Hi Ho

Off to work I went! Today was my first day and it went really well. There is SO much information that I am learning and I have to keep reminding myself that it is unreasonable to expect myself to remember all of it immediately. Tanya, my supervisor who is training me, is absolutely wonderful and we spent most of the day laughing our way through our tasks. And almost everyone made a point to tell me they are ready to answer any questions I have and help me any way they can. How great is that? Oh, and they had a personalized welcome banner up on my side of the desk and my name placard already in place! After all that, there's definitely no going back!

I've kinda been struggling with feeling a little overwhelmed. Last week, I received an email from Levi accusing me of "hiring" some of his neighbors to spy on him with camcorders. I have no idea what's going on at or around his house, but he is even more furious with me for what he's imagining is going on. Then, this last Friday at 6:00 p.m., I received a voice message from him informing me that the insurance on my car was going to expire the next day (Saturday), he wasn't renewing it, and that I had better do something about it. So, I had to leave my car sit all weekend until my dad was kind enough to call his insurance company first thing this morning and add me. Then I also found out today that within the last couple days, Levi had my cell phone deactivated, so I'm not sure how long I've been missing calls, texts, and emails. I was a little alarmed (albeit frustrated) with not being able to even make a phone call if I needed to.

So anyway, the saga continues. God is good and will help me through the doors He has opened for me. I'm leaning on Him quite heavily these days. We have a couple of bigger decisions to make regarding the divorce, so please pray for GUIDANCE and WISDOM and that the eyes of the higher-ups will be opened to the severity of the situation that lies right below the surface of how the situation may appear at first glance.

You're Hired!

A couple hours after my second interview yesterday, I received a phone call offering me the position I applied for!


I am so thankful and excited! God opened this door for me and I'm going to trust that He's going to help me through it. I am still praying that He will help me trek my way through the changes that will take place now that I will be working full time. I have several J Designs jobs in production that I will have to find time to finish; my biggest concern is being able to work something out with the printer company (my previous employer) where I print a ton of my stuff. They close a 1/2 hour after I get off. Soooooo. . .we'll see what happens!

And I'm lucky enough to get to have my family watch Eric for me. Words cannot express what a relief that is. Thank you to everyone who has been keeping Eric and me in your prayers. I can't imagine going through all of this alone. I am so blessed to have family and friends who take the time to tell me how much I'm LOVED and then stand behind those words with actions. For a girl who loves words of affirmation, that is one of the most powerful things I can be told and shown.

I start training next Monday and am looking forward to working with the gal I'm replacing (she's moving up to keeping the books for the company). The county fair starts next week, too, and I also need to get the protection order against Levi updated next week, so PLEASE keep me/us in your prayers as all of this comes to pass!

Interview

I have an interview tomorrow for an administrative assistant position at an engineering firm! I have heard wonderful things about the company and am very excited to even be considered!

I will definitely report back!

Please pray for my heart to accept and be prepared for whatever decision and changes come from this. I know God knows what's best, but truly accepting that is another story!

27 Candles

August 9 was my birthday.

It was awesome.

There wasn't anything specifically spectacular about it. It was just stress-free. I had come to dread "special" days. But this one was so nice. And to top it off, my family got me a shirt that I had wanted to buy myself but talked myself out of and they didn't even know I wanted it! Aside from me emailing a picture of it to every one of them, there's really no way they could've known.

And about 10:00 that evening, I got an email from Levi, stating: "what now i have a warrant for my arrest the cops are here and i have not done anything wrong good bye i hope your happy".

I had no idea what was going on, but I did have to laugh to myself. Either he was really being arrested or simply trying to get an emotional response out of me. Regardless, I was very thankful that I didn't have to worry about it. And, ok, ok, I thought it was a pretty sweet birthday present, too. It turned out he actually did get arrested. He failed to appear at a court date he had for his last DUI. I sent the police station of Twin Falls a thank-you note.

And I got the interrogatories turned in last Thursday. That was a good feeling. I'm interested to see what the next step will be. I know at some point we will have to meet with a custodial evaluator. Hope I'm not as awful to live with as Levi lead me to believe. Teehee!