New Job

So I did it. I finally found a job! haha.

I'm going back to my customer service roots - I'm going to be a cashier a Walmart. But hey - it's work and it'll be bringing in more money than we had before so hopefully we can save a good chunk towards getting the apartments when we come back to Michigan.

Yesterday, the called me. They asked me to come in for an interview in a few hours. I sat through 3 interviews and they offered me a job!

They wanted me to come in and interview for a Dairy position. And I am already sick of just being around the house and pouting because Greg's not here. So I was willing to take anything that would pay reasonably. I wanted something to get me out and keep my mind off of missing Greg and how long a year is. I wanted something regular.

But when I got there and after talking about all my experiences being a cashier they asked if I preferred to be a cashier. Yeah! I like working with money and numbers and all that. I would much prefer cashiering over dairy. I was hoping to cashier, but like I said, I was willing to work wherever they needed me. So they changed some things around. Hired me as a cashier for higher than I imagined I would start out working with. So I'm happy with it. I have orientation on Wednesday.

The only down side is that the job is at the Walmart farthest across time for me. About 12 miles so about 20-25 minutes drive time. But the up side of that is that I'll be able to learn more of this new city that I'm living in. I figure as long as I make sure to combine my grocery trips with my work trips, it won't be too much of a hit on gas. This Walmart is only about 3 miles farther away from us than where we go to church at, so really it's not that bad. I expect I'll have to work on Sunday afternoons, so I'll get out of church, grab something for lunch and head straight to work.

Greg has internet access right now. So we're able to talk quite a bit actually, when he's slow. The thing with working that I'm concerned about is how much my schedule may limit our communication. I know that there's going to be some sacrifices, but I just hope it's not too much. If I'm working 2nd shift hours it'll be fine. We'll still be able to talk during my morning and his evening. But in a couple of months that probably won't be much of a concern any more. When they move into their post, they're probably not going to have internet access anymore, at least not for a while. So I just want to get as much time with him as possible.

After the Walmart adventure, I went and hung out with Barb and the girls for a while. I had dinner with them. It was pretty fun. Talked about anything and everything. It was really nice.

But I think I may have done too much for my little self yesterday. With Greg being gone, I can get quite worried and anxieous. The house is still messy, as Greg put it, I'm being sentimental about it. Which is true. So yeah, either I did too much yesterday for my stress level - it took too much out of me and today I don't have much at all. Or maybe today's just a difficult day. Maybe something in today, something about today, makes me miss Greg more. I don't know. But today's just a hard day.

Tomorrow's church. So I need to get dinner and practice my songs and go to bed at a reasonable time. Tomorrow's probably going to be a hard day too. It's still the first week of him being gone... Sunday's the first day at church without Greg. I will very likely be sad tomorrow. Monday will make one week down.

From my experience with Greg going to the field, after the first week - I'll be doing much better. And after about a week and a half I'll be going stir crazy, thankfully by that time I'll be starting with Walmart. After that I'll be able to find my groove and focus on my goals and start being social and having more fun. But a year's still a long time. So I'm sure there will still be good days and bad days.

I just keep praying that God will protect him and bring him home safely. And everyday I'm learning to trust God more and more. It's really hard somedays, but it's all I can do. God is good. He brought Greg and I together and he'll bring us through this too.

I better get going .....

bye for now!