It’s a grrr week continued
So yesterday was tough. Today would prove to be tougher.
Got in a minor fender bender. First thing that goes through my mind is Kaleb’s gonna be pissed . It’s been one of those weeks. Everything is on edge. Every decision being questioned. It’s both of us. Both of us are cranky. I just tend to go internal, where as his upset-ness tends ot be more visible. Me, it ends up coming out in tears later on about something stupid. Then it all comes spilling out.
But I digress.
I got in a minor fender bender. I was turning right with a bunch of other cars on a green light when the truck in front of me stopped very suddenly. I hit their bumper. I was going very slow, but the impact still pushed me back a little. I turned on my signal to pull over, but the truck kept going. Did they even feel it? Apparently not. I decided to drive the 1 block to my office. I surveyed the damage. My bumper is cracked and the shiny stuff displaced, but nothing major. Nothing structural. I went into my office to call my insurance company (not the cops. I’ll get to that later.) but didn’t get the chance because I was immediately pulled aside by our office assistant and told that our Executive Director wanted to speak to us, and that it was bad news. How bad? Well, the way M. described it was that she asked our boss on a scale of 1 to 10 how bad, 1 being we get a cookie, and 10 being excruciatingly, painfully bad, how bad? It was a 10. Not good.
So, I work for a non-profit. A non-profit who’s funding depends on a funding corporation. A non-profit who’s funding is always in the balance depending on the state’s grants etc… Did I mention I live in Michigan? The state with the highest unemployment rate in the country? The state making the news a lot, and not usually in good ways?
So, our funding is being cut. We just found out today that as of October 1st, my job, and the equivalent specialists across the state will probably not exist any more.No more job. Ick!
The blessing is that God decided to give me a prequel of his providence by giving me a call yesterday from an organization that wants me to interview for a teaching position at a new preschool, and for a very competetive wage. Possibly even equivalent to what I’m making now. AND TEACHING!!!! YAY!!!! And they called me! The program director for the whole organization called me and said that she was impressed with me through the interactions we’ve had through my current position and she wanted to make sure she gave me a call. There are limited positions available, so she wanted to make sure I was on the short list. That’s a good sign, right?
So my heart has hope, but it is also very overwhelmed with a very overwhelming, emotionally taxing week.
But let’s end by couting our blessings
- Jeremiah is home. He is almost home for good. He is being the sweetest, happiest little boy and I am so glad that I get to experience his love.
- The fender bender today was very minor. The police officer didn’t even think it was worth a write-up. Especially since the pick-up drove off.
- God gave me an interview before I even knew I needed one.
- There are more blessings coming than I could ever imagine.
