two tips: back-up your laptop files & trust in God's timing.

welp, here i am!

i thought i'd have to take a much longer blogging vacation due to the kai-induced demolition of my laptop....BUT, thankfully, i have been blessed with a loaner. and it's not a netbook, so the screen and keyboard feel HUUUUUUUGE!! it's kind of nice for a change.

just an fyi to all of you (or any of you, i should say) BACK UP YOUR FILES. it's always one of those things you say you "should do," but never gets done until you actually lose valuable data due to some unfortunate circumstance (such as your 6 month old son chucking it onto your wood floor). i spent an hour on the phone last night with a very nice Dell support service consultant from India (it was 2 in the afternoon and 103 degrees out--yes i'm one of "those" people who ALWAYS ask those questions...) who jovially assisted me in extracting my hard drive so i could retrieve important data such as hmmmmm ALL OF KAI'S BABY PICTURES....among other documents and videos...AND my whole itunes library. (cuss word sigh).

lets just say i learned more about how a computer works in an hour last night than i've learned in handfuls of computer courses i've taken. in a sick way, it was kind of fun.

ok, enough of the laptop sob story. on to the good stuff.

I GOT A JOB!

(well, besides teaching yoga twice a week)

today i was offered a position as a test coordinator of sorts for Blue Mountain Community College (Hermiston extension). it's part time, two minutes from my house and the pay is extremely superior to any other part-time position i have applied for. when i say part-time, it's VERY part-time. like 10 hours a week, maximum. this is a good thing. i'm going to go through Kai withdrawls, so baby steps.

i have another potential part-time position pending as well. it's as program coordinator for the Hermiston School District's elementary (K-5) afterschool program. the hours for that postion are 2ish pm-6ish pm...still kind of up in the air about that one, but it WOULD allow me to work with the littles, who i have missed TERRIBLY since my school counseling days...i'll wrap up the application process tomorrow and then be praying about what to do after that.

i also submitted my application today to begin doing some pro-bono counseling/volunteering for Hermiston Pregnancy Care Services, which i am excited about.

i'd say today was a pretty productive day on the whole job-search front (happy heart--thank you Jesus!)

Now we just need a phone call for Gary...

a side note: i AM taking applicants for daycare providers willing to provide a few precious hours of care for my baby boy on the weekdays....if any of you out there have suggestions for Hermiston-based daycare (willing to take a 7 month old) please let me know...OR if YOU are currently a stay-at-home Mommy who wants to make some extra spending money, please inquire within ;)

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so overall, i feel good about my slow crawl back to work. it's really worked out perfectly.

i always stress and fret over big decisions and all things "unknown" when really, it's a waste of anxiety, energy and time.

God's got it all mapped out.

it's just like a good GPS: i may not know where i'm going to turn, but i have to trust that the smokey-voiced woman in the computer will not lead me astray. SHE knows where i'm going, and i'm letting her lead me.

just as i trust "her" with getting me to my destination, i will trust God to provide, and trust in His timing...

after all, His perfect plan is much more reliable than smokey-voiced lady's direction cues

(thank GOODNESS for that!)