When I was last here I had been unexpectedly released from my newspaper customer service job because of budget cuts. I then worked 2 temp jobs. One was as a nursery seed corn worker. I cleaned corn, sorted, packaged and organized seed packets for nursery plots. It was a fun job with lots of variety. I enjoyed the people there. And it helped me to understand the beginning end of ag corn production. As producers, we only see the end results of seed corn.
That job lasted from Feb-May. After which I worked for book bindery, prepping text books for recovering. My job was checking counts of the different titles and preparing the end papers. The training was poor at this job but thankfully I'm a fast learner. Our team of temp workers did so well that we had few re-dos and ended our time several weeks early. Good and bad. Bad as I was again without a job. Good because my last day was also the day we left for Tennessee and Bryant and Dana's destination wedding.
They celebrated their 3rd anniversary this past July. Their children are now 16, 14, 14 (the twins), almost 12 and 8. Their household is BUSY all of the time but so happy.
We flew out to surprise the twin for their birthday on Thanksgiving, 2018. The girls turned 13. We worked it all out with Dana's sister and parents. Her dad picked us up and we surprised Bry and Dana first at home. I love making my grown children cry with surprise and happiness. The twins were so amazed and grateful we made the trip. I loved being there with no plans except spending time with them all. We did a few fun outside things, like Black Friday shopping and a Christmas tour in an old gravel mine (set up to show the Biblical Christmas story.) I got to spend time with the girls making chocolate chip cookies and just loving each other. It will be one of my best memories for life.
Going back to 2017 and the job search; after our return from TN, I was contacted by the book bindery about another position there. This time I was learned more detailed work on other bindery work. Magazines, library books, thesis. Again my training was not terribly complete and I felt lost but I persevered. I was also in training on the actual binding, both hard-covers and paper-backs. I had just started on that, with much better training; when I was again laid off. This time because Hurricane Harvey hit Houston. I was hired to work on the books that came in from a new route from Houston. The flooded city was not sending in any books to be bound and we had not idea when the floods would reside and when the orders would come in or if the libraries would just buy all new books. I understood the reason but it didn't take the sting away.
So again I was home with no job in sight. I kept putting my resume out there and applying. It was a long 2 months. I painted almost everything outside. Fences, barn doors, propane tank, garage. I cleaned inside. We spent time with our young grandson. And I prayed. A lot!
And then one day a dear friend texted me with a FB notice of a job opening and told me to go apply. So I gathered myself, my resume and went to the office. I had some resistance since I was lacking in the one main software, even though I assured the interviewee I had always had to learn to use a specific software at my last 4 jobs. And had succeeded in doing very well.
A close relative of my friend was also related to the wife of the company's owner. After she heard I had applied, she called them and told them they HAD to hire me and a number of nice things about me. And so I was offered a follow-up interview with the boss's wife. And then offered the job. I accepted and this is where I am now. I am the Office Assistant, Dispatcher and all around Jill-of-all-trades at a HVAC/Plumbing company.
And to show you how our Father God loves us. I knew the person who held my job previously. When she left our former office and took this position, I had prayed for a job like that, even This particular job. I really didn't think God would put me into it, but through circumstances not of my making; He did just that. Gave me this wonderful, fulfilling job. I have learned ALOT. I don't really manage anyone but I do direct the technicians. There will be extra responsibility this coming year that is a little overwhelming but I am also looking forward to the experience and the opportunity to show what I can do.
In other areas over the past 2 years, the Farmer continues on. He still farms and work and has his cattle. We've grown a little older. We look towards his retirement from the factory in about 5 years. We do what we can to be healthy, by eating better; taking supplements; sleeping; drinking water and not soda. So far we've done well with this.
And to summarize the rest:
Our younger son and his wife now have 3 children; 3 year old boy, 18 month and 6 month old girls. They live in our small town now and we see them very often. They are busy little bodies but so good and we love to keep them for a day several times a month.
And that is what I've been doing for the past 2 years. I decided to come back to here after thinking about it for the past 3 months. I am still on Facebook but more often I am reading blogs. I enjoy the fellowship found there and hope I can perhaps be a friendly word here. I want to continue to write about how I make our home. About what Father God is teaching me (so much there!) About the books I'm reading. About the nature outside my door. So many things bring me joy that I want to share them here.
I hope it blesses you too.
Hugs~~
Kay
Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen.John Le Carre
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