Things are looking up....

Because of the way that the economy is, a lot of people have been fearful of losing their jobs where I work. You would think that this being such a big company, they would be somewhat pretty stable, but there have been lots of changes since I joined the team a year ago. Well, about a month ago, I was told that they were ending my position in August. And so panic set in. Then, my medical insurance ran out 2 weeks ago and then my car died the weekend before last and my apt. lease ends in August as well. Talk about when it rains, it pours.....geeze! I was really stressing out! Come August, I was looking at no job, no house, no insurance, no car, no money!! Not cool at all. For a while there, I felt like all I had was Mark. I know that he would take care of me but I don't like depending on others. I like to be able to support my own self. So, thankfully a job became available about 2 weeks ago here with the same company, just a different department. Long story short, I interviewed and accepted the job offer last Tuesday. Yay!! Not only do I now have a job that I know isn't going away, I got a pretty nice raise, and new insurance that starts on Monday! What a relief! I really didn't know how much more I could take in such a short amount of time.

As for my car, Mark and I were headed to visit my parents the other weekend and we were about an hour into the drive and it just quits. No lights came on, no warning signs at all, just decided it didn't want to go anymore. Mark managed to pull off on the side of the road where we sat there for about 15 mins. and were able to start it back up again. He couldn't figure out what happened so we decided to keep going. 7 miles later, quits again. So, we decided to turn around and it quit once again on the way home. We dropped it off at the shop and when I went to pick it up on Monday, they said that they couldn't find anything wrong with it. Great! So I'm now driving around in a car where the whole time I'm in it I'm thinking "please don't die, please don't die"! It's been acting fine since last weekend but I don't feel comfortable driving it thinking that it could just quit at any moment. And of course, when it does decide to quit, you know it will be in the most inconvienent spot ever! Since my job seems to be stable now, I'm going to look at new cars this weekend. I've been wanting a new car for about a year now but I really didn't want to let go of that money! Looks like I have to now :(

I know that I'm certainly not the only one that the economy has affected. I know that there are others just within this company that are facing the possibility of losing their jobs in August as well. I certainly caught a very lucky break and I'm thankful for it. I am also thankful for my friends and family that had faith that it would all work out. And sometimes, that's just it - you got to have faith.