(If you know why I have FIVE GOLD RINGS! in my title, comment and I will be eternally impressed by you!)
So the past week has been incredibly stressful, incredibly frustrating, incredibly challenging spiritually and incredibly rewarding. WHY? Because on Wed December 1st, I signed the 1 year lease on my apartment! Yes, yes...everyone may stand up and shout! What made that stressful is that I didn't have a job when I signed the lease. I signed away the last of my savings and moved into an apartment I couldn't pay for! By FAITH I hoped that I wasn't making a colossal mistake.
Well, it was a stressful weekend. I had a final interview for a job on Friday which went well, then I moved into my new place on Saturday and realized that all my worldly belongings can fit in a 7x10 storage unit. Wow. So Sunday I unpacked. Monday I awoke to no news of the job. I did find out that my background check and drug screen were clear so we were just waiting for the company to give me a thumbs up. So I finished unpacking the living room - spend 2 hours putting my futon together. Never doing THAT alone again! Its worth it though to be able to sit on a couch in my living room, curl up in a blanket and watch TV. Oh soooo nice!
So today a guy came over (along with my landlady) to refinish the sink in my kitchen. It looks fantastic!
By the time I left for my New Work Development meeting with the Chicago Metro Bapt Assn (CMBA), I was panicked about not hearing about the job. It was a rough morning spiritually. I couldn't even see past my nose. It was like walking down the path and there was this dense fog everywhere and I looked down and couldn't even see the next step! Praise the Lord that he took away my anxiety! I was able to spend some time in the scriptures and reaffirm that God is in charge of my life and he will provide if I will only trust him and have faith. It was a hard lesson. It still is a hard lesson.
The goods news is that...I GOT THE JOB! Once I arrived at the mtg (which took me an hour longer to get to because I went to the north location and I was told to go to the south location...ahhh! Stupid me! At least the first hour was a 'lunch' hour...) and had a voicemail. Praise the Lord! I screamed in Hilary's ear that I got a job as soon as I heard the staffing lady say she confirmed the assignment. I had to apologize as I think I actually
did scream in Hilary's ear. Poor girl.
So...it is December 7th...I have a job and I have an apartment and I am the Volunteer research coordinator (People group research) for the CMBA. WOOT!
So yes...its been a hard week, but I am headed out to Louisville tomorrow to see all my wonderful friends! YAY!
God has been doing some amazing things and even though he's always provided for me before, I still doubt. I worry about how I'm going to pay my bills and I look at my bank account and say, 'Ok God...you going to do something about this? You want me to tithe? I only have $20 to my name!' But he is
always faithful - even if we are not. Praise his Name that he is!
So...the adventure continues...but at least I'm settling in.
And by popular demand...here are pictures of the almost done apartment. The walls are still bare but I'm outta money so decorations will have to wait. If anyone wants to get me a Christmas present...talk to my mom about what I need for my kitchen. :)
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| Entry way! Big brown thing is my front door. |
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| View of the living room from the entry way... |
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| View of living room from kitchen... |
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| Kitchen. That black thing is my heater. It puts out the heat, lemme tell you! |
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| Kitchen view from the back door. |
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| New refinished sink. Its soooo pretty! |
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| Bathroom...tiny! |
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| Shower only...no tub. Booo! The only thing I don't like about my apartment. |
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| Built in bookcase/storage and a view of both bedroom entryways. |
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| Office/Spare bedroom...not done |
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| Yeah, really not done unpacking. |
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| My bedroom. Kinda messy. Entrance to my WALK-IN CLOSET!!! |
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| One half of closet. |
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| 2nd half of closet. Oh yeah, shelves for my shoes baby!! |
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| View of my bedroom from the closet door. |
There you have it! My life in Chicago has begun and I am still reeling from the happenings.
I start my job at Akzo Nobel on Monday and I am the Customer Support Specialist. Basically I'm the CS department's Admin Assistant who is also cross trained to do customer service. But this is high end business CS not low end upset customer all day retail CS. I'm moving up in the world. :)
Give God a big thank you for what he's done in your life this week. Or at least thank him for what he's done in mine!
I'll keep ya'll updated.
Tootles!
