Accepting the Impossible

After 11 job applications and MANY nervous breakdowns over my worries that we may never a.) move back into a place of our own, b.) be able to live in the area we want, and c.) get jobs with decent salaires/benefits, the impossible has happened.

I got a job with a decent salary and benefits. One I'm nearly certain I will enjoy! That starts 2 months after I quit my last job! Plus we signed a lease on an awesome apartment right in the area we wanted to live and move in less than 2 weeks.

In addition to all of THIS, and on a more personal note, my period started. On it's own, without drugs. For the first time in 4 years. This is nearly a miracle, even if it isn't sustained.

I'm having a hard time accepting all of this. It seems too good to be true, really. I mean...a job I like? One that offered me the position 5 hours after meeting me and raved about how much they were impressed by me? (What person did THEY meet??) One that lets us live 5 minutes (walking) from the Byzantine Catholic parish Brian loves, not to mention every store we might want to frequent? That's 30 minutes from one of my best friends and 2.5 hours from the other AND is oft visited by Brian's best friend?

I seriously expect to wake up tomorrow and realize none of this has actually occurred. Not even in my wildest dreams did I expect things to work out this quickly and this ideally.

So, for those of you reading this that offered up a prayer or a thought for us, thank you. For those of you that might be reading this by chance, this isn't how things usually work out for me (see previous posts).  Hopefully a change is in the air!

More to come as we transition back to our independent lives.

We're back, baby!

Beaufort Waterfront

I've been meaning to write a post on how glad I am to be back in NC for a while, and I think the car accident I was involved in today (I wasn't driving, and I'm fine) manages to roll all those reasons into one:

Immediately after, while we were both sitting in the intersection blinking:

• A Marine jumped out of one car and ran to the other car involved in the wreck (it was upside down)
• One lady came up, made sure we were both ok, and escorted us to the side of the road
• Two more ladies ran up to tell us they were praying and it was going to be ok
• All the cops/firemen/EMS techs involved were courteous and came up multiple times to make sure we were ok

Also, last week while I was standing in the middle of the aisle in a bookstore, three teenage girls wanted to get past me AND ALL THREE OF THEM SAID 'Excuse me".

That would never have happened in Florida, no matter what age they were. I am so glad to be back in the South!! I know NC has its problems...but man. Feels like home!

Job count:
Applications: 11
Rejections: 4
Phone interviews:1
In-person interviews: 1 (next week!!)