The Thursday coming up marks a big step in Josh and I's relationship. I'm sleeping over without a real reason. There's no job or anything important to do. We have a concert Thursday night and then we get to come home, late night drink, maybe skinny dip, and stay up all night talking and hanging out. I feel like that's what normal couples do. They stray away from responsibility every once in a while to enjoy time to be free together. I'll be able to spend my night however I want with the person I love. If we want to binge watch Netflix while drinking and eating take out diner food, we can. We can sit outside and look at the sky and have deep conversation. We can cuddle up at the end of the night and fall asleep feeling nothing but bliss, and maybe a little tipsy.
I was planning on smoking a little for the concert but the adult in me has to reject that stuff now. I applied for a position within the DEP Police about a year ago. I took the written exam and only a few days ago was I finally called for the next step. I spent about 6 1/2hrs at the Police Academy in the city getting my initial physical done. EKGs, vision, hearing, and a ton of paperwork. I was the only female in a group of 12 males by the end. The rest of the candidates in the room were police cadets beginning their journey as well. Some of them looked the part while others just didn't fit that profile. They drug tested me and took 3 different sections of my hair. My hair goes all the way down my back to about the middle of my butt, so there was A LOT of hair. I admitted on the drug form that I had dabbled in drugs, but only in high school. A half-assed confession to try and soften the blow of them finding it in my hair. The officer giving out the forms told us that they really only test for the last 3-4 months. If that's the case, I'm clean. If they test my entire length of hair, we might have some problems. He said that drugs aren't exactly a deal breaker as long as they haven't been recently used or been involved in some kind of legal action against you. I'm half hopeful and half doubtful. The Police Academy I'd be attending is about 3hrs upstate. That throws a wrench into the mix. I'd have to live up there or close by if this were to move forward. Usually this process takes a few years and hopefully by that time, I'll have a degree and be able to choose what I want. However, the officer I spoke to said they could call me as early as 6 months. It depends how desperately they need people and how good of a class we have. There's so much to consider with this possible job. It's just a plan B, but it's intense to train and actually complete this. I'm going for my psych evaluation in a few weeks. I know I'll pass and they already have the list of medication I'm on. I'm hiding nothing, and for that they can't penalize me. One step at a time. But the slow steps are starting to feel like massive leaps in this case.
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