Job Changes!

I'm back again, with more updates on this chaos I like to call my life. But a great chaos it is. :)  Time to talk about mine and Jordan's jobs.

Last year, Jordan made the big decision to leave his job he had for 10 years. We were anxious and prayed that we were making the right decision for our family in the long run.  Let's just say that the next 12 months were a little difficult. Not getting home til 10pm during the week usually, working most weekends, missing out on family/friend gatherings, it was definitely starting to take a toll. Not to mention during my 'busy season' at work, it was a struggle with our schedules and taking care of the kids. Finally, the time came when he could apply for a promotion.  After getting discouraged by some missed opportunities, we knew God had a different plan for us he was waiting on. In July, Jordan transferred over to the Rockwall store in a management position. All his hard work and sacrifices had finally paid off. He'd be 10 minutes from the house and working better hours. It's definitely not 8-5, but it's so much better than how it was before (typical of retail, I guess). When he has to work weekends, he comes home during lunch to spend time with me and the boys. If me and the boys are out running errands, we can easily swing by and say hi to Daddy at work.  Needless to say, we're happy about this new change in our life.

Ironically, the first day of Jordan's new job, I started my new one, too.  I'm still at KPMG (after nearly 8 years, who would have thought?!), but decided to take advantage of an opportunity that I felt would be a good fit. I don't how much you know about being an auditor in public accounting (I still get the stereotypical question regarding taxes and April 15th, but I don't even do taxes, people!!), but it gets pretty crazy at times.  I'm in client service, so fire drills happen and unexpected things come up all the time. And January through March typically meant anywhere from 50-70 hour work weeks,even being part-time. It's hard enough to juggle a regular job with two kids, a husband, and household as it is, never mind throwing in more stress and long hours. I'd finally had enough and was tired of working so much. An opportunity presented itself to join a national team of eight people in our firm that works on special projects. I won't bore you with details. :) But it's been a good change.  It's been a little over a month now, and I'm still figuring things out.  It's different, that's for sure.  But I know where I'm working at each day, know that I can leave on-time, and don't really have to pull out my laptop every night at home to do more work.  Oh, and I can collect a full paycheck again for the first time in 2 1/2 years! It's a two-year rotation, so I've got a long way to go still, and I don't necessarily want to think about what's going to have to happen at the end of the two years. We'll cross that bridge when we get there.

Anyways, there's been big changes going on as far as work goes, but we've got a good routine going on now. Jordan usually pulls the morning shift getting the kids to daycare, and I pick them up. It works out well, and I've actually become a bit of an early bird these days (well, getting to work by 8 is considered an early bird for me!).