At least once a week for the past five months I've mentioned "the grant" on blog. For those of you who are new around here "the grant" I'm referring to is a grand my camp had applied for to transform my current job as seasonal program/assistant director into full time. I'm not exaggerating when I say it has been a never ending saga of jumping through hoops and thinking we've reached the end only to discover more paperwork needed to be filled out, or they misplaced information they got over the phone or that the person in charge of our application was leaving that department so it was being passed on to somebody else. When the original proposal and application was sent in the requested start date was October 28. October 28. Needless to say that date passed and with each month we assumed the odds of getting approval decreased significantly. The most frustrating part of the whole thing was the grant was never "denied", it was sitting in limbo. Which meant I was sitting in limbo too. I couldn't sign on a contract anywhere else because if the grant was approved I obviously wanted to be working there.
Tuesday we heard from the person overseeing our application and he said something along the lines of "things look good". It was so tempting to get excited but "things look good" is a long way away from "approved". So I didn't get excited. Then yesterday morning we got official approval! And a start date of February 3rd. That gives me 9 days to move. Nine days to find an apartment in the city (that meets all my requirements and is budget friendly) and pack and move and start work.
My anxiety is pretty darn high at the moment.
I had a bunch of posts planned for this week but with all the chaos I didn't get a chance to edit & hit publish. I suspect that pattern will continue for the next few days while I figure out the details of the move. Things are a bit overwhelming but I'm trusting that everything will work out God is in the details. I'll find a place to live that is near work, has parking, in a safe part of town and affordable. Everything is happening pretty fast but it's all good things! I just need to keep reminding myself to breathe and enjoy the experience.
9 Days to move? Ooftah!! Crossing my fingers that all goes smoothly for you with minimal stress! Glad you heard back finally, though :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Friday!
Congrats on the approval and good luck with moving!
ReplyDeleteYay! Congratulations! God has worked things out so far, so things will continue to work out - even with the nine day deadline! It's crazy what God does in our "last minute."
ReplyDeleteThat's so awesome! Congratulations, Donna! Hoping everything goes smoothly.
ReplyDeleteYou've got a lot to accomplish in a little bit of time! Congratulations on the job however, that's so AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations! May God bless you as you start this new, exciting experience!
ReplyDeleteHurray!! Wow, after all that waiting and all those forms--this is so exciting for you!! You sure do have some busy days ahead of you!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the job! You may be stressing a little now (and I don't blame you) but you may also look back in weeks to come and see God's hand in everything that happens and realise it all happened like this for a reason. He would never put you through something that He doesn't think you can handle. All the best!
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