The winds of change

The winds of change are indeed blowing! About four weeks ago on facebook I posted this as my status and it had various meanings as I was contemplating several life changes.  First, my idea to move out, to a one bedroom apartment where I would be room-mateless (which I so wanted!) Second, to quit my day job as a secretary at the lutheran church I work at (the fifteen hours a week didn't seem like much on paper, but added to my 40+ hour work week at the ranch, my private music students, and bartending it was all just too much!) And thirdly, the idea to pursue my Master's Degree.

Ah, so many changes! The seasons change and like it, so do I.  Well, first things first, as of October 1st I need to be out of my house; two of my housemates are moving out and the owner wants to renovate it into a 1-family rental instead of a share house.  Thus, I have been apartment housing (stalking craigslist, etc.) like it's my full-time job (which, I have been doing at my part-time job!) It seems that to find a great apartment is as daunting of a task as finding a great man; all the good ones seem to be taken leaving one with whatever's left - usually scruffy, dingy, dusty, or just dank.  I have three leads this weekend so please pray for me! I have unique needs as I have the three cats that I rescued two years ago and I would really rather be in an apartment than in a shared house.

Secondly, I put my two-weeks notice in at my part-time job about three weeks ago.  The pastor accepted it (reluctantly) and asked that I stay untill he return from vacation . . . which he will next Wednesday.  HUMPH! So, I will be working four weeks after my two-weeks notice was given but that's ok, extra rent $$$$$.  I have enjoyed working at the church and wouldn't leave except for I need some down time for my own sanity, it's so necessary.  I want my life back and I think this is a step in the right direction.

Thirdly, my Master's Degree will be in Social Work; I am looking to go to a local university that has an excellent program in the field and I have had several coworkers go through it and rave about it.  My intention is to apply for the Fall 2012 school year - stay tuned!

Lastly, I joined a gym! Woohooo! While I have always been into athletics I've never been much of a gym person.  I enjoy working out . . . if it's not for the sole purpose of working out (hence the beach, sports, marathons for charity, etc.)  But after trying to run outdoors in the heat waves that we've had this past summer I decided that it was time, time to, gasp, join the dreaded g-word.  Except! I LOVE MY GYM! I joined the local Planet Fitness for a whopping $10.00 a month and I LOVE IT! I don't currently go as much as I would like to as my 70 hour work week prohibits anything extra-curricular, but by the end of next week, I will be back to a normal, healthy, 45 hour work week and the gym will be more frequent!

I know I already said lastly and in continuing I sound like a pentacostal pastor (you know the type, that consistantly says, "in closing," which means you have another twenty minutes of the message minimum) but hey! I have my degree in theology and am pentacostal, so for this once, I will allow it (no offense to any pentacostal pastors out there, I say this completely in love!) I am so thankful for the people God has placed in my life recently.  I have a new friend at work who has come to us by way of volunteering for the summer and has up and decided to move out here and work at the ranch full-time! I love her dearly, she provides the iron-sharpens-iron Christ-like relationship that I've been needing in my life and . . . well I could go on and on but I won't!

So with all of this change and gratitude, let me just say - if you're unhappy with your life, do something to change it! Ask God for guidance! And to quote a phrase that my mother frequently uses from scripture, "You have not because you ask not."  I mean really, if we cannot go before the throne room of God to make our requests, who can we ask? Precisely my point.  Enjoy your day, your holiday weekend, and your life - enjoy it now because it slips through your fingers as quickly as water . . . as quickly as the seasons change. *smile*