Here's what's newsy

I got a new job!  I'll be doing what I did before moving out here (product development), which I loved doing.  It's also a small company and will probably keep me very busy, but I'm definitely looking forward to it.  It's not manufacturing, so that's really the best part.  Saving 12 miles a day on my commute is just icing on the cake.  I start in a little over a week, so I just have to get through the last 3 days in manufacturing, holding to my commitments as best I can, and not pulling my hair out in the meantime (which is now cut short, so less to grab onto).

I know I've sounded very depressed since I moved out here.  It's really not the case.  I have a wonderful husband who loves me and takes care of me, and I've never once regretted moving to be with him.  I've just had a very stressful job that wasn't at all what I expected, and a situation where I wasn't getting direction or feedback from my boss, and I couldn't see that I wasn't going down the right path at work.  It helped once I got a new boss, and I've learned a lot, but the constant stress, long hours, not enough sleep/rest, and frequent weekends have drained me emotionally, and that's what's come out in all my posts on facebook and buzz.

I know that my hope lies only in Jesus, but that hasn't been conveyed very well, and I don't want that to be the case.  That hope (and the loving support of my husband) have been what's kept me going and from losing my mind. My faith has never wavered; I was a little too focused on my circumstances, but there were lessons that would not have come across otherwise. I have learned a lot about myself, mostly that I am a sinner in need of grace (which I've always known, just not always emphasized in my life) and about what I need to do to be an effective worker (in which to share Christ through my actions as well as be a good employee).

At any rate, here's to a fresh start, where I don't have to prove myself, where I can start anew with a refreshed mind, and where hopefully I will have a better opportunity to share Christ with the people around me (which I'm really bad at and have never really done).

All glory to Him for His provision and the hope and grace He's poured out on me.