*I wanted to post about Christmas and New Years first to be in order but it seems like there aren't enough hours in the day sometimes, so I will post what I have now! :)*
Hi everyone!! Not to jinx myself on the job hunting process, but I just wanted to update you guys on how it's going. Yes you are probably thinking, "What?! You still don't have a job.!?!" I know, I know, but it is actually a LOT harder than you think right now to even get an interview. I was told apparently I started my job hunt right when the job market slows down for the holidays (in September!?!). I didn't believe it until it actually happened and now that the holiday season is over I literally got 3 interests immediately. I had a job interview this past Friday and will have another one this coming Thursday. I am excited for them both and will tell you more about it when the time comes.
Life can be so nerve wracking sometimes especially since we don't know what the future holds. It adds another aspect to life and job hunting when you are married because you have to take into account another person. Me and Cody's goals are to eventually move away (not too far) from both families to gain our own "independence" and time to build before we have kids in 5-6 years and to move back in time for convenient babysitting ;). Also Cody and I believe it is the most important thing in the world to be close to family and I am a living testimony to say this is true. I grew up my first 8 years of life with about a 2 days drive to any family members whatsoever. It was NOT fun to be that far away. So we want the closeness for our kids. Also another factor to take into consideration with job hunting and where we would eventually like to end up is whether or not Cody wants to go the college route and coach there. If he does that would be fantastic because I know that is one of his biggest dreams and passions but that would mean we would never be in one place for long or could ever build our own house or station ourselves in one place. Anyways, sorry, I am a big planner but have to often remind myself that God is always in control and his plans are bigger than any of ours.
Back to the job hunt, sorry. So yes, I should hear from both of them by late next week and if they both don't go as expected then that is that and I will continue on! :) I am very hopeful. The only thing is that it is extremely vital I have a job by May because that is when a big surprise is happening. CODY IS GOING BACK TO SCHOOL! I couldn't be more proud of him as he is going to be getting his masters in education online! His plan has always been to get his masters degree but he wanted to wait about a year. It will be an almost 2 year journey and it is going to cost money. And a lot of it. So now you see my big push. Now that we are married and 96% financially independent, we have to cover the costs unlike how our bachelors degrees were. (By the way, I am eternally grateful for that mom and dad!!!)
So actually on the interview day it snowed and Cody got off of school! It was a wonderful day! We both went home after the interview and took 3 hour naps and watched Criminal Minds the rest of the day and I played in the snow for hours! It was like a white blanket on the ground; so beautiful.
If you can see, I drew a face on the car like the cars in the movie Cars. I had fun with it. The next morning I woke up with a note written in the snow on the car saying Jesus loves you. Now that made my whole day!
After playing in the snow my hands were numb so I made a warm bath that turned out to not be warm unfortunately. We are having trouble with our apartments hot water and can't wash clothes, the dishes, ourselves, hands, etc. in hot water because it runs out after 5-7 minutes. So I didn't think about that when I made my bath and sat shivering. Cody came in and realized I was absolutely miserable and sweet thing, ran and pot by pot heated water to pour into my tub for an hour. He even stopped his football game on TV each time to do that. He is such a sweetheart guys! Marry a man who doesn't think twice to inconvenience himself to make sure you are happy and ok. I was so grateful for a warm bath. We will have to fix this water situation for Cody's sake lol, jk. Oh! and the bamboo thing across the tub is a Christmas present I got from mom along with the blue bath bomb and shower jelly. (They are all natural lush products and are so beyond cool!)
On another note, my post-workout exhausted face! I am on my last month of the T25 cycle and have completed 150 days so far with 24 left to go. I have lost a good little amount of weight and have my last goal to lose 12 more pounds this last month. I am very motivated right now and am excited for the positive changes. At the end of the month I will still be 15 pounds away from my end goal but will still continue the workouts just a lot less strict and only every other day.
Another exciting thing coming up for the Raborn family is our marriage retreat this weekend. Cody and I are excited out of our minds for this! It is an FCA (fellowship of Christian athletes) marriage retreat for all of the FCA leaders and their wives! Since Cody is the leader at his high school we get to go! It lasts from Friday to Sunday. And sadly, that Monday, MLK day, we take down the Christmas tree. Sad day. We stretched it out as long as we could!!
Thank you so much for checking out this short little post and all of my posts to be exact! I appreciate your time into our lives everyone! Have a fantastic New Year!
Love,
The Raborns
1-11-16
P.S.- Today is Cody's 23 1/2 birthday and tomorrow is mine. It is the hardest thing in the world to believe we are now closer to 24 than we are to 23. That just can't be possible because we just turned 23 a few weeks ago right? It was just July like a month ago! Right?! Man time does fly doesn't it.
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