Uncertainity

Wow, I have blogged 2x this week already! What a great way to start the new year! But don't get used to it, it more than likely will not last!! HAHA!! So this week has been up and down for me. I had a job interview at Duke yesterday for a research assistant position. I feel it went well. I had a phone interview the week before Christmas and it went so well that within 30 minutes of ending the phone call, they had already emailed me and asked me to come in for a face to face interview. It was really intense yesterday as I met with 3 different people. I of course answered the questions to the best of my ability and stressed that I am a fast learner and can do anything I put my mind too. I then emailed my thank you's to each person I interviewed with. The girl who I interviewed with on the phone immediately responded to my thank you email yesterday and told me that she felt I would be a significant impact to their division and she would hopefully have more information how how they planned to proceed with me next week. I feel semi-positive about this but I do not want to get my hopes up, just for them to be knocked down :( During my phone interview, she also told me that I was what they were looking for and she felt I would be great in a Coordinator position someday! So please pray for me. The downer with all this is the family I nanny for has decided to put their 2 year old in Montessori since they think it could be possible I only have a few weeks left BUT she needs to be put in next week or she loses her spot so her parents are unsure what to do. They did tell me if I get the job, then my last 2 weeks my hours would be 11:30-5:30 but with my full salary, but they cannot pay me my full salary for an extended period of time. If I do not get the job, my hours will be cut and I will only get paid for 30 hours/week rather than my full salary, something I can not live on. They also told me I could work 11:30-8 but that would not work well for me. I would not be able to have a social life at all during the week and honestly, I have worked those hours before and it did NOT work for me at all. So my ideal situation would be for me to get the job at Duke and work my last few weeks with full salary but reduced hours. I know God has a plan for me and I keep praying that this Duke job is part of His plan. I do not like feeling uncertain about my job security, especially in this economy.

Please continue to pray for me that things work out for me. 2010 is supposed to be a good year but its not starting off in the best of circumstances. But everything happens for a reason and things always have a way of falling into place....