Working 9 to 5 (No more...)

For the first time in my career history, I have been rewarded with a job promotion. Well, I guess my promotion from teaching assistant to teaching assistant supervisor was a promotion back at SCSU, but it is not of the same magnitude. Yesterday afternoon I was offered the position in our single-family division as event coordinator and I gratefully accepted it. I will finally have a job that I love. I have been waiting for a very long time for something like this to happen and I am truly thankful it did.

Although I will not receive a pay increase, I will be rewarded by having work hours that I want, rather than work hours that someone else wants me to work. I will also have a large office space. Life is grand.

Mad World

This past weekend was not a very good one. On Sunday while I was with Mike and my children celebrating the holiday in Forest Lake, a tornado ripped through Hugo (which was four miles from where we were). We witnessed the devastation first hand as we drove the back roads of Centerville and Lino Lakes. I cried as I saw roof ripped from homes and barns crumbled like broken matchsticks. My heart goes out to the people who have suffered losses.

Yesterday Mike and I took the kids to his brother's house for another holiday celebration that took a turn for the worst. Without getting into too many details, all I can say is that my husband's brother is an awful person who does not deserve even half of what he has in life. It is not for me to judge him, I only pray that he redeems himself before it is too late.

When I came into work this morning, I found out that a very young woman I had worked with had died from cancer. She was only in her early 20s and still had so many years ahead of her. Kelly was truly amazing and touched so many people with her caring demeanor and zest for life.

It truly is a mad world; a mad world indeed.

Just Realize

Have you ever noticed that if you think positive things, then positivity comes to you? Yes, this is a hypothetical question to anyone who reads my blog. But it is a question to think about. I was in a rut for a while after I had lost a close friendship, having (yet, another time) an unemployed husband, the lack of my son speaking, out of control debt, etc. I think you get the picture. My mother even commented that she had thought that I was in a severe depression. Now, in hindsight, I believe I was. I had often wondered if my negativity was causing negative things to happen in my life. Guess what? It was!

Over the last two months I have realized that I cannot help that my close friendship failed (it was probably going to happen anyway), I could not control my husband losing his job, my son's inability to communicate verbally, and I shouldn't take responsibility (soley) for the debt getting out of control. The main point is that I realized that I needed to do something about it and I have. My husband is now gainfully employed, my son is starting to verbalize more words and I have resolved our debt issues. Although not all of the issues have been resolved (nor will they), I have resolved those that I can resolve. Just realize....(thanks Colbie Caillat).

I Just Want to Celebrate

I just want to celebrate (yeah, yeah)! I have a job interview tomorrow and it looks very promising to me. I feel like things are going to start to take a turn for the better; well at least it appears to be that way. I shall know more tomorrow afternoon after I have my interview. YES! I am so excited. I guess that all of my prayers for guidance worked! Thank you, God! I am really looking forward to this. YES! YES! YES! I have not been this excited, or looked forward to something like this happening for quite so time.

Karma Chameleon

There is a process in Middle-Eastern thought, more or less an aspect of philosophy, that states a person who allows themselves to be caught in actions that are non-self-serving are destined to repeat those actions without having the ability to break the cycle. I wish I would have paid more attention to the class I took in college, but I only remember a few of the principles that were taught in the class. I mean, we are talking about a class I took over seven years ago!

I am finding that each time I take an employment position I am unable to break out of the role I was initially hired for. Right now, I am on the verge of receiving a very well-deserved promotion that would allow me to do the things I excel at. There is one caveat to it; I will not receive a pay increase. I will be giving a lot more effort, but I won't be financially rewarded for it. I am very depressed over this and feel as if I am being denied--AGAIN! I really need to get out of this cycle. I will pray to God to provide me with the best answer.