Career change and the stress it brings

Well I finally made the decision to quit my job at the youth shelter. I realized that my personality wasn't the best fit for me or the children either. Hanging out with teenagers really isn't my cup of tea. I feel very privileged to know that the shelter is doing a good job for children that need a safe and clean place to stay while they are waiting for their next home. My last day is on Sunday (the 30th).

Now the search begins for a new job (and the stress of not having health insurance). I am looking more for accounting/finance jobs so I can restart my business career. I have been sending out my resume' to companies in Dallas since the beginning of August and after I had only one phone interview then I started looking in the OKC/Norman area. I signed up with a staffing agency and have had one interview with a company they represent (it's a crafty store that is based in OKC, closed on Sundays, and their owner is a billionaire- figured it out yet?). I also interviewed yesterday with the shelter's umbrella company. I think both interviews went well and should hear back from the next week for the second interview process.

So when I find out more I'll put up another update! Have a terrific weekend!

Birthday Report

On Saturday, I turned 26 years old. Ah, now I'm on the down hill slide of my 20s. Not sure how I really feel about that, but I will tell you about my fun weekend.

On Saturday, I slept in! It was great. Then my mom, brother, and brother's girlfriend, and I went dress shopping. My brother did a lot of sitting and lots of staring into space. I am going to participate in a friends wedding in Oct. so it is nice to have some dresses picked out for the ceremony. We came home to Dad smoking ribs for dinner and they were yummy. Mom also made me a low-fat cream cheese pie which was worth ll of the points that I had saved up for the week.

Sunday, I had my weigh in and have lost a total of 30.2 lbs. :o (that is my shocked face). I'm so close now to my goal and it is great. Oh and we went to church, visited the grandparents, and then I went to my friend Abbey's cookout.

It was just a jam packed weekend, but so good to pend time with my parents, brother, and my brother's girlfriend.