Hello!
I am finally back from my blogging hiatus. I have really missed being able to catch up on all of my blogs and being able to post regularly. I'm going to ease back into this by catching everyone up to date on a few things that will explain me missing in action.
1) I'm pretty sure I've posted about this but I have officially quit my 8-5 office job ( didn't even make it a year... oops.) and for all of April and part of May I was subbing every single day. I absolutely loved it!! I wasn't sure why I God was wanting me to leave the office and sub, ( more on that in a minute!) but I figured He wanted his Child to be happy and healthy, mentally and emotionally, so I took the leap of faith and it was FANTASTIC!
2) Right before my two weeks notice was up my grandpa fell and broke his arm. Now, he's a tall, 76 year old, farming man so he wasn't feeble and frail, but I guess your bones and body just go bananas after a certain age. He went into surgery to have a metal plate put in and had a rough time coming out of the anesthesia. The nurses on call didn't seem to think there was anything wrong, being older and all sometimes it takes a little longer to come to. But things still weren't right by morning time and they realized he hadn't been getting enough air in his lungs all night. They sent him up to the CCU floor and got him all comfy up there. Sadly enough things just kept going downhill. The lack of oxygen had damaged his brain and they kept finding things wrong with his insides which meant he would never be able to be at home again, being normal and functioning properly. After 14 days of sitting with him at the hospital, wondering if he could understand us and wondering if he would ever stop being restless, he decided it was time to leave us. He had decided in his living will that he didn't want to be resuscitated if it ever came to that. We respected his wishes, even thought it completely broke our hearts. I haven't lost very many people in my life, 3 to be exact. My dad's dad died when I was in fifth grade and my dad's cousin died when I was a sophomore in high school. Although I understood death and what it meant it didn't affect me nearly as much as this did. At 23 years old I finally understood and felt what death meant to my life and my family's. My grandma doesn't have a husband, my mom and aunt don't have a dad, and none of us grand kids have a grandpa anymore. The reality of it still hits me like a ton of bricks sometimes. So for those of you who have been praying for my family THANK YOU SO MUCH. I know we have had a lot of prayers sent our way and I really think God has given my grandma and mom the strength and grace to handle this.
3) God works in crazy ways. At the end of February our neighbor got broken into and they stole a fire arm and some ammunition. Needless to say I stopped sleeping and the fear of being left alone returned. (Remember, we got broken into last September... scary stuff!) That weekend my parents so kindly agreed to let us move in with them until we found a place to stay. I was so very thankful that I got to be at home and with my grandma (they live on the same property) during the time my grandpa was in the hospital and during the week of his funeral. I was so glad I could be close and around if anyone needed anything from me.
4) We actually put a contract on a house right down the street from my family at the beginning of March. Sadly enough we have not closed on it yet... It is a foreclosed house and since some laws have changed they are having to do the foreclosure all over again. I am so glad my parents don't mind us staying a little longer, but I will definitely be ready to have a house to ourselves again! This is why I have not been able to blog recently. You see, my parents are basically Amish and don't have cable or internet! This is how it's been my WHOLE life! Luckily when they found out we were devastated about the house and would be staying here longer, they agreed to get us internet. We got it today and I am soooo excited! Especially since schools out and I'm being a bum this summer :)
5) Jobs: I am so completely proud to announce that my husband put his two weeks notice in a month ago and is now working for BOEING! He applied back in January, had an interview in February, and we found out in the middle of March that they wanted him to be a part of their team! I am so proud of him and excited to see where his future goes with this. This was one of his top three places to work and at 23 he got it! He is one of the smartest people I know! I am also proud to announce that my happiness for the past two months wasn't the only thing God had in mind when he told me to quit my job. I am now the new junior high and high school ART TEACHER for ASTEC Charter school!! I had subbed there a couple of times and I had already filled out the paperwork so I had my second interview last Thursday and Friday morning I got the call. I am so excited and terrified all at the same time! So be expecting updates of my classroom, yay!!
Needless to say these past few months have been quite the roller coaster. But God is still good, and we rely on him even more than we did. I am really excited to see where he takes out lives and how he continues to bless us. I am hoping to continue to post once a day and possibly have a little blog makeover. Thank you so much for putting up with my absence. I hope I won't disappoint!
