After many months of submitting applications and a very long interview process that included 1 phone interview and 3 face-to-face interviews, I have accepted a new job!!  The position is Editorial Assistant for the Journals division of a medical company called Society of Critical Care Medicine in Mt. Prospect.  It will mostly be administrative assistant work.  I'm really excited that I'm going to have a full-time career with a stable schedule and benefits.  It's also great to know that my rather pricey Judson University education is finally going to be worth it all!  I'm very thankful to God for providing me this opportunity.  On the one hand, the application process did seem to take a while, but in the scheme of things, I am blessed to be able to get a job like this so soon - especially considering the economy.  It makes me realize that I couldn't have gotten it on my own, but only with God's help. 

I am very easily discouraged, and I really need to work on my faith that things will work out in good time.  The whole situation is humorous because I applied for the job kind of as a last-ditch effort.  I didn't even tell anyone that I applied for it originally because I just was thinking, "Oh well, I'll try for this, but I'm sure they'll turn me down just like all the others."  When I got my phone interview, I thought I blew it and figured that I should give up on the whole thing.  Then, after waiting for that response, I was discouraged and told a friend that I was unsure what I was supposed to do in life.  Almost immediately after this texting conversation, I received an email saying that the company wanted a face-to-face interview.  The whole scenario was like that.  I'm just very thankful!!

It's crazy to think that this upcoming week will be my last one at the library.  I will miss my coworkers, but not really the insane patrons.  I think that will be the most awesome thing about leaving - ha!  I start the new job on November 2.  It's scary to think about learning new things, but mostly I am just happy to start this exciting new position.

Wow, a lot has certainly gone down since my last entry.  I've become lazy about Xanga updating because I use my Facebook a lot more.

To sum everything up into a small section, I've graduated college, gotten married, gone on the honeymoon, and I now live with my husband, James, in our apartment in Crystal Lake.  Craziness... I still feel way too young to be a wife!  I'm still looking for a job.  The Tyndale thing didn't work out-- but honestly, it would have been a crazy commute.  I wish there was a job opportunity like that but in Crystal Lake instead of Wheaton.  I applied for a library job, and I'm still looking for other things.  We'll see.  I know something will work out.

James and I honeymooned in Disney World.  It was the coolest vacation ever!  We stayed at the Beach Club.  I got to go to all 4 parks, plus Blizzard Beach Waterpark.

That's all for now.  I gotta clean the apartment some more.

Right about now, I would like for the weather to look similar to the layout on my Xanga page, but apparently the seasons have gotten together to create a mass conspiracy to eliminate spring altogether.  We are supposed to get MORE SNOW this weekend!!  As Justin aptly put it in his Xanga post, if it does in fact snow, I will have "...an uncontrollable urge to throw myself under a bus."