Changes, changes, changes.

Life has changed a HECK of a lot since July, and I'm sharing the story tonight. God has been so faithful in answering prayers, showing us favor, everything.

I was working at a gas station, making minimum wage, and K (husband for anyone new) was still looking for something else (he loved bus driving, but it wasn't paying the bills). His granddad heard about a job offer in Savannah, and he interviewed and a week and a half later found out he had the job. That left me in the dead-end job, and possibly back home and him in Savannah. His mom, on a whim, suggested I apply for a parapro position with her school system. To be honest, I didn't want to. I had applied for MULTIPLE parapro positions with my home county and never gotten to the interview. I did, and soon, i had an interview scheduled at the school my mother-in-law works at.
The interview...oh, i thought i bombed that. I cried when I came out of the building and bought four bags of key lime cookies (which i am very sad that Parker's is no longer selling but that's a rant for another day). Having issues with anxiety/high functioning depression, that tends to be how my brain works.
Come to find out, the very next day, that I didn't massively fail and was offered a job.
Immediately, the nervousness set in, and i started praying. I would be close to my best friend Taylor, but I'd be away from my family, from kids that I'd grown to love, from friends and church family. Back to this whole anxiety/high functioning depression thing, I needed a 'tribe,' i needed a new group of people that were my safe zone, a safety net.
Orientation, i met an AMAZING person, who was also a para. On the first day of work, I immediately bonded with another coworker and her amazing little family (have i  mentioned the things i like most about small children right now is that i can give them back?). As i met more people, like my supervisors, the teachers I'd be with, I realized that this entire thing was God-ordained from the beginning. I mesh so well with the people I work with, it's insane. I'm in a supportive environment, with people who care and look out for each other.

tonight, i'm sitting in MY living room-we just got moved in yesterday. this time last year, i'm not ashamed to say that I was spiraling into depression because I didn't think our lives were really going anywhere. things went from bad to worse, and we saw the worst in some people. right now, I'm thankful for things looking up. I'm thankful for a new community of growing friendships and AMAZING teachers who have unknowingly reaffirmed that i'm where I'm supposed to be. I'm thankful for God showing us favor in the small things, and in the large. Hopefully I'll remember I have a blog and update more-I'm sure there will be more! :-)