I`m baaaack! At least I think so

Whew! The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind. I don't even know where to begin! The good or the bad? Guess I`ll lead off with the good.
Training in Spartanburg was very long but I must admit productive. Yesterday was day#1 in the new store and OMG its awesome!. As nice as the 2 story monster @ the mall is, this store is even nicer. Whoever designs these things, give him/her a raise! It was odd walking in as a manager. We started working on the plexiglass shelving shipments, signage, office supplies... and I asked what do you need me to do? and was told, keep these people working and on task. Not long ago it would have been, unloading freight and taking out the trash! So that was cool. I feel back in my element as my management career spans back into the mid 1980`s.
I also received a partial paycheck as I am now bi weekly. So one week was at the old and another at the new. Man, that was sweet. I so needed this is almost hard to believe. My bank account will actually have a positive balance. Unbelievable. After all thats happened I would say that for being back just 1 year, almost exactly, I have done pretty damn good.
Of course I am fearful that my past could come back to get me, but I wont live my life paranoid about that. I will simply keep pushing forward. So hooray for me!
The bad part. Last Monday night I was staying in Spartanburg, about 30 minutes from the kids. Matthew had a practice that evening and the freshman parents had to provide dinner. This meant me and Jodi attending. This is not a good thing and as much as I tried for civility..well, that lasted maybe an hour or so. Things turned ugly, I ended up at her house later that evening yelling, she was going to call the police..that would have been VERY, VERY bad for me. So I screwed up yet again and allowed myself to be sucked into the craziness of Jodi world. I will never learn. This could have been disastrous. I cannot allow that to happen again. I will not allow that woman to destroy me AGAIN. I allowed once...thats enough for one lifetime.
Anywho. Next week is truck week. That means every single piece of merchandise we sell will be received and put out between Tuesday and Friday morning. Almost a quarter MILLION books alone. Not to mention all the other crap we stock. So it will be intense. But rewarding.