay away from drugs and alcohol that can impact my liver for the next few years. Meaning, I have to be a good boy and no drinking to excess. Just a glass of wine now and then and no aspirin.

My home life is getting better, somewhat. Mom knows that I'm not gonna take her shit anymore, and she's been off my back. While we do have the flare up, she's been better about things. In fact, she's been helpful of late. She used some of her connections to Arc (family friends and the like) to get me the job interview and she's also been teaching me a few things that she learned while she worked there. She's also been helpful with other things as well (like when I needed money to get my license and such back, she made me work for it, but ultimately gave me $200 bucks for some tech support that she needed). While I did miss pride, I ended up seeing that it was worth it in the end. Missing that one day did kinda tick me off, and the way she made it sound did as well, but really, it ended up getting me my license, a good job interview, and helped open a lot of doors for me.

Yes. While my mother can be an overbearing sonofabitch, I still love her, though there are time where I wanna kill her, but I think that's the way with all parents LOL.

Finally, after 9 months with Matt, there are still things that I'm learning with him and things that he's learning from me. We continue to grow strong together and hate being apart. In fact, we'll be taking our first small vacation alone together in two-three weeks, and that'll provide us some quality time together, and some time away from our nutty parents.

So that's it. That's everything that's been going on lately, and why I've been so busy and away from here (that and writing and research on things). So wish me luck... i'm gonna need it lol.

Peace!

Eric