Better Life

Ah..the joys of a day off, finally getting caught up on all the things I need to do! Today that mostly meant cleaning our apartment - thoroughly overdue! And baking. I had the urge to bake cookies the last time we went grocery shopping so I got some chocolate chips and decided today is the day.
So I will sit here and blog to the lovely smells of chocolaty oatmeal cookies wafting through the kitchen.

This last week we had our first Financial Peace class at our church. I actually enjoyed it more then I thought I would. Whenever I think about budgeting and money management I tend to get overwhelmed and then feel like I'll never be able to do it. But the way it was presented in this course made it easier to handle. The first lesson was about baby steps - just what I need! The first thing we're supposed to do is save $1000 in an emergency fund and then not touch it in case of an emergency! I'll let you know how the following weeks go.

The other exciting news of the week was that I had an interview with the Hilton Garden Inn for a sales manager position. It's all very confusing but this hotel is managed by The Hotel Group - the same management company that managed HIE in Pullman and Courtyard where I currently am. So I feel like I am transitioning to all the hotels in THG's family. I feel the interview went well and I would enjoy the chance to challenge my skills and have more responsibility.

I have complained a lot about my current job since I took it for various reasons - not enough responsibility, bad hours, low pay, and rude guests mostly. But over the past few weeks, I have noticed that God has been changing my perspective. I felt I was stuck but I never really gave thanks that I had a job at all. Realizing through bits and pieces of good things at work that God did provide me with that job for a reason has helped me realize that my perspective is skewed. I think I am becoming more content with the fact that I have a job and work with good people. Besides, no job will ever be perfect. We just need to be thankful for what we have. It can be hard sometimes because we feel so deserving of more and better things. That attitude will only cause us to complain about those things we feel we don't deserve and God won't allow that for long. We (I especially) need to learn how to be patient and content with whatever situation we have been placed in no matter how uncomfortable we feel. It's about developing our character.

"Perseverance must finish its owrk so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." - James 1:4