Since moving to Washington, Alan has been hit with closed door after closed door. While there seemed to be a lot of jobs in the social work/mental health field, as soon as he turned in an application the organization would inform him that they were no longer able to hire due to a lack of budget. After a couple months of this, it tends to get frustrating [We do, however, consider it a blessing that his joblessness was not due to his insufficiencies, but rather a lack of hiring organizations]. As a result, he started applying for any and all jobs that we could find...and has been hired! He is now a proud member of the Best Buy family! We both are thrilled to have an income [not to mention a pretty substantial discount], and are praising God for His blessings - which always seem to come in the most unexpected ways. He is still in search of a job in his field, but it is a total relief to have something in the meantime.
And because that means we now have two incomes [I will continue helping my Brother each day], we are in process of signing a lease on an adorable bungalow in an amazing neighborhood. We are planning on moving in sometime in the next two weeks! The incredible part of all of this, was that I had my eye on this house since before we actually moved up here [The house had been on the market for six months]. However, Alan and I had come to the conclusion that we should not be buying, but renting. On a whim I decided to drive by the house anyway, "Just to show Mom," and, lo and behold, discovered that a new "For Rent" sign had replaced that of it's "For Sale" counterpart. One excited phone call later and we are moving in.
I can't help but think that God had some sort of crazy plan all along. Too bad I can never seem to just let Him work.
On a different note, yesterday Alan and I were able to hear our baby's heartbeat for the first time. I wish I can say that I cried [I'm pregnant, right?! If I have to fight back tears during Moneyball, you'd think I could cry during a special moment like this], but I didn't. Tears or no tears, it was still pretty phenomenal. I guess the little bear is really in there after all!
