Have you ever been so happy you wanted to cry?

I was in a bad place. I was watching my nephew (who no one wanted to watch because of how hard he is and his mom couldn't find a daycare to take him). I have been doing this since last February. I have made between $500 and $750 a month (having him up to 80 hours per week, most of the time it was 70). I literally don't have enough money for food so I had to go on food assistance. I don't have enough money for gas so I can't leave my house (except to walk places where I can't spend money lol). And even if I did make more money, there weren't enough hours in the day for me to have a life without this kid there. Honestly, I think I was getting really depressed. I probably would have looked into medication if it lasted much longer. But I promised her I would watch the kid till he went back to school. Which was two days ago.

Today was my first day of orientation for my new job working as a bank teller. It was only 4 hours today but it got me out of bed and on a schedule (I LOVE schedules). I got out of bed before noon!--don't fret, the kid slept till then too lol--I went to a different city for orientation: I WAS OUT OF THE HOUSE! God, just looking forward, I almost cried. I am so happy that that time in my life is over. I know when my work day ends (I never knew with the kid, she dropped him off between 4-4:30am showed up between 6-9pm, depending on when she got off and traffic). Like I said, I LOVE schedules and it was so bad for me. BUT I know when I'm off and I know how long my shifts are before the week even starts. It's been, what? Seven months since I've had that? It's so foreign to me now!

Anyway, the moral of the story is I was really depressed and now, after one day, I have hope I hope you do to!