Weekends

Today is a beautiful day. Weather is much warmer than it has been the past couple of months and the sun is shining brightly. Peter worked his first shift at the hospital last night and it will take some getting use to, but he absolutely loves how busy the wing is. I am so thrilled for him as he begins this new endeavor. I am sitting here on the couch with the windows open and watching Food Network. Life cannot get much better or more relaxing than this right now. It feels good to put my feet up after a day of cleaning, shopping, and running around town. Peter slept in till about noon and then we went downtown to the Farm Basket for lunch today. That place is just way too cute! We loved walking around and looking at the things they had and the lunch was perfect and easy. We may have to make this a ritual:)

This past week at work was absolutely crazy, to say the least. I barely had time to breathe from day to day. Thursday and Friday I was double-booked with meetings and also had back-to-back meetings both days. Monday does not look any better. I have to say though that I love every bit of it and would not wish it to be any different. I have a passion for Liberty and the students. Higher education is something that I truly love and I would love to continue in this field for a while. I never could have imagined that I would be in a Financial Aid office helping students make their dreams come true or better yet, be in another management position. It truly has been a blessing on my life and I thoroughly enjoy each person that I work with.

We have some friends coming over this evening that we typically hang out with on the weekends. My friend and I have been wanting to try our hand at creme brulee so we are going to tackle that tonight. We will see how it turns out! We plan to grill on this beautiful evening! Well, I am going to get ready for the evening just wanted to give an update to what is going on in our lives. Have a great rest of the weekend everyone!

Blessings

I am finally back blogging again...

There have been exciting things taking place in our life over the past couple of weeks. Things that have been complete blessings in our life that only the Lord could have orchestrated. Peter started an intense 3-week CNA course recently in one of the best training programs in the area. He really was hoping that he would eventually get a job at one of the hospitals here in Lynchburg once the class was over. He put in his application at Centra Health's website and applied for several positions that interested him. The teacher of his class (who has been in nursing for 25 years) told him that he would not get a call back from Centra Health and that he would need to be incredibly persistent to even get a call back. Peter got a little discouraged about that and I could tell in his voice that he really hoped it wouldn't be that way. Both of us continually prayed for him to get a call from one of the hospitals in the area and sure enough....he received 2---yes 2 phone calls from Centra Health that same week that he started his 3-week class wanting to interview him. He was so excited! The coolest part was he had not even finished the class NOR had he taken the VA State Exam. He went and interviewed with the head nurse at Lynchburg General Hospital in the Progressive Cardiac Unit and she hired him ON THE SPOT! She absolutely fell in love with Peter. Peter took his VA State Exam this past Saturday and passed with flying colors. He said it was an extremely stressful experience because there were people failing the test all around him. He was just elated when he called me after the test was over because if he had failed, he would have to wait another 2 weeks to take the test again and hoped he would pass. He will be working 3 12-hour shifts during the week, which means he will have 4 days off during the week/weekend, which he is thrilled about. He has already started his training/orientation and will work his first shift on the PCU floor on Friday evening. He has already received so many amazing opportunities and we cannot wait to see what happens from here on out.

We are both so thrilled and blessed that the Lord has provided something that will make him incredibly happy. He is used to this type of work since he worked in a Cancer ward and a nursing home when he was in high school. He loves the type of work and has a heart of gold to serve other people. Thank the Lord for providing him something so perfect for future plans.

As for me, not a whole lot is new here except for the fact that work is extremely busy (as to be expected right now) and I am loving every second of it. The one thing about my position is that I am busy all the time, which is great motivation for me and keeps me on my toes. I am running more and more each week and gearing up for my 5K run in April. I have always dreamed of running a race someday, but never thought I actually would. It is a lot of work with training and building you up to a certain point, but will be worth it in the end and I hope to continue to run races on a continual basis. Well, I am going to finish watching American Idol. Thank you all who have been praying for Peter over the past couple of weeks. We owe it all to God and could not be more thrilled!