Good morning! This post is coming to you in real time from my first morning back in Charlotte! I am so grateful to our friends who have been generous enough to let me crash in their extra bedroom until J and I are ready to move into our new place later next week.
So I dropped a bit of a bomb on y’all on Monday then pretty much went MIA! I’m sorry! Many of you have been asking for details, and some of those are mine to share and some of them aren’t. And I hope you’ll understand that while I choose to keep a blog, my husband doesn’t and so I choose to keep some of what goes on private.
So I’ll share my details today! You’ve been asking me so Joey! What are you going to be doing? Good question! When the opportunity came up for us to move, I started praying really hard to find some direction. I’ve really enjoyed getting to stay home the last two years to pursue the writing. And Buies Creek was the perfect place to do that thanks to the opportunity to live in a house provided by the school and the fact that…well, there wasn’t a whole lot of temptation. Meaning: we ate nearly every meal at home and I wasn’t dropping $250 at Target every week. *guilty*
But when we decided to move back to Charlotte, I knew I’d need (okay, want) a little more flex in our budget. Charlotte is a fun town, and J and I enjoyed experiencing Charlotte when we lived here last. But I didn’t want to give up writing. I wasn’t quite at the place that writing would be enough.
Before we moved to Buies Creek, I nannied. I wasn’t looking for nanny jobs this time. In fact, I was focusing more on marketing type jobs. But I had this nagging thought in the back of my mind that if I went into a full-time business job, when would I write? J sent me a link to a nanny listing that was a little different than what I’d been doing the last 5 years.
I went to bed that night and prayed for some kind of answers. Something felt…right about it. The next morning I woke up, reactivated my Care.com profile, and applied. In the meantime, I got bombarded with interview requests from jobs I hadn’t applied for. It was absolutely overwhelming and a definite clear sign that God was saying “Joey! You need to be doing this! You’re good at this, and it’ll allow you to focus on your writing.”
That afternoon, I applied to be a consistent contributor to two online magazines. I told myself if I was brought on by one of them, I’d go back into nannying. That it would be the sign I need to continue with my writing career.
…I got hired by both.
I had many phone interviews on Sunday Feb. 22. Monday Feb. 23, J and I drove into town to interview for all of those jobs in person. When I left the interview for the listing J sent me (which was a 2+ hour interview, no less), I admitted to J when I got in the car that I just didn’t want to leave. Their home felt like home to me.
I was lucky enough for them to offer me a job mere days later. Everything went into high gear from there for us from packing up our home to securing an apartment, etc.
My hours allow for me to keep my normal writing schedule of 7-11 daily which is just unbelievable.
So I’m here. I said sayonara to Buies Creek on Monday, and I start my job later today. I’m crashing with our college buddies, and J will be following on the 14th!
So excited for your Mrs. Joey. Good things!
Very exciting!! I'm happy for you, and I look forward to hearing more updates! 🙂
So so exciting! Congratulations on ALL of your new jobs!
That is so exciting! Glad you were able to find something that would allow you to continue writing and have a little fun with some kiddies! I loved nannying I wish I had stuck with it because I love kids and it is so much more fun than a desk job 🙂
That is so amazing, I am really excited for you!
Yayyy so exciting! I'm glad you get to keep writing and have extra money for all the Charlotte fun. Charlotte has so much to offer and after small town NC I know living in Charlotte again feels like a breathe of fresh air. 🙂
Oh my gosh I love LOVE this post and couldn't be happier for you!!! So many great opportunities came up which means Charlotte is where you're supposed to be!! Ps. we may be doing the St. Patty's bar crawl so let me know if you wanna join in on the fun 🙂
So amazing how that all worked out. Here's to new and exciting adventures!
So so so exciting, it's all just so perfect! I know you were so faithful, in those hard hard times, and He provided. Love it and love you! BEST OF LUCK today friend 🙂
Good stuff! Best of luck to you!
So happy for you and all the great news coming your way! xo, Biana – BlovedBoston
Congratulations! I am sure these changes will be a blessing to you and your family. estherdavison@gmail.com
This is so beyond awesome. I am so so happy for you!! And that you get to keep on writing! It's so funny sometimes what we can be blessed with. Can't wait to read more about your adventures in Charlotte!
Yay! I'm so happy for you! This is going to be an exciting (revisited?) adventure!
So exciting to hear! Love to see how God works things out!
Hooray for finding a best of both worlds situation! That's amazing and I know you'll do great at both!
That is so awesome!! Congrats!! Very happy for you! 🙂
so many good things! congrats on it all girl, so happy for you!!
I'm so glad things are working out for you! Have you heard the saying that "good things take time, but great things happen all at once"?? I think it applies!
Best of luck today!
Wow! So much excitement!! Happy for you. 🙂
So excited for you!!! And glad I got to hear it all, I have missed all your little details on gchat these last two weeks!!! How awesome that you got hired by both magazines and you found a nanny job that feels right to you!!! This makes me so happy!
SO so cool, Joey!! I love how perfectly everything fell into place! Praise God 🙂 I hope you're enjoying Charlotte so far! Someday I want to take a trip there and we'll get to meet! :-p
The details are stinking exciting!!!!!! YAY! Congrats again. You are awesome 🙂
Yay! I'm so happy for you, Joey that everything is working out for you!
This makes me so happy for you & J! You definitely gave it all to God and let Him guide your heart to the right place for you! Now you're going to do great things in Charlotte! YAAYY!
Sorry I'm kinda late seeing this one. I love that you were patient enough to seek Him – sometimes I'm bad about making my own decisions. I can't wait for all of these new adventures you're starting on. Congrats, Friend!
So glad everything is falling into place
Congrats on all the jobs! So happy for you that things are falling into place. Good luck on your new endeavors!
Soooo glad everything fell into place Joey! Congrats on the jobs! I'm excited to follow you on this next adventure!
AH, congrats on the new job! So exciting how everything fell into place 🙂
This is so exciting! It's amazing how things just fall into place sometimes, Congrats on the new job, and I can't wait to hear more about life back in Charlotte! 🙂