A new job?

Because I was home with the flu on Wednesday, and I didn’t get all my work done, I went in to the office again today. Didn’t help much. Dave had another full day’s work for me. I got SOME things done. Some account review info. Completed two applications for Dave. Sorted through 181 emails. Near the end of the day I was tired and having a difficult time staying on task. I didn’t get home ‘til 4, but I probably could’ve made that 3 if I’d been paying attention. I was distracted. Tom called and offered me a job. Not a job I’d LIKE, but a job paying $40/hour, 20 hours/week for the next 3 months. A LOT of money. Working from a computer. Hours are flexible, but you must be available for conference calls, etc. He says I’m capable, I probably could do it, but WHEN am I going to fit that in.

So I spent the afternoon figuring out how/if it was possible. Several ideas came to my mind about being more organized. Especially the scripture: “…house of order…” I realized I have been falling down in this area.

Went to the temple with Mom and Dad. Dave said he wanted to go to the temple before we decide about Tom’s job. And he wanted to go for our date, so we went. The temple was PACKED. Both waiting rooms were full. We waited over 30 minutes for a session, then again before we could move for the final part. That drove Mom crazy. Me, not so much. I’m getting used to just relaxing when you can’t change anything. I was mostly thinking about the job. Is it a blessing from Heavenly Father to help us earn the money for a baby? Or is it a distraction from Satan, helping me to ignore my kids. Not very far into the session, I knew I needed to say no. I was bummed and questioned/rejected it at first, but it was pretty clear: “say no.”

Last time I went to the temple (right before Christmas), I was pondering the adoption when I felt the Kiersti came and said “he’s coming” in an excited way. That didn’t mean tomorrow, but it was very comforting. This time I was pleading, “ Kiersti, where are you? I’m confused. What do I need to do to prepare?” I don’t know that I felt HER as strongly this time, but I did have a good feeling that everything would be OK.

After the temple we ate dinner at Angie’s with Mom and Dad. They ran out of salmon right before us, so we ended up with other things. It was good, but Mom was still stressed about the time. We leave tomorrow morning at 10 for Blanding. (Curtis, my indian placement uncle,'s son is leaving on a mission and we are going to the farewell...mom, dad, karen, and I)