Helloooo Real World!

Well everyone it has FINALLY happened!
I have a real honest to goodness J-O-B!

I got hired officially on Tuesday, and will be the Assistant Member Activities Department Head at Lifetime Fitness-Champions. This basically means I will be planning events and activities for both the adults and kids at the gym. Events like summer camps, sport clinics, classes for kids, birthday parties, special events like the Daddy Daughter Dance (which is next weekend), etc. I also get a free gym membership outta the deal which is even better cause it was draining our bank account every month. If you want to learn a little bit more about the company here is the web site:

http://lifetimefitness.mylt.com/index.jspa

I will be going to Allen Mon-Thurs to train with the woman that is in charge of all the Member Activities programs in the state. I am anxious to learn and get this show on the road!

I am very excited to see what this next step in my life will hold and I think this is going to be a job that I will really love. I want to sincerely thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers over the last few months. Your support truly got me through it all!

The Struggle

I am struggling..
Struggling with trying to find my place in this big city, struggling to find a job, struggling to remember that everything will work and that this is all in God's plan. The struggles I am facing I know I will overcome but everyday when I wake up and realize that I have nothing to do, it is a constant struggle to get out of bed. I do get up and I thank God for all the blessings in my life every day but as every day passes it is getting harder to do so.

As many of you know I have been unemployed since I moved to Houston in October. Since then I have applied for quite a few jobs. In fact in the last two weeks alone I have applied at:

1. The Container Store
2. Bath and Body Works
3. World Market
4. Francesca's
5. Front desk job at my gym
6. A Youth Services Director job at my gym, and at another gym nearby
7. Substitute in Klein ISD
8. Substitute in Cy-Fair ISD..which turns out won't take on any new subs until March
9. Temp jobs at Rice
10. Admissions coordinator at Rice
    
11. Temp jobs at University of Houston
    

I avidly check job websites everyday. I honestly feel like that is all I do. And how many of the above jobs require a college degree? About 2 of them...how sad is that? When you look at it like that it is hard not to get discouraged and feel like why on earth did I get a college degree? Why am I in debt up to my ears for something I am not even using? I know I am just being pessimistic, but until something proves me wrong I think my attitude about college educations will stay the same.

Ok sorry for the Debbie Downer post...I just needed to get it off my chest. I will continue to keep my faith and try to remember that it will all work out. I just want to be successful and contribute to our family. I will try to update this from time to time with my job search results if there are any.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
Psalm 3:5,6