My Husband

This is a little late, but too good not to share. Here are a series of text messages between Devon and I on July 15th...

Devon: 9:47am Im running the dishwasher. If I don't have time to do the dished before I leave you are forbidden from touching them.

D: 9:50am And were all out of dishwasher detergent.

Annette: 10:01am I'll grab some on my way home, I have to go to Wal Mart anyway.

D: 11:31am Baby. Near disaster! It involved the dishwasher. A stupid mistake by me. And lots of paper towels. But don't worry. Everything is fine.

A: 11:34am What'd ya do?????

A:12:40pm So ur gonna leave me hanging and not tell me what happened??

D: 1:01pm Just a little water on the kitchen floor. Didn't have time to make the bed or do the dishes because I had to clean up. But I think Hamilton (our cat) was entertained.

A: 1:08pm How did water get on the floor??

D: 1:48pm Don't ask questions. Just accept the facts.

By this time I'm starting to put 2 and 2 together...

A: 2:10pm You put dish soap in the dishwasher, didn't you?

D: 3:03pm You'll never know unless you can get Hamilton to sing.

A: 3:10pm I bet I can make you sing...

Sure enough I was able to make him sing. We didn't have enough dish washing detergent to fill the whole tray, so he supplemented the difference with dish soap. Lo and behold suds began to flow from the dishwasher and covered the kitchen floor. Luckily he was home to advert catastrophe! The only sad thing: I wasn't there to see it!

My husband may not be perfect, but he sure tries and I LOVE him for it!!!

Lazy weekday mornings.

I spent two weeks in job training working from 10 a.m to 6 p.m. Once I finished training I was assigned a team and started working at 7:30 a.m. - not a bad schedule, really.

Well, after one week of that there were some personnel shakeups and I've gotten put on the noon to 8 p.m. shift. I'm not very excited about the change, especially since Annette leaves for work at around 7 in the morning. Now, here I am sitting at home a little after 8 a.m. wondering what I'm going to do for the next three hours.

There is some house cleaning and dish washing to be done after being away at the family reunion all weekend. I could read a chapter of two of the book I've been working on. I could do some long-overdue Japanese study I never seem to have time to fit in. It looks like I'll have to start going to the gym in the mornings instead of late afternoons like I'd planned.

I think working the afternoon/evening shift is a lot more fun when you're single and can stay up as late as you want...

0% Unemployment Rate

That's right, the Black household has hit an unemployment rate of 0%! After almost four months I've finally found a job!! And the best part, I'm actually excited about it. I'll be working for the state. This is a completely new field to me, so there's a lot to learn, but I'm sooooo up for the challenge. Besides just being excited for the job itself, I'm excited I'm working for the State. First of all we'll get GREAT benefits. Second, I'll get off EVERY state holiday. Third, two words....JOB SECURITY!

It's been pretty discouraging the last few months, getting rejected by job after job after job. Every time I'd find out I didn't get a job Devon would say, "you just weren't meant to get that one, there's another that's better for you." I tried to believe it, but it was hard. But, as much as I hate to say it, Devon was right. In terms of job responsibility, security, pay, benefits, work environment and long term career goals, this jobs is heads and tails above all the others I've interviewed for. I am very blessed I was not offered any of those other jobs, leaving me open and available for this opportunity.