Just when you think you've got things figured out, and are working on your "plan" - God throws you a curve ball!
Most recently, I've been working very hard on my college edu-ma-cation; maintaining a 4.0 GPA and just got accepted to the National Honor's Society.
The past year, I've been working very hard at trying to prepare for a life-long career. I've become a Notary Public, got my Personal Training Certificate, and just completed my Real Estate Licensure courses and pre-exams. I've been trying to decipher which path is going to be right for me all the while.
I've done all kinds of work from landscaping to retail, from detailing to marketing, from data entry to management. I'm not ashamed to do ANY kind of work, for ANY kind of pay. I'm happy to be working, and usually am the guy that works at being the BEST at whatever it is that I'm working on/for at that time...
I've also chased a few entrepreneurial ideas in the past year. One of which has me working for The Fighter Warehouse right now, with a good friend of mine. But the pay isn't exactly great, as it's an investment opportunity more/less.
So it's been a year since I've been working "full-time" per se. I've been focused on school, and trying to find out "who I am" in the career field... Which has ultimately brought me back to the Real Estate Industry, just as a Sales Associate now... But I'm waiting - for my State Application to get approved, so that I can attempt to take (and God willing PASS) the State Exam. EVEN THEN - I'm still just paid via a commission - which means I *have* to make sales/deals in order to make an income (over and above what I'm making by working for The Fighter Warehouse)...
All this is fine and dandy, when it's just been Amanda & I - and we have moved in with my folks late last year to save money to payoff some debt and hopefully buy a home in 2008.......
Here's the curveball:
We're pregnant!
While very excited, and very blessed - it's bringing amongst many thoughts, many worries, and many emotions that I couldn't even explain... This is our first child, we're not married (yet) - we do have plans on being married, and had plans on having children after we got married... But this is God's plan - not ours. His curveball has been thrown, and we're up to bat.
Now we need to swing for the fences... I have to hit a homerun; I've got no other options. It's no longer just about me or even Amanda & I... Now there's a larger reason, a larger goal, a larger priority!
I'm rambling... I'm trying to get my thoughts to come out straight; but I'd be lying if I said they were! I'm very excited, very nervous, very scared... We've got to find a home, preferrably to buy (with little money out of pocket)... I've got to pass my State Exam... I've got to pass my Humanities Exam tomorrow... I've got to write an 8 page research paper on Child Obesity by next Thursday... I've got to write a 3 page essay on a local art museum (which I have to visit still) by next Monday...
Oy vey... I've got to get some sleep........
