Change

Last week was crazy for me.  I walked into work on Monday to be told that Wednesday would be last day.  Talk about having the floor drop out from under you.  My employers are friends and this wasn't a personal decision in the least.  Their hands were tied by the need for someone with education and training I didn't have and to be perfectly honest, I didn't really want.  While I was devastated by the announcement my boss went on to tell me that all weekend she'd prayed and cried and prayed and cried about this decision.  She cried because we are friends and she loved me and didn't want to let me go, and she prayed that I would find a job better than the one I had with her and her husband.


I'd text Carlo at the radio to let him know what was going on, and he told his co-host.  Well, on Tuesday morning as we were pulling into my office, Carlo got a call telling him about 3-4 positions that were available with the county and he was passed along a message about another position with the sheriff's dept (where a friend works and said to let him know if we needed any help with the application process).  


Thursday morning Carlo & I trooped down to the Career Center to get my name in the system so I could start looking for available jobs.  Unfortunately all the jobs that fit my skill-set required degrees in engineering and stuff.  There were three I was qualified for: customer service coordinator with a local retailer, teacher in a day care (not jumping on that ship again), and customer service at national oil change place (I'm not mechanically inclined and I can't drive a stick).  I dropped my application off with the retailer and decided to go over to the mall just to see what was up (too bad Border's is closing-they're right up my alley).  Carlo reminded me that we had a friend who is in management with Belk's Department Stores.  We went to see said friend and she says to me, "Fill out an application, we need 2 people in ladies."  I filled out the application, but the hiring manager was out of town until this week.  Monday I got a call to come in for an interview on Wednesday.  Wednesday morning it got rescheduled to today at 11.  And the results of said interview?  You are reading the blog of the new Ladies Dept. Sales Associate at Belk's Department Store!  The cool thing?  It's just what my former employer prayed - better salary and I get benefits, something they weren't able to provide.  Through it all God has proven Himself faithful to me and my family through some unexpected blessings and I know that this is just the beginning of something fun and new, a change.