Crazy Life

We all have those periods in our lives when things just seem to go haywire. You know the times...you don't know whether to laugh, cry, throw things, yell, etc. Well, the past month and a half has been one of those times for us.

The week before Christmas, Mike got laid off from his job. This happened about three weeks after he had been assured that he was safe and had no reason to worry about anything. Talk about having the wind knocked out of you. We were lucky because his termination wasn't effective until Dec 31st and they gave him 4 weeks severance pay. We figured with that, we could be okay financially through the middle of February. At that point, if he didn't have a job we would have to move in with my parents until he found something. Needless to say, we have been stressed out and depressed. Very bad timing with me now being in my 3rd trimester. I have to tell y'all, Cobra isn't cheap!

I'll leave out all the details of the job search and skip right to the good news. After a few interviews, a personality test and a few weeks of just waiting around...Mike got an offer last night. It is a good offer and this will be a very good career move for him. This new job will allow him more growth opportunity and give him more responsibility. Both things he has been craving, but wasn't likely to get soon with his old company. Downside (which will hopefully turn into a good thing later)...we are moving...AGAIN. It seems we just can't stay put anywhere longer than a year and a half. Our new destination is Virginia Beach.

Since this all just happened in the past 24 hours, I'm a little short on details and probably will be for a little while. My head is spinning with all that needs to be done. I guess the positive to that is I don't have time right now to dwell on the fact that I have to leave this place that I love and the amazing friends I have here. Believe me...there will be MANY MANY tears shed in the future. Luckily, the distance is a short 3 hour drive so I'm not cut off completely.

So, yeah, that's our big news. Stay tuned for further installments to the saga!

Way back when

So, a few months ago I wrote a post about how content and happy I was with my life. I also mentioned that I knew the calm wouldn't last forever and that I was expecting a 'learning experience.' Well, the day after writing that post, I took about a dozen pregnancy tests and learned that I was expecting baby girl. I was under the impression that was the change coming my way. Granted, it was a happy change but I'd still consider it a learning experience. The lesson being that things happen on the Lord's time and not mine.

Skip ahead to the present time and I could not have been more wrong. I'm not really sure what God is trying to teach me at the moment, but I'm pretty sure this lesson would have been better received AFTER I give birth. I'm not really ready to let the cat out of the bag just yet, but just know that some big things are happening in our life. And while I'm sure one day, when this trial is all over and life has settled back down, I will look back and see how strong it made me...well, I'm not all that excited about it right now. I think content is the exact opposite of what I'm feeling right now. I think the appropriate word is turmoil. Yup, I feel a lot of turmoil.

Stay tuned for the next installment...I may just spill the beans.

On another note...did y'all notice my baby ticker???? 90 days!