Monday, April 23, 2012

Attempting a comeback

Wow.  That break took a lot longer than I expected.

I'm glad to type that I'm going to try and not take such long breaks in the future.

I wanted to come back sooner, but for a long while there, I was not in the best of moods and I didn't want that to come through in my blog.  I know there are blogs out there that put everything out in the open and that's fine for them.  It's just not how I want my blog to be.  I don't want anyone out there to think I'm perfect or anything.  I just want this blog to be about things that are on the brighter side of life.

And speaking of the brighter side of life.

I got a new job!

I had been praying for a VERY long time.  Like, since 2007, for God to open a window, door, anything to get me out of where I was.

Don't get me wrong.  I loved the majority of my customers, but I knew I wasn't where I needed to be.  And the atmosphere had been going downhill for a while.  It got to where I hated to be there.  I did my job, but when you're not doing your job with joy, you're not giving it your all.  Going through the motions is what I use to describe it.

Of course, I had my doubts about leaving.  I had been there almost 8yrs and even though I wasn't happy, it's hard to leave something so familiar.  I got my confirmation that I was doing the right thing my last day there.

Now, I have a job with the state.  I love all my coworkers and my supervisor.  There's a lot of training I have to go through, but I'm really excited about it.  It's just awesome to say that I love my job and I'm excited to get up and go to work every day.  Even though right now, I'm just reading the manuals and about to begin online training.

I know I've said that happiness is fleeting but as long as you have Jesus in your heart, you will always have joy.  It was hard to find my joy with the old job and happiness was certainly never there.  It's amazing when God answers your prayers and gives you joy and happiness.

Things are good on the home front.  Christen has just a a little over a month until she graduates from high school.  Wowza...  I can't believe it.

She officially signed with her college choice.  And my friend Amy Goins made her an awesome cake to help celebrate.





We ALL survived her first Spring Break trip without parental supervision.  It helped that the two friends she went with are really awesome girls.



Her team was like thisclose to winning their Region (which, I believe they should have won b/c they beat the team in regulation time while it took OT and PKs for them to beat us, but no asked me) but they are still able to host their first State Playoff game.  You gotta love soccer!





Jon is still loving his Star Wars stuff and getting really healthy.

Our boxer babies are still adorable and still love getting into trouble.





So to recap:

left a horrible place, started a great job, Christen closer to graduation and state playoffs, Jon still loving Star Wars and Brandi & Beckham still adorable.

I will be checking on all you awesome bloggers soon.  I hope you all haven't forgotten about me.  :)

6 comments:

becky said...

AWESOME!! Glad you are back. I was surprised when I read on FB about the new job (not sure why cause I knew how you felt about your old one) but I am glad you found something that might make you happy to go to work. Some things have come up and even though I am still working at the same job I've been at for 12 years it is time for me to start praying for some guidance in what path I should take too.. Please pray with me..
Glad you survived spring break!!
Have any tasty recipes you want to share that have helped get Jon all healthy? He was looking good when I saw you in February so it's good to hear he is still doing well....

Please don't take as long of a break next time.. I know you will be busy with the new job & graduation but I missed you.....

Pam said...

It's great to have you back! I was wondering about you. Such great news all around--congrats!

Holly @ Pink Lady said...

Welcome back! I missed you! Sounds like your life is moving in an awesome direction- congratulations on your new job! I went through the same thing a year ago and I am so so grateful- God always answers our prayers- he just does it in his time :) LOVE love the soccer cake- so beautiful!

Holly @ Pink Lady said...

Jodi! Check out my blog- I awarded you a Liebster Award- congrats and enjoy! :)

The Rebel Chick said...

I was wondering what happened to you, I haven't seen you online in a while! I hope that the new job is going well!

Karen@SurvivingMotherhood said...

Hey, Jodi - Thinking about you this evening and decided to pop by and see if you'd made a comeback. Glad to see you're starting on it. :)
Yay for the new job! I trust it's going well. Imagine you're past the online training? I hope you're continuing to enjoy it.
Love to you,
Karen