I've Got the Money, Honey. You've Got the Time

Note: This was written in July of 05 soon after my arrival to South Carolina. There was so much drama upon my arrival---I didn't post for two months.
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Remember me???????

I haven't posted much lately because I couldn't see the post on this monitor. I think I have it figured out now, so here goes nothing.

I got a new job...FINALLY. It's not for lack of trying, but it's taken me nearly 2 months. Granted...the first week I was here (arriving on a Tues. and having that interview on Wed.) I was pretty much just settling in. The week after that we headed for Tennessee to visit a sick friend who later turned out to be a super con-artist....

Needless-to-say, I really didn't start looking until the third week I was here. Since then, there has been another trip to Tennessee and a good friend of Gail's (Rudy) had to be hospitalized for a stroke. (She is doing better...slowly but surely.) It's been an active 2 months I must say. I've been keeping busy in one way or another but had just started to feel a little worthless when this job came along. Thank goodness. I was close to crawling in a hole again...no one wants that.

I am the new head toddler teacher at "The Sunshine House" down the street. I should start on Tuesday. YAY! I'm very excited. The pay is decent--not great, but I can't be picky at this point--and I get my own room and free reign. I will have two assistants and I can make my own daily plans based on the Creative Curriculum program.

It's probably only about 120 feet from the front door of Gail's apartment, so transportation and gas is not an issue. THAT is a real blessing, for sure. Not that Gail minded, but it's nice to not have to worry about the car and getting back and forth and everything.

Being away from Ohio has proved to be a little sad for me--something I didn't expect. I'm sure it's just the familiarity of it all, but sometimes I get a little homesick now and then. I really didn't see it coming as I was so anxious to get away from there. I DO love it here in South Carolina, however. The people are very welcoming. My congregation is great (esp. the PO). It's difficult for me to put it all into words. Yes, I do miss Ohio sometimes. I suppose I'll always have a fondness for the place I was born and raised. What is so surprising to me though is that SC really feels like home now. There has been a lot of sadness and heartache happening around here (just as there was back home) but there has been so much love and happiness surrounding me as well.

That's something different to me. It's a change that I welcome it with open arms. I suppose that is what home REALLY is. Knowing that no matter what happens there will always be love around the corner. There has been SO many things happening around here that I could have written about...now that I know how to change this so that I can actually see the words as I am typing them, I will post more often for sure. Until next time...