So I've been wanting to blog and share the good news with everyone (like the good book aka the Holy Bible tells us to do), but Casey wanted to make sure everything was finalized before doing so, which was a wise move. CASEY GOT A NEW JOB!!!!!! PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!(Can you tell I'm excited?!) Now let me start off saying, that his current (but soon to be former job) was a job, which we know that alone is a blessing that so many do not have, and it gave us enough money to eat and help pay our monthly bills. I will always be grateful to God for that, but his job and work environment are not what they were when he first started there 7ish year ago, and the direction it has gone has not been in the positive one. When we first started dating in December 2010 some nights he would have to work till 7:00 at night (when he would get there at 7:00AM) and then go in on some Saturdays without being compensated for the extra hours since he was a salary employee. Needless to say this was hard to only see each other for a couple hours on weeknights if we saw each other every day, which we did not. Plus, when we did see each other, he was exhausted. Casey really didn't complain (I took care of being irritated for the both of us). It looked like the only way for things to get better and for him to progress his career any, he was going to have to leave this company.
Once we got the resume updated, conditions improved somewhat with such things like him getting off at 6 and the Saturday's he had to work decreased. So he had hope that maybe he could stay with this job because of the positive changes we were starting to see, but after awhile it just got worse again and clearly Casey was not happy. We got engaged and began the craziness of wedding planning, merging two lives into one, buying a house,etc. Given all that chaotic-ness and stress, we decided it probably was best for Casey not to look for a new job because there was just too much other stuff going on. He actually had an interview with another company during this time, but for reasons it did not work out and that was okay. The wonderful man he is kept going to this job Monday through Friday (and yes Saturday's again) and it would break my heart when he would tell me on Friday night that he was sad he had to go back there again on Monday morning.
Meanwhile, very steadily some of Casey's coworkers were quitting for various reasons, such as going back to school, but there were many that were just moving on to other places. Now that we were married and living in one house, it was time for the search to begin again. We prayed very diligently that God would show us where Casey needed to be, and we knew he would answer us, but God's timing and our timing rarely coincide. so we were trying to do our best to prepare ourselves for the long road. Casey tried looking online for jobs, but he couldn't do it while he at work, and with being there most of the day , he didn't have much time to look on his own. One of his former coworkers who was one of the first to leave this company gave Casey the name and number of a recruiter he had used to find him his next job. Casey contacted him, and after several phone calls back and forth, the recruiter found a job that seemed to match what Casey was looking for. The recruiter submitted his resume and on July 31st Casey went in for the interview. (Funny sidenote here: Casey has to get his boss to sign a form whenever he wants to take vacation, well the morning of his interview that was later that day, this form to take the afternoon off still had not been signed. Casey went in his boss's office and asked him to sign the form, and his boss jokingly replied back "I'll sign it unless you're going to an interview". While his boss can not really stop him from interviewing, we also didn't want him to know Casey was looking to leave, so Casey recovered nicely and told him if he was, that he would bring him back something nice!)
Casey said the interview went GREAT! He even texted me when he was in the Human Resources area filling out paperwork by himself that there was putt putt outside. He said everything there seemed really laid back and people seemed like they enjoyed working there, which was a very nice and welcomed change. This company was very family oriented (YAY!), it's the kind of place where they work hard, but also play hard too. They told him they had interviewed at least one other person, but were looking to fill the position sooner than later, so at least the waiting game wouldn't be forever, as I am definitely the less patient one of us. We kept praying that this would work out, but knew if it didn't God had something better planned for Casey. The following Tuesday his recruiter called and gave us the good news that he had gotten the job! YAY! While Casey would have loved to just given his 2 weeks notice then, we decided to wait till we had everything finalized with his new company (background check, drug test, offer letter and other paperwork signed) until he gave his 2 week notice, which he did today. We are grateful for all that his soon-to-be former company taught him and for the friendships he was able to make over the years, but are looking forward to this wonderful new opportunity God has blessed us with!!
"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose." Romans 8:28
