My Job

In December I learned my job would be changing.  I'll still be doing the same job but I won't be handling IL claims anymore.  I've handled IL claims for my entire 20 plus year career.  In mid March I will be handling claims entirely on the west coast, 11 states in all.  When I first learned this news I was upset.  I took it personally but as I've had time to absorb the news I am confident that in the long run it will be good for my career and the bottom line is I'd rather have a job than no job at all.  I got home today from spending the week in Cincinnati.  I met my new team and my new supervisor.  I also met my home office supervisors.  The good news is I really like my new supervisor, team and home office supervisors.  There really isn't any bad news.  But learning these new states will be a challenge.  As I get older I get a little "edgy" about my job.  I think it's because I know all things change and I work in a basement office day in and day out.  Certainly the winters can be LONG and there are some days I question my sanity and wonder if I should move to OH and end my career in an office.  However, after spending a week in a office it was a good reminder to myself that cube farms give me the creeps.  Unless I'm forced to, my behind will continue to work from my basement until I retire (if I'm lucky).  In todays corporate world I am well aware of the fact that things change but I don't have a crystal ball.  I can't predict the future.  All I can do is what is best for me and my family and move forward.  I remind myself often that God has taken such good care of Mike and I with our jobs, more than we deserve.  I have no doubt that God will continue to guide us, open doors or shut them when needed.  It is my job to make the best of what I have, continue to work on myself and be the best worker I can be and trust.  I trust that God's plan is always better and when my brain takes off in a million different career directions (none of them provide any sense of real clarity or reality) I can rest knowing that God's got this!

Snow Day

This week we had quite a snow fall along with cold temperatures.  Paired together it got the boys a snow day off from school.  I really dislike winter and every year that goes by I dislike it even more, however, even though I don't like it, it is pretty!  This snow stuck to the trees and when the sun gleamed through the trees in the early morning it was absolutely beautiful.

Here is Nick on his snow day.  He's relaxing on his deck in his lawn chair with this electric stove, fake plant and his dog.  It's so Nick!