It's been awhile since I last posted anything, but I have to admit, I'm not the best at keeping up with this. A lot of stuff has happened since I last posted. Stuff that has changed people and opened doors for others.
Micky and I are still together and loving the time we share. He is still in College Station and I am still here in K-Town, working at James Avery with the possibility of stepping up into a higher position. One of our Sales Team Leaders is leaving to spend more time being a grandmother, which leaves her spot wide open when she leaves in May. I'm not sure who has put in a job interest form, but I plan on talking to the manger about the position and finding out what my possibilities might be. I have been working at Amy's Hallmark as well, but that came to an end today. My younger brother is marrying my manager there so my position at Hallmark has become a conflict of interest.
It's a corporate store with lots of rules. Which is fine, b/c this leaves me with the time to devote to Averys if I apply for the open STL position. I have also been offered a job at the UPS store, which is 2 doors down from the Hallmark store. The position there would be full time, 5 -6 days a week, with 9-5 hours. And the man and his wife that own the store are great people! He, Mr. Bill, always come into Hallmark in the mornings to check on us girls and sing us a morning song, "Good morning, good morning, good morning to you!!" He's such a goofball! To sum up, I have two open doors in front of me, which only occured after I submitted to God and put everything in His hands. I was so stressed out about looking for a new job and didn't know where to go or what to do. I've also had some financial stressors this past month as well, which made everything else worse than it actually was. I was a few months late on a credit card payment so they sold the debt to a collections agency. A man at the agency called me and completely scared me! He told me the credit card company was going to sue me if I didn't send them, the collections agency, a payment before an allotted amount of time. I ended up giving him my account info to take out a sum of money. I made sure that the amount was the only thing I had in my account so they could get no more than I had stated they could have. Which turns out, they can take as much as they want whether you have it or not (not that they did this). Thing is, they had lied to me and told me they were a law firm, which is actually against the law. They are not allowed to claim to be anyone they are not. Anyway, all is well that ends well. I called up the credit card company (I should mention that I prayed before hand) and told them why I had missed the payments. I pointed out that I had made a payment three months prior, I told them of the collections agency and how they had talked to me and lied to me, and I told them that I had helped my grandmother pay for some of her pills and medications. When she can't afford them, she just doesn't get them until she can afford them again. Which is very unhealthy and unwise. Her health comes first. The manager at the credit card co. was sympathetic b/c her husband was also having some health problems. Another lady also told me she was having health problems and understood the cost of medicines was high. I told her I would pray for her and she was very thankful. Well, as I said, all is well that ends well. They lowered my amount due by more than half! An amount I can afford, and can pay off by the end of May. God answers prayer and He is an awesome God. Now, I know I am not smart about money. I am not the best steward of what I have. So this has opened my eyes to keeping better track of what I spend my money on. I've once again learned how to use Microsoft Excel. Yay for technology!
On other news, Justin and Julie's wedding is this sunday, April 26th at 3pm. Julie is excited to finally be a Weaver. And now I have an older sister! Micky is coming down on saturday for the wedding and all the pre-wedding stuff, like the rehearsal dinner. I'm excited about seeing him again, though I did just see him this past weekend. It's been such a stressful month that it's been so nice to see him everytime. I don't have much more to add so I'll leave you with a goodnight kiss...
And the funny face my dog made earlier this month. It just made me laugh, despite it all!
