I am happy to say that I can start this blog post with some happy news-I am starting a new job on Monday! I accepted a position last week with one of the largest health care providers in the state of Michigan. It's pretty much the same type of job that I got last year but this time with a thoroughly legitimate organization :) I made sure to do my homework on the woman I will be working for and the organization in general. I've been trying to get myself back to getting up early and getting going right away in the morning. I succeeded most of the days this week on getting up early....most. All in all I'm excited. It' kind of bad I can't totally remember what the job description for this position even said! I've looked at so many of them that they all just kind of blurred together after a while. Either way it's a job in philanthropy and no matter what I will be keeping it for the next 12 to 18 months :)
The job came at just the right time. My original six months of unemployment were going to be running out relatively soon and on top of the wedding expenses we now have to start looking for a new car for me! Mine still looks like such a nice car but needs more mechanical fixes than we're willing to pay for at this point. It's a slightly bittersweet thing for me. This car was the first big purchase I made on my own and I haven't really had it that long. That said, I am pretty excited about getting a new car (minus the cost but that's just something that will never be easy-large purchases are always a bit terrifying!) but Matt is about as thrilled to go car shopping as he is to go furniture shopping. In short-he loathes it. Furniture shopping is his own personal version of hell and car shopping is only a slight notch above that. I'm sure we'll find a way to power through the pain :) If anyone has a car they love or have heard great reviews on-please let me know! I'm always open to other's reviews of cars. Luckily, I think we're both pretty much on the same page on the type of car we want to get. Now we just have to put that theory to the test!
Other than the new job and looking for a new car there isn't a whole lot new with us. Matt is liking his job. He's been travelling quite a bit-mostly regional but he does have a week long trip coming up. Thankfully I'll be getting into work more so I'll have something to keep me busy. I've also joined and volunteered to co-chair an AFP committee so that also comes with a decent amount of work to do. That's actually what we are doing this morning-Matt is catching up on news and working from home and I'm finishing all of my online on-boarding for work and slowly chipping away at my committee work.
Things with the wedding are slowly coming together. We think we've found a tie we both like for all of the guys in the wedding and I've ordered part of the girls gifts. I love that we are actually getting stuff for the wedding now! We've also worked on quite a few other small projects of DIY things for the big day. It's hard to believe it's only 4 months away. We both couldn't be happier about it. We've only had one small disagreement thus far which I think is pretty darn good! We've got that issue all settled and have happily moved on to the next item :)
Well that's it for me at the moment. I'll write again after I start the job and let you all know how it's going!
