more of those doors and windows.

A couple of years back I posted about closing doors and open windows. Here's part II.

I have been offered a full time position. I feel soooo extremely blessed. I also feel pretty broken up about leaving Miles. I'm going to miss my two dudes a lot. I have been blessed to have them both around the past four months. It's been heaven (usually-haha).

I interviewed last Thursday for a position at ASU. Up to this point I had applied for quite a few ASU positions but had only been asked for one interview before this and never offered a job. Obviously. My interview went pretty well, but I still didn't know what to expect and to he honest, didn't really have my heart set on it because it was full time. However, I felt the Spirit working on me beginning on the drive home, and the rest of the day. Even that morning, before the interview, I had thoughts of adjusting to a life of full-time employment. And I knooooow how the Spirit works with me. Heavenly Father puts these ideas slowly in my head, but they are definitely not subtle. They are very realistic and matter of fact. That's how I know I didn't make them up. I am such a worrier that when they're my thoughts, it's a bunch of “but what about this…or that…” But when it's the Spirit it's just, “oh yeah. Of course this…or of course that…” accompanied by peace.

Annnnywaaaaay. Friday I received a text from my old coworker/friend who I listed as a reference for me and she said how well her reference call went. My heart just broke. And yep, that afternoon, I had a phone call from ASU offering me the position. I asked for the weekend to think about it. But I knew. I knew.

I prayed. I went to the temple. I pondered at church. I discussed with Shawn. And I knew.

My instincts and love and mother heart are telling me one thing---you cannot leave that little baby boy. You need to take care of him. He needs you. (Wow. I just re-read that part as I was proofing and ai-yi-yi! Tears! Bah!)

But the Spirit is telling me something else---yes, that is your most prized and important roll, but that won't change and right now this is a huge blessing and just what perfectly needs to happen.

So I strapped on my faithful shoes and will now take each step forward with them on my feet. As well as a box of Kleenex in my hand that first week of work. Ha!

Another blessing was that I needed to wait for the first day of the next full pay period. Lucky me, I had juuuuust missed it and I now have two blissful weeks to mentally and emotionally adjust. So! here's to the BEST summer vacation I could ever ask for as I love every single day to it's fullest. Sometimes that means I just take a couple of naps with the Miles and let him sleep on my chest. Other times that means going to the zoo with Erica and Carter and my sweet family and then going for Miles' first swim. So, that's what we did yesterday.

The good thing about these closing doors and opening windows, they always how me how much Heavenly Father is just so deeply aware of me and now, my family too!