Yesterday I talked to my boss about the full-time position. She told me that she had to have a full-time person or the big guys would cut the position out completely, I completely understood this. I told her why full-time wasn't working for me and luckily she understood completely, as a matter of fact she was in the exact same situation back in the spring and it got so bad that she stressed over it so much that she had to be put on anti-depressants. Her advice to me was to pray about it and under no circumstances let myself get so stressed that I have to take meds over it.
I told her what really bothers me is that I don't want to let anyone down, myself included. Sometimes, it must be a freak rule in our human lives, we all at some point in life feel like we are Superhuman so we take on way more than we can handle and we get ourselves in a pickle such as I am in now. I honestly thought I could handle working full-time and doing everything else that I do for my church, my family, and my home but it is really starting to wear on me big time. I have dropped some pounds (a few lost pounds aren't going to hurt me) and I haven't changed a thing except I am on my feet all day in a different place other than my home. I do not want to quit this job because I love the job, I love the people however, the hours are making my life miserable because I have NO time for anything.
Yesterday my boss sent me home at 10 AM and told me to rest since I would be home alone for a while, she said that would also give me a time of peace to pray and think about my decision. When I got home I came in, changed clothes, poured a glass of sweet iced tea and then I went out on the front porch. I prayed, I cried, I prayed some more, I cried some more and then I came in and took a nap.
Despite the fact that last night was a late night since it was a church night, I woke up feeling at peace this morning. I thought about this situation all day today and I have pretty much made my decision but I am going to give it a few more days to pray and think some more to make sure that I really want it the way I have chose. I decided that I want to keep the job. I prayed about a job, the right job, for over a year so the way I see it God gave me this job. With that being said let me say that I came to the conclusion that if God gave me this job then He will see that everything falls in place in it's own due time so I am going to stick with it. The road may be hard but what road in life isn't, things will change eventually and I will pray my way through until that change comes. I do thank you all for listening to me.
Now on to other things....
I don't know if I mentioned it or not but a few weeks ago our church was having it's fall revival. On Thursday night of that revival my husband publicly announced his call to preach, meaning that he has been called by God to preach the word. I have known for two years that he had been called and I knew that he would be stepping out and announcing it soon but I wasn't expecting THAT night. Last night my husband brought his first message as an official preacher. The title of his message was "It Will Come to Pass" the message came out of the scripture Exodus 13: 1-3 & 8-19. I am so proud of my husband, he done a wonderful job. I have heard him bring messages before as a lay speaker but last night was different and it was good.
Does anyone have any good plans this weekend? We have a wedding to attend tomorrow night (Friday) and Saturday we are going on one of our family fall shopping trips, we are all looking forward to it, we will have a late lunch at our favorite Japanese steak house Wasabi's in Knoxville. I am going to finish the weekend off by cooking a big meal on Sunday after church. I haven't had time to make something good in a long time here at home so we have been eating out after church, this Sunday I will be baking a spiral ham, homemade mashed potatoes & gravy, garden green beans, broccoli cheese casserole, and we will round it up with our favorite dinner rolls. Cheesecake or homemade apple pie will wrap the meal all up, whatever dessert the kids want is what we will have. I am so excited about cooking a big meal because I haven't had time to in so long.
Well it is after 9 PM and bed time is coming around fast. Y'all have a wonderful weekend, be safe and take care!
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If you really want to keep the job, maybe you just have to stop thinking of Monday as a day off and start thinking of it as your catch-up/laundry day. At least, that might be the best solution if you want to keep doing all of the activities that are filling up your evenings.
I say this because maybe the reason you were able to do some much in the evenings was because you didn't have fulltime work outside your home. So it's not just the new work that is leaving you no time - it's also all the stuff that was already on your schedule before you took on the job.
My point, in a few words, is that maybe the best solution is not to give up a job you love, but to acknowledge that your schedule has changed in a way that means you have to draw back on other commitments.
By the way, sounds like your family really stepped up. I'm glad you have their support.
Glad things are falling into place for ya'll:-). That's wonderful about your husband too. The only plans I have this weekend is Saturday we are having a HUGE garage sale. Told hubs to be careful, cause I'm on a roll, I might just sell him, the dogs and the bird *LOL*.
Have a great day!!! ((hugz))
welli am glad at least your boss seems to understand.
congrats to your husband. an exciting step in a new direction eh?
enjoy your weekend. i'm just hoping to slowly feel better during the course of mine
Breazy. I hope you will settle well in your new job soon.
Have a good time :)
How many people can say that they like their job? That was a tough call and I am glad that you have such a wonderful boss.
I keep thinking about when I finish school-do I want full-time? Part-time? It's a tough call. I have a touch of what it's like to be a full-time mom. When the time comes, I will have to pray about it, too.
Tell me if this is ironic: I used to pray to God that my parents would accidentally oversleep on Sundays so I wouldn't have to go to church.
Take things one day at a time. So if a load of laundry doesn't get done. The world will not fall on it's side. I use to be the same way. I was working two jobs, taking care of Cay after her surgeries, doing her cleaning, taking care of her dog and so on (I think you get my point). It got to the point where I nearly had a nervous break down. And said to myself...there are only so many hours in a day and I am only one person. I made lists and prioritized them. This way...I could see what I really did accomplish in a day and if it didn't, well...tomorrow is always another day!
Take care of YOU FIRST...you were given this job for a reason I agree. Don't try to be super woman/mom. You already ARE a super woman....and those couple of extra pounds you lost? I think I found them on my arse! LOL....made you smile!
xoxoxo
I'm terrible at keeping up with everyone's blog. I just don't have time to read hardly anything, not even the TV Guide to see what's coming on that night.
I hope you are going well.
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Hey Girl. I hope all is well.
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