Gosh, it has been forever since I have written here. So much has happened. First on May 28th we moved in with my parents to start looking for full-time work in the area, and to hopefully save some money to get back up on our feet before getting a house or apartment.
Well, It is now July 6th, and we seem to be nowhere in the job situation. It took two weeks after we moved in for Wegmans to complete our transfer, so we spent two very long weeks without work. We were applying everywhere, only to be turned down, or just not answered.
The week work started at Wegmans life just became extremely busy. Sure they were only giving each of us about 16 hours a week, but it's an hour drive to Wegmans in Ithaca, so most of our days that we worked were spent at Wegmans.
We also were able to travel to Frederick, Maryland to help open a brand new Wegmans there. They paid for our gas, travel time, put us up in a hotel, and paid us to work 81/2 hours a day. That week was awesome. It was just nice to get away, be alone, and go out to eat every night.
Derek has interviewed for several jobs, and then not gotten any further. Currently he is still waiting on one job which he knows he is getting an interview, it is just a matter of when. I thankfully, after not getting very far with one job, have a second part-time job lined up. Hopefully things will work out with that.
As far as normal life goes, I would have to say that spirits are down. Staying in my brother's bedroom, not having any time or space to ourselves, makes for small tempers as well. I think we have fought more since moving in with my parents than the whole time of our married life up to this point. Sigh.....ah to be grown up.
I did however get the chance to read a great chapter in a book about learning to wait, and how to wait the right way. I had to laugh when I read it cause, all I can think about is that we're stuck here in my parents house, waiting for God to provide us with full-time work, when it seems like we've been turned down at every place we've looked, and God still wants me to praise Him. That is the furthest thing from my mind right now! Being focused on worshipping Him, finding ways to serve Him, when all I can think about is my problems and how my life is screwed over. Maybe God is just trying to teach me, that in the midst of my adversaries, i need to be content, and fully focused on Him. Still a totally far ways away from that, but learning to wait.
