Some news is good news

Well, it's not much, but we did catch a teeny, tiny, miniscule break today. Michael was finally able to get a hold of two different recruiters at a couple of companies this morning, and one told him to call back in a two weeks to set up an interview, and the other finally gave in and said they're not hiring this week, but to call back next week and see about setting up an interview. Now, believe me, if you're reading this it doesn't sound like good news at all, but at least these guys are finally answering their phones, AND the first company is only waiting two weeks because their HR department is at a conference until the second week in March, and the second company... oh man. Michael has been calling them 6 or 7 times a week since December, and that's no exaggeration, and every time he got a hold of the recruiter all he got was "Try again next week". Literally, that's what he was told every single time. THIS time the guy pulled his resume, put a star next to his name, and told Michael that because of his perseverance he's on the list to get an interview as soon as they starting hiring again, which will probably be in the next month or so. No job yet, but this at least gives us something to focus on. We're not giving up. Thank you God!

A night owl with nothing to hoot about...

Well Mr. Diary, it's 11:15 pm, and I can't sleep. Stress... I hate the word, and it seems like that is what is consuming my life. Every day, I wake up thinking about it. Don't get me wrong... I have an amazing family, great friends, I'm in school, and we have a roof over our head (for now), so, I have plenty to be thankful for, but I feel like I'm on a sinking ship with my eyes wide open! I see it happening all around me and there's not anything I can do to stop it. For the next 3 months we have exactly $703 left after paying our bills for food, gas, and any other emergency that we all know will come up if Michael doesn't get a job. $703!!!!! When I figured up our budget I just couldn't believe it! I don't even have health insurance anymore. What lesson am I supposed to be learning?!! Please God just spell it out for me... I'm much better with words than visuals. Please don't make us learn it the hard way. We go to church faithfully, we make our tithing, we're involved, we pray, we eat dinner as a family, we don't lie, cheat, or steal... please God. Let us catch a break. This burden is causing so much strain on my marriage... tonight when we got into bed (before I decided I couldn't sleep) we just rolled over to face opposite ways and went to sleep. No words and no good night kiss. My heart is breaking, and I don't know how to fix it. I'll continue my prayers, and as hard as it is, and as weak as I am sometimes, I will keep faith.

New job news

Well Michael met with someone from another ROV company this morning, and we did get some good news, but there's still no job. Gosh... what is the lesson we're supposed to be learning?! He's trying to hard, and it's getting so discouraging. This guy is going to try his best to get him on, but can't guarantee anything, and even if he does manage to get him hired it won't be for another month or so. I don't know what else we can do.

Getting impatient waiting on God's timing!!

So, in October Michael and I went out on a limb, did a lot of praying, and decided that Michael was going to quit he good paying job to go back to school for 16 weeks. The class was going to cost us $7000 PLUS living expenses, and thanks to my family we were going to pull it off. So, the last week of October Michael started class at TSTC in the Subsea Robotics program on December 19th he graduated. We were told a job in this field was a guarantee, and we had nothing to worry about because recruiters would actually be at his graduation scooping these guys up. Guess what... no recruiters showed. It's now the end of February and he still doesn't have a job and the money is running out FAST! We've been to Louisiana twice over the past two weeks, and have come out empty handed both times. We're doing a lot of praying, and trying to leave it up to God, but sometimes it is very hard when the fate of our livelihood seems like it might go down the drain if something doesn't happen soon. Tomorrow morning he is meeting with another recruiter, so, we are going to keep our fingers crossed that this time we will catch a break. We NEED him to catch a break.