Long Over Due Update

It has certainly been awhile since I have updated, but if you know anything about me, you know I am usually crazy busy!  Well... that has not changed at all.  Life has been going, and I have been having to make many decisions... not all have been easy.

I was in Minnesota for a week at the beginning of November for NCFR.  It was a pretty good conference, but I can tell that things for me are changing; my desires/dreams/passions are changing.  It was fun to be there though as I got to eat at Hell's Kitchen and shop at the Mall of America.  Both were pretty amazing!  If you know me, over 500 stores is just a happy life!  :)

I have been "sick" for over two weeks.  It is now just sinus and congestion.  Not happy as I keep coughing and having to blow my nose (gross, I know), but I don't feel bad anymore which is good.  I keep hoping that I will be able to shake it soon as I cannot go to the doctor at the moment.  Lack of insurance is never a good thing when one is sick.  Oh well - it'll work out!

This week has been a great week for me.  I started a new job!  Yes, after three years and almost two months, I finally left Petsense.  It has been such a relief to be gone!  I miss my co-workers, but not the job!  Sometimes you have to say enough is enough, and that's where I was.  Plus, when an opportunity like I had came up, I couldn't pass it up.  This is once again a situation that I know the Lord had a plan for me as I passed up this opportunity three years ago... well, pretty much the entire past three years.

I now work for this amazing company....

I have been there for a week, and love it!  This is an amazing company that could very, very easily be my last job... no, career choice!  My position is an Associate Manager.  That means I go through a 12 week training, and then interview for my own location.  Yes, 12 weeks ends at the end of January, and means that I will for sure be gone by the end of April, but very likely, a lot sooner!  Oh how excited I am!!  What an amazing opportunity to learn, grow, and be a part of a company who cares about their associates, customers, and community!  They are "Simply the best small town specialty store".

With this new opportunity, I had to make one of the biggest decisions I've had to make in the past 8 months.  The last big decision I had to make was marrying my husband, and I have to say, I think that was easier for me.  After much thought, I have decided to not continue with my education after this semester.  I will be graduating with my second Bachelor degree in a month, and then will be done.  Graduate school is not going to happen, and that's hard.  I had dreams and a plan, but they were not the direction for me.  With the choice to not continue with school and moving soon, I had to do what is actually a lot harder for me... resign from my position as President for JCFR and Phi U (Beta Upsilon chapter).  At the end of the semester, those will not be a part of my life as they have been.

So yes, many life changing events have been happening, and it has been hard!  But I know it is for the best for me and my family.  I hope I have support with these decisions as right now, I am feeling as if I have let people down, but what do you do.  Not all decisions are going to please everyone.