Feeling Accomplished. . .

I am feeling accomplished today.  It has been a long week but I feel good about myself, my job, and my family.  There were several days in these last seven weeks or so that I felt completely overwhelmed.   I am a little ashamed to admit that I also felt like giving up a couple of times too.   I felt like; what am I doing trying to go back to work after thirteen years?   I must give huge thanks to my sister, my mom and my very sweet, loving, and supportive husband.  I am very serious when I say if it were not for their support and confidence in me I would have given up on myself.   My sister reminded me that God was working in my life and that I should walk in Godficance (confidence in God) and that is what has gotten me through to this point of thankfulness.   I am also very thankful to my friends that have kept us in their prayers.   I have renewed my relationship with God on this journey and that may have been His ultimate plan.  I have really leaned on Him as well through this tumultuous time in our lives.
The hubbs is back at work with his old job and we will not be as naive as we were the last time.   There is no trust there anymore with job security for either of us.  We are saving for the kids college and paying off our house as fast as we can.  In true Dave Ramsey fashion we are also padding our emergency fund for when this happens again.   Based on our experience, I suggest you shoot for at least a six month emergency fund.   It took my hubby exactly six months to get his job back and it took me three months to find my job.   I talk an awful lot about Dave Ramsey but, we are a prime example of what can happen and that Dave's plan does work.   You do not have to trust me check it out for your self do your own research but, make a plan.  As Dave says, it will rain and you should be prepared for that rainy day.

Still Climbing

It has been a busy couple of weeks.  The boys are winding down their grading period and I am continuing training.  Twelve hour days takes some getting use to.  I am learning new things every day and I enjoy that. 
Football season is almost over and lacrosse  season is fast approaching.  Sprat is going to try his hand at lacrosse  this year and Big T is ready to get back at it.  Big T has been in an instructional league this fall with a local University team and their coaches.  Big T loves lacrosse, I hope Sprat will like it as much.   
We are adjusting to me working again and the hubbs is starting back this week too.  We are very excited and feeling very positive for our future.  We are each still learning how everything is going to fit together.  I know we are on the path that He has laid for us, so we take comfort there.
Stay tuned, when we reach some normalcy in our lives I will be posting more routinely. 

Quick Update. . .

I survived the first week.  In this next week I will be on a routine schedule for this group.  They work twelve hour shifts and this is new for me.  I worked third shift in a lab my first job right out of college.   It was not that bad and I met my sweet hubby in that job.  
My adventure began yesterday and boy was I tired.    

Funny thing happened on my first day of work after thirteen years of being a mom, my sweet hubby's old boss called him and asked him if he would come back to work for them.  Ha Ha Ha!!!  If that does not prove that the Lord works in mysterious ways I do not know what will.  God's plan all along may have been for me to get back out in the workforce.  Our plan has always been for me to go back to work once the kids were more self sufficient, I just did not think they were quite self sufficient enough just yet.  I was thinking maybe when they were both in high school.  According to my hubby, I have been pushed out of the nest.  The hubbs job offer is not solid just yet, there are still some things that have to be ironed out but we are hopeful that it will work out.   

The boys seem to be adjusting well to me going back to work, we will have to see as my hours adjust.  I am part-time but, during my training period of several months I will be full-time so that my skills I am learning will stay with me.   There is even hope of working from home if the need arises.   I went to lunch with the new CEO yesterday and I have to say, I like that personal touch.  The CEO took myself and the other new hire out to get to know us.  That says a lot to me about how the company feels about it's staff.   They are really intent on their employees learning their job well before they handle live cases.  

I will be posting more as the days go by so please stay tuned.  I think I have found my new home in the business world.  

First Week of New Job. . .

Very excited to be back in the workforce.  I am also quite exhausted, emotional,  and somewhat afraid.  This is such a new journey for me and my family.  I am so lucky that I have such a very supportive hubby and kids. 
My posts may get back to a normal schedule sometime but for right now it is going to be sporadic.  My hours are all over the place for the next few weeks due to training.  I am doing a lot of reading and refreshing on my medical terminology.   Like I said I am excited for this new avenue in my life and I love learning new things.  Once my schedule gets a little more routine I will be able to get my posts back on schedule.  

The one thing I have learned about myself this week is that I eat all the time.  At home I did not realize I did this but since I have been in this office setting it is very clear.  During one of my meetings my stomach growled so loud and I was so embarrassed.   The good news is that it is ok to eat when I need to.  We took a little break and I was able to get a snack to tide me over till we had lunch.  The funny thing was, I was not the only one snacking so I felt a little better.  I am very thankful for a relaxed office setting rather than a strict and straight laced one.  

Lots of learning ahead and I feel a new energy about me.  Stay tuned and please stay with me as our clan makes this incredible adjustment.  

Excitement and Change. . .

We have a car, my mechanic said the same thing I said about buying cars from rental people.  You can be pretty sure they are well maintained and my mechanic confirmed that for me yesterday.  I have never bought a car and paid for it in full, it was a really good feeling.  We also got an awesome deal on this car and the rental folks filed for my license plate just like a dealership does.  I was not sure about that one when I went over there.
Starting to get a little anxious about Monday.  I have not been in the workforce since my sweet Big T was born, thirteen years ago, and it has been even longer since I have worked for anyone.  There will be a big period of adjustment but I do believe this job has the potential to be very rewarding.   I hope that I will be able to encourage others to sign up to be organ donors, my license renews soon and I am going to sign up to be a donor and add that little red heart to my license.  I was reluctant to be a donor but when I started reading all of the literature I decided it was the right thing to do and there really is no reason not to be a donor.  There are medical conditions that would exclude you from donating certain organs and you can read more about those here at organ donor information.