1. i have a job! that's super exciting. after 2 1/2 months of praying, applying, interviewing and stressing it all came in the form of an account manager job at an insurance firm in downtown NO. i am being trained to take over the head account manager position because she is wanting to retire. this week is the end of my 2nd week and today was the first time i thought that i was slightly over my head, but knew i was going to grasp this if it took everything within me. she went over so much stuff today that for about 2 hours all i could do was nod in agreement because i couldn't form the questions to ask. :/ that's a scary place to be.
it pays well. it makes me feel like a real person. it makes me feel like i didn't go to school for 4 1/2 years for nothing. that makes me proud of myself. i am using more knowledge than i thought i would be, considering accounting in academia is SLIGHTLY different than accounting in the real world. i wish they were similar, but i am completely cool with it all.
2. i am taking the CPA exam! it is a desire i have had in my heart for about 3 years now. it is the ultimate goal that i have worked for, cried over, worried over, and am now going to prepare for. after much deliberation, emails, BFF conversations, and complete clarity from my Nanny (who is also testing to become a CPA) i have decided Becker will be registered for this weekend, $2,700 will be withdrawn from the savings, i will take on the great task of PASSING the CPA exam. all be in prayer. :)
it's something i couldn't make myself dismiss from my heart. i know that is what i am supposed to do. i joked with some friends that my goal in life is to have a whole alphabet behind my name. no really, i do. that would be an awesome business card. the next year and 1/2 of my life will be dedicated to taking this test and passing it with greatness. i know i can do it. i have been prepared for it and had some amazing teachers that helped along the way. one of which is leaving NSU for TX. sad day for any upcoming NSU accounting majors. you are really missing out because you don't have Dr. Terry Bechtel!!! awesome day for all TX A&M kids who will have him!
3. i have had some random conversations with some long lost friends recently. one of which i hadn't talked to since late January/early February....i don't even know. he called because of the last of my many attempts to get in touch with him. it was awkward at first, but then it was old Joshua/Brianna friendship. i missed that. i'm not really sure why, but i think if somewhere down the road, our friendship completely dissolved and i didn't talk to him or know where/what he was doing with his life, i'd be really upset. he and i had a close friendship for a good minute and it's sad that it hasn't stayed constant.
another friend moved to Ohio for the summer and now is moving back to Tech. that friendship confuses the heck out of me. oh, Brandon Davis...what am i to do with you?
moving back to slidell has made me really think of all the people that i was friends with here and am not any more. most of them dissipated quickly after graduation, 5 years ago. like hours after. i've tried to get back in touch with those people, but for some reason the issue of 5 years ago still lingers with them and they can't be grown ups and move past the issues of 6 17yr olds. we fought, we called names, we picked sides, but in the end we were 17. 23 is a much bigger difference and we are all big kids now. can we all be friends?
4. Jesus is amazing. without Him the above 3 things are nothing. i have not had the best relationship with God over the past few months. issues are being dealt with that i have chosen to suppress since my Dad died. it'll be 6 years, December 25th. Pastor Brian has stepped up as my spiritual father and has been pushing me to what i am called to do in God's kingdom since i stepped into the doors of DPC. this time has not been without issues...many times i have snapped at him, fought with him, cried with him, but in it all i know that Pastor has my best interests in mind and will fight for me like his daughter.
it's a funny thing that when i feel like i am at the end of the rope with God, He never ceases to pull and tug at my heart to turn back to Him. although these past 2 months have been a little rough, there is NO doubt in my mind that God has been there slowly reminding me that i am His chosen daughter and need to rekindle the relationship that i know is possible when seeking after God with everything that i am. i am still fighting the religious laws that i have been raised with, alas, i am working through it all.
i have had the absolute blessing of being able to be voice and act of compassion to the people of Slidell recently. this makes my heart extremely happy. today was another one of those days. a family that was in desperate need of school supplies for their four children contacted DPC after our "Back to School Bash" and Pastor and i got to bless them today with backpacks full of supplies for school. as i pulled away from dropping off the school supplies with an overwhelmed mother of 4, there was a DOUBLE rainbow in the sky. i have a deep fascination with rainbows and sunsets. their beauty reminds me of God's love for His world. it made me smile when God shows up, overwhelms and reminds us of His love through small tokens that i might take for granted each day. never was i in need of anything, never did i have to rely on others for that, so i don't fully understand not having something you need, but i do know the absolute joy that God brought to a 4 yr old today with a Spiderman bookbag and that makes my heart so happy.
always remember WHOSE you are, WHO you are, WHERE you are, WHAT you are and WHO made you that way.
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