Last Friday

Last Friday was a really great day!  But, before I get to that I have to go back to the beginning of the month, actually back to December.  Back in December I was feeling pretty frustrated about working at Target again and frustrated because I felt like I wasn't really moving forward in life, and that I had somehow even regressed.  So, I got on the human services website for the state of Texas and found a social work job opening with the department of family protective services (DFPS).  I have applied for this job so many times over the last year that I can't even count how many times it's been.  When I didn't hear back from them within a few weeks I decided to just give up on finding a job in the social work field.  I was feeling pretty discouraged.

Now back to the beginning of the month:  At the beginning of the month I received a call from the hiring specialist at the DFPS asking me if I'd like to interview with them.  "Only H#*@ yeah!" was the reply in my head!  I went to the interview feeling so exhausted!  It had been a long week of 5 am wake ups to drop Michael off at work.  I felt like the interview went pretty well, I felt at ease even though there were 5 people in the room.  Of course after I started wondering why I used certain examples and not others, and then I really didn't know what to think! But I somehow felt at peace and like everything would be okay.

Fast forward to Friday.  The hiring specialist called offering me the job!!!  I was so excited, and still am!!  The timing actually works out perfectly too because Michael and I have a vacation planned for the first half of April, and I don't start work until we get back!  I was actually at work on a break when the guy called offering me the job.  It was perfect because I was able to give my two weeks that same day.

I'm not sure about the specifics of my new job yet, but I will be a conservator worker, which is a social worker who works with children and families after the children have been removed from the home.  It will be a lot of meetings, reports, visits, planning, and court.  Four years ago when I started my degree in social work this is the job that I had in mind as what I'd like to do with my degree.  I feel so blessed to finally be given this opportunity!

The timing also worked out perfectly with the release of the movie "The Hunger Games."  I have been so excited for this movie for quite some time!  I LOVE the books, a lot.  I've read the series several times and was a little bit nervous when I learned they were making it into a movie.  But it did not disappoint and in some ways I liked it even more.

Last Friday definitely ranks near the top as one of my best day's ever!!