shifting gears

So Thursday I found out that I am hired at Pinecrest Lancaster! I will be working 9:30-6:30 as a floater, basically filling in where needed. September is still a mystery but I know I have a job and that's an awesome blessing!! I'm thankful that God has given me abundant peace through this time of work purgatory and of course I'm thankful to have a job, escpecially one so close to home! It got pretty stressful as the days kept dwindling away and July 1st was coming up fast and still no word on my future. God really worked on keeping me sane. With this new job on the horzion I am planning on making some changes in my lifestyle too. I will very likely have a later schedule so no more rolling out of bed at 4 and going to work! Now I am going to roll out of bed and go to the pool as I have decided to go swimming with my friend Kathy in the mornings at 5:30am. On top of that, I will be only a little over a mile away from my new workplace so I plan on getting a bike and riding to and from work every day. Somedays it will be tough and I know I'm going to want to kill my self when it hits 115 outside come August, but it's a short distance and on a bike it shouldn't be that bad. I played with the idea of walking at first but I knew I would never pull it off. Oh and of couse this new regiment includes Jesus time in the morning, which I desperately need. Have you ever tried waking up at 3:50 and trying to read? Not much sinks in.

Mind you these are just plans, they haven't been put into action yet and I have a knack for giving up. You guys are welcome to keep me accountable! It helps when I get a "hey, did you like riding your bike home today in the sweltering heat?" and I get chicken to say "oh, I drove to work because..." and then make some lame excuse. I figured this out the other day when Kathy asked me on Facebook (privately, which was good) "how was curves?" and I hadn't gone yet. I was embarassed to tell her I hadn't gone and was planning on skipping it, especially when I looked at the clock, realized Kyle wouldn't be home for a couple more hours and thought 'wow...I really have no reason NOT to go.' So I got up, changed my clothes, and left. I came back and posted about being proud of my self for going to the gym, it felt good. Long story long still, I will be embarassed to say I drove to work or didn't swim so if people are asking me about it all the time, I'll be more motivated to do it every day so someone doesn't catch me by surprise. I have also learned this strategy doesn't work coming from my mom though. Weird.

This past week has been strange. PMS symptoms (2 months over due) combined with heightened stress surrounding my husband has equaled a tough week. And I'm not gonna lie, I have hesitated to seek God about it. No particular reason, I think I am just avoiding the emotional outpouring that is likely to take place. I need to find a place to have Jesus time too, my house isn't the easiest place to have personal time in. That's the glory of my new schedule. I will be getting home from swimming at about 10 till 7 and that just happens to be when everyone is asleep and/or at the gym. *sigh* It's going to be great, just getting out of the shower, all clean, fresh cup of coffee. I'm very excited about my new routine, I'll keep you guys updated on how it goes.