A Cerebral Breakaway

After graduating from college, where I studied Office Administration, I had to work a total of 200 hours before I could receive my diploma. I started looking for work in that field, but because of the pandemic, I was 1 of over 500 applicants on most jobs that I applied for. The majority of the responses I got back stated that they need someone with more experience. How am I supposed to gain experience, if no one will give you a chance? Also I now have a deeper understanding of what its like for a woman to want to work in a more male dominated industry. Receptionists are traditionally seen as females and to break that mold is very difficult when you don't have experience in construction or auto parts. My options were awfully slim. I kept on applying with the same explanation, so I decided to apply to any call center job. I started getting denied for a lot of those jobs too, so by this point, I have been trying for a year and 8 months I finally landed a job working as an outbound s...

  With a gentle push from Morgan, I decided to enroll in college. I studied business management at Oxford College located in the Bayfield Mall. Unfortunately, I had to end my studies early, as I was extremely sick and very weak for almost two months with only a month and a half left in the course to go! I had an average of 86%!    COLLEGE LIFE AND COVID - 19 After recovering, fast forward a year or so, I enrolled with CTS where I studied Office Administration with the hopes of obtaining a high 80% average again, if not better. College this time around has been quite different than the last time due to the pandemic.  At first, I thought I would not like it, or do as well as in a classroom setting but I quickly adapted, and I love it. I have now graduated with honours! My first class was tough, but I finished with an overall grade of 93%. My courses after that, I did so much better, as it was all done on the computer, I managed to obtain marks between 95% & 100%, a...

  On the evening of February 5 th , 2017, I decided to go with my friend Joe to drop off his wife’s friend at home in Orillia. The drive up was going smooth, but it started to snow heavily. We stopped at a stop sign on Old Barrie Rd. Unbeknownst to all of us, someone who was driving a super heavy duty pick up truck which was hauling two snowmobiles was driving way too fast for the current weather conditions, the driver had to make a hard right into the snowbank to miss rear-ending us head-on. Unfortunately, the heavy trailer made a hard left and hit the back/side of the back-seat door and scraped all along the passenger side.   I was in the back seat on the passenger side. The accident left me in a state where I could barely move and was rushed to Orillia’s Soldier Memorial Hospital. After getting a battery of tests done, I was released approximately four hours later. Once I got home, my wife helped me file an accident claim against the driver and eventually I got approved for...

  I was on a dating site called Plenty of Fish and I came across Morgan’s profile and I sent her an email to which she replied. We sent emails back and forth for a while until we exchanged numbers. One day I asked her if we could meet, she texted back with a yes and told me that she was working that day, but we could meet each other on her break. I made arrangements to  meet her and I asked for a ride to her work from a roommate, at the time, I lied to him and said that I needed to pick up pain meds at the Zehrs Pharmacy.  I met my wife Morgan on October 10 th , 2016 during her lunch break, after that, we hit it off and have been together for over four years now! Morgan does not see or think of me as disabled, but differently-abled. I am so glad I met someone who is kind, very patient, and understanding!