New Job

In a week from now I will be starting a new job...the opportunity just presented itself, that is just how my career has gone, things just happen. As I look back I realize how blessed I have been. For the most part I have had great supervisors who want to see me succeed. Could I have endured a new job a year ago? No way. But now, I THINK, I can handle it. I've been with this organization for many years. The last time I made this big of a jump I had Travis to fall back on. Seven years ago I changed organizations in the middle of December. The holidays. When everyone has a hard time focusing. Office parties, gift exchanges, potlucks. No one knew me and I didn't know anyone and I remember talking to Travis on the phone, or should I say crying on the phone to him, telling him how much I hated it. I remember him saying, "Well, then go back to your old job. They liked you over there and you were happy." Of course, I stuck it out, but it was nice knowing that if I DID want to go back, he was OK with it.

That's just how Travis was...always supportive of whatever I wanted. When I had a chance for a new position we would talk about it and he always said, "Babe, you do whatever you want to do...Ya, the money would be nice, but you do whatever makes you happy."

But let's face it, now the situation is different. I don't have another person to fall back on, another income to help make ends meet. It's all up to me, unfortunately. However, I am a true believer in things happening for a reason, and maybe this opportunity is happening now for a reason. Maybe Travis has something to do with it, who knows? All I know is that he is rooting for me, and saying I can do this...