... we were not super fans of Doad's job.
I've basically been praying for him to find a new job since he was hired five years ago. That's not to say that he didn't have ANY good experiences there. He did. He learned so much. He gained loads of experience. And he bulked up his resume a ton. But I hoped and hoped that this would not be his job for years and years.
So when an opportunity to interview for a new company plopped itself in his lap we were very excited. Well, and nervous, and cautious, and slightly concerned because who plops job opportunities down like this?
So he interviewed, and we prayed, and we waited. And prayed some more.
Meanwhile... although I wasn't necessarily unhappy with my job, I was very unhappy with the commute. I have a special "gift" for attracting all the crazy drivers and when combined with my slight "road rage-y" tendencies... well, I'm just a treat to come home to at the end of the day.
One day, after an especially rough commute, the kind where you throw the meal plan out the window and just go out for dinner because oh my gosh, please get this girl in public so she stops with the tantrums! Doad sweetly suggested that maybe I should look for a job in town (town is walking distance, literally 60 seconds away from our house, NO COMMUTE!) ;)
I entertained the idea half-heartedly, because we all like to fantasize about our dream jobs, but I didn't really think much would come of it. But then I couldn't get the idea out of my head. And then Back-to-School happened and traffic got even worse and I was done. I downloaded the Indeed app to my phone, I googled for any job openings in the area, I even looked on Craigslist for 2 seconds before realizing that no job offer from there actually results in respectable work. Oops!
Sadly, there wasn't much to work with, but I did notice a lot of ads for nannies. Hmmm... babies?!! I like babies! Then I stumbled across care.com and hello! Lots of job openings! I created a profile and had several messages from families within a few days. Within a week I had found a great sounding job with a super sweet family.
So I interviewed, and we prayed, and we waited.
Doad's job offer came on a Thursday. He felt a little hesitant at first. It's a scary thing to take a leap like that. Even though his current job was not a good fit, it was familiar and "comfortable". We talked about the pros and cons and couldn't come up with very many reasons not to take the job. We decided to pray about it over the weekend and make a decision on Monday.
My job offer came that Friday. I also felt hesitant at first. It's a scary thing to take a leap like that. Even though I hated my commute, my job was familiar and comfortable. We talked aout the pros and cons and couldn't come up with very many reasons not to take the job. We decided to pray about it over the weekend and make a decision on Monday.
...to be continued.
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