So, this has been a great week. I had a phone interview with the Palm Beach Zoo on Friday afternoon. After going to an interview today for a position at The Florida Oceanographic Society, I got back to my car, turned on my cell phone, and a few minutes later I received a phone call from the Zoo. They offered me a second in-person interview!!! So I made it to the second round!! I'm very excited!! And anxious, nervous... I want to be excited, but I don't want to get to excited in case I don't end up with the position. I'm just tired of the rejection calls and emails. I got a call yesterday to let me know that I did not get the sea turtle research job. Their speeches are all the same, "You have a great resume, don't give up, good luck in your search, but we decided on someone with more experience."
James has been so supportive during all this. We had a nice talk on the way home from J1Ten. He reminded me yet again that God is in control and there is a purpose for me going through this time. He also reminded me that I did ask for patience back in the summer. God is definitely teaching me! We are so blessed by God. He is providing all our needs and even some of our wants.
We made the decision to renew our lease. It was a difficult decision for us. We like our place now, the only cons being laundry and commuting to West Palm. However, we weighed our pros/cons and decided for the time being we would be able to deal with the laundry and commute. So that in another years time, we will hopefully be able to get a better place and not have to settle with some place that is the cheapest.
We had a great weekend! We actually got a full weekend together without one of us working. And we got to go to church together for the first time in 3 weeks! Going to church together is something I treasure. When we first met each other, we actually got to know each other by carpooling to church together! After church we spent the weekend cleaning and doing 6 loads of laundry, So that Monday we could take it easy and go to West Palm to hang out!
We are excited for the weekend. Nana and Pop are coming to visit us!! It will be nice to see family! We also have a busy April. We will be heading to Tampa for a friends wedding the following weekend, and then Jenn and the kids are coming over to go camping!! It will be so nice seeing friends and family!!
Well I've rambled enough! Thank you everyone for keeping us in your prayers! We appreciate them greatly!
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Time between Waves
Wow, It's been two weeks since I have posted anything. Things have been a little busy around here, but that's not much of an excuse! The past couple of weeks have been a little more encouraging. I had my interview with Ecological Associates and know that they have not yet made a decision yet! So there is still hope with that one! I have a phone interview tomorrow night with the Palm Beach Zoo. It is for a zoo keeper position working with birds. I know it's not exactly what I want, but it is a full time position with benefits, so I would take it for now!! Then I have an interview next Tuesday with Florida Oceanographic Society for a camp position they have available. Again another temp position, but it would be a fun one!!
Working at Jcpenneys is getting harder and harder. I'm not use to not knowing a schedule two weeks out and dealing with the people there is very stressful for me. I would quit right now if I had something else to go to! I know it is a job that's giving us a little extra cash, but I do not like the stress of it :(
We are looking forward to a busy April! Nana and Pop are coming for a visit on Easter Weekend! Then the following weekend we are heading to Tampa for Joe and Christy's Wedding!! Then the weekend after that Jenn and her kids and coming down and we are going camping!!! I have been wanting to go camping for so long!! Can't wait to go!!!
God has been showing us his blessings by allowing us to meet more friends through our J1Ten group at church. We are loving meeting every Tuesday with people of common mind to worship, learn from God, and fellowship!! Our small group is starting a new study on the Book of Eph. tonight. I'm looking forward to this. We just finished Primal and loved that!
James is doing good! He is working like crazy! I love him and appreciate all the hard work he does for us! He defiantly deserves a vacation soon!
Working at Jcpenneys is getting harder and harder. I'm not use to not knowing a schedule two weeks out and dealing with the people there is very stressful for me. I would quit right now if I had something else to go to! I know it is a job that's giving us a little extra cash, but I do not like the stress of it :(
We are looking forward to a busy April! Nana and Pop are coming for a visit on Easter Weekend! Then the following weekend we are heading to Tampa for Joe and Christy's Wedding!! Then the weekend after that Jenn and her kids and coming down and we are going camping!!! I have been wanting to go camping for so long!! Can't wait to go!!!
God has been showing us his blessings by allowing us to meet more friends through our J1Ten group at church. We are loving meeting every Tuesday with people of common mind to worship, learn from God, and fellowship!! Our small group is starting a new study on the Book of Eph. tonight. I'm looking forward to this. We just finished Primal and loved that!
James is doing good! He is working like crazy! I love him and appreciate all the hard work he does for us! He defiantly deserves a vacation soon!
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Wow, this has been a long week! It seems like forever since I have blogged! This week has been good, just long. It felt like we had no true weekend this week, well at least it did for me! I was able to work Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday this weekend. Although I was off Tuesday and Wednesday before, James was off Sunday and Monday so we didn't get to spend as much time together this weekend :( But we are very thankful that I got so many hours this week!
We did get to go out on Friday night. I was able meet one of the guys that James works with. It was a great night. We just sat around talking about everything biology related! Such bio nerds I know!! You got to love us!!!
Our car is now in the shop. We don't have a clue why they are taking so long to just replace our bumper. We did get a rental car, but it is pretty ugly!! But at least it is getting one of us to work I guess. Hopefully they will call about the car tomorrow. We want our element back!!!!
We are helping start a fellowship life group for our church campus. Our first meeting is on Sunday! And tonight we found out that a couple people are planning on coming so that was good. We were afraid no one would show!! lol!
I have not heard back from the sea turtle research job yet. I'm feeling a lot of mixed emotions: nervous, worry, discouraged. I'm just tired of the whole finding a job process. I just want something soon. I was able to find a few jobs that I can apply for this afternoon. Hoping to get everything sent in tomorrow morning. I also had a weird job offer at Bank of America this past Friday. I just happened to be talking to the VP of that branch while doing my banking, and he told me he had a position open and I should apply. So I did. I talked with him today and he said someone should be calling me soon. I hope I hear from the other position first, but I'm not against taking this job for a period of time while still pursuing a job in my field. My family and I have invested so much money and time into my education I hope to find a job using my degree soon!! One that is paying!!!!
James was excited today. They placed their first tank for shrimp at a local marina today! This is big news to those of you that don't know about what he does. He is a biologist for Scientific Associates doing shrimp farming that is green in its production. They are developing was to raise shrimp in a green way in tanks so that we can preserve our natural populations in the wild! Hopefully all goes well with the new tank at the marina! Congrats babe!! Ya'll have worked so hard!!!
We did get to go out on Friday night. I was able meet one of the guys that James works with. It was a great night. We just sat around talking about everything biology related! Such bio nerds I know!! You got to love us!!!
Our car is now in the shop. We don't have a clue why they are taking so long to just replace our bumper. We did get a rental car, but it is pretty ugly!! But at least it is getting one of us to work I guess. Hopefully they will call about the car tomorrow. We want our element back!!!!
We are helping start a fellowship life group for our church campus. Our first meeting is on Sunday! And tonight we found out that a couple people are planning on coming so that was good. We were afraid no one would show!! lol!
I have not heard back from the sea turtle research job yet. I'm feeling a lot of mixed emotions: nervous, worry, discouraged. I'm just tired of the whole finding a job process. I just want something soon. I was able to find a few jobs that I can apply for this afternoon. Hoping to get everything sent in tomorrow morning. I also had a weird job offer at Bank of America this past Friday. I just happened to be talking to the VP of that branch while doing my banking, and he told me he had a position open and I should apply. So I did. I talked with him today and he said someone should be calling me soon. I hope I hear from the other position first, but I'm not against taking this job for a period of time while still pursuing a job in my field. My family and I have invested so much money and time into my education I hope to find a job using my degree soon!! One that is paying!!!!
James was excited today. They placed their first tank for shrimp at a local marina today! This is big news to those of you that don't know about what he does. He is a biologist for Scientific Associates doing shrimp farming that is green in its production. They are developing was to raise shrimp in a green way in tanks so that we can preserve our natural populations in the wild! Hopefully all goes well with the new tank at the marina! Congrats babe!! Ya'll have worked so hard!!!
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Rolling on the Waves of Life
Well, the week ended on a much better note than it began on. I did have the interview for the job on Friday. Everything seemed to go great, I'm just waiting by the phone now! I should know by the end of the week if I got the position. I'm really hoping it works out. The research seems so interesting to me!
We found out today that we will be able to get the bumper replaced next Monday! We have an amazing life group. Wednesday nights we usually drive 30 minutes south for our life group, but this last Wednesday we were just not feeling up to the drive since we had been up so late the night before and James had worked an extra long shift that day. Since we were not feeling the drive down, our life group came up to us! They brought cupcakes and gave us a gift card for Pei Wei!! Life groups are so much more than doing bible studies, they are about doing life with one another! We are so thankful for them!!! Thank you guys!!
At Loggerhead (the sea turtle hospital I volunteer at) we are finally getting some of our sea turtles to eat for the first time the last couple of weeks. I actually got 2 to eat for the very first time two weeks ago. How did we do that you might ask? Well, I feed them with a bamboo skewer. They are so funny to watch! But also very nerve-racking! They can bit!!
Our weekend was nice. Sunday consisted of us going to an art fest downtown. It was pretty cool! Then we went to the human society. We found a dog we both really like, but we didn't get it yet. We decided that before we get a dog, I need to have a steady job. We want to be able to support the dog!!! Monday we went to a beach called Blowing Rocks! It was so pretty!!! It is so far my favorite beach!!! We just walked the beach and sat and looked at one of God's beautiful paintings! It was a prefect day. High of 70!
Tonight was J1Ten. Pastor Shuan brought a powerful message from Jeremiah 2. I am loving Jeremiah. This book is so powerful. I challenge you to read it. Not just skim through it, but truly read it. Jeremiah paints a picture of God being so real, so raw. Trust me you will be challenged, convicted, encouraged all from the first 2 chapters! That's as far as we got so far!!!
Looking forward to the rest of the week! Hoping for good news to come sometime!! Trusting God every step of the way! And praise God that I got 4 days at Jcpennys this week! Friday through Monday!!!
We found out today that we will be able to get the bumper replaced next Monday! We have an amazing life group. Wednesday nights we usually drive 30 minutes south for our life group, but this last Wednesday we were just not feeling up to the drive since we had been up so late the night before and James had worked an extra long shift that day. Since we were not feeling the drive down, our life group came up to us! They brought cupcakes and gave us a gift card for Pei Wei!! Life groups are so much more than doing bible studies, they are about doing life with one another! We are so thankful for them!!! Thank you guys!!
At Loggerhead (the sea turtle hospital I volunteer at) we are finally getting some of our sea turtles to eat for the first time the last couple of weeks. I actually got 2 to eat for the very first time two weeks ago. How did we do that you might ask? Well, I feed them with a bamboo skewer. They are so funny to watch! But also very nerve-racking! They can bit!!
Our weekend was nice. Sunday consisted of us going to an art fest downtown. It was pretty cool! Then we went to the human society. We found a dog we both really like, but we didn't get it yet. We decided that before we get a dog, I need to have a steady job. We want to be able to support the dog!!! Monday we went to a beach called Blowing Rocks! It was so pretty!!! It is so far my favorite beach!!! We just walked the beach and sat and looked at one of God's beautiful paintings! It was a prefect day. High of 70!
Tonight was J1Ten. Pastor Shuan brought a powerful message from Jeremiah 2. I am loving Jeremiah. This book is so powerful. I challenge you to read it. Not just skim through it, but truly read it. Jeremiah paints a picture of God being so real, so raw. Trust me you will be challenged, convicted, encouraged all from the first 2 chapters! That's as far as we got so far!!!
Looking forward to the rest of the week! Hoping for good news to come sometime!! Trusting God every step of the way! And praise God that I got 4 days at Jcpennys this week! Friday through Monday!!!
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