patience is a virtue

I know everyone hates the saying "patience is a virtue" but throughout our first year of marriage, I would say Nick and I have learned to have a great deal of patience. When we were first married I was unemployed, and let's admit it, job hunting is not fun anymore. So I finally ended up getting a job at a middle school working part time, 17 hours a week. Not bad, it was a job, so I took it. I worked there and after a month or so it just wasn't the greatest thing ever. I wanted to be doing something I loved, so back to the hunt. I found a job at a bakery, my DREAM!! So I said good bye to the school and worked at Granite Bakery. Everything started out good, I started to get used to being at work a 6 a.m. but things shifted very quickly there. It became the most stressful job I have ever had, I thought baking and decorating was supposed to be fun? Well, there it's not. There were days I would go lock myself in the bathroom and cry. The owner had made it clear that she didn't like me all that much, and that I wasn't doing anything right. I would try to ask her what she wanted done and she would tell me to figure it out on my own. So I ended up quitting, it wasn't worth it to me anymore. And it wasn't fair to Nick, I was so down on myself and I didn't want him to see me like that anymore. So once again, on the hunt for jobs. But I got very lucky and was able to get a job quick, within a week I was working at Cafe Zupas. They were about to open a new location at Valley Fair, so I jumped on it and applied and got hired. To be honest I wasn't too excited to work there at first, but it was job and money. And it honestly turned out to be a great job, my manager was great and worked with my schedule and everything. It was perfect. Towards the end I was thinking I needed to get another job so I could get more money and save. I got a job at a credit union, and I was planning on working both jobs. I started at the credit union, training was great and I made some new friends. But once I got to my branch... that was a WHOLE different story. I had no help or support at all. My trainers were always off in la la land, and I felt very pressured. I didn't want to mess up there, I mean hello! I'm dealing with millions of dollars here! Help me out people! After the first week there, I was done, yup. Done. I still had my job at Zupas so it was no loss to me. So I continued working at Zupas while casually looking for other jobs. I wasn't looking as much as I was before cause I knew I had a good job. But one day, my manager had sent me on an errand to Coca Cola in Draper. And later that week I thought I'd check out their website. So I did and they were hiring in their money room, but the schedule was a night time shift from 3-9. Nick wasn't so sure about it at first, because our schedules would be so different. But we talked about it and agreed that I should just apply, it wouldn't hurt. I got a call a couple of days later and was able to interview on my day off. The lady that interviewed me didn't hire me on the spot, but sent me out for a drug test. I called Nick when I left Coke and told them that I was being sent for a drug test. He was so excited, he pretty much though I had been hired. But I didn't want to get my hopes up. About 3 days later I got a call back, and they wanted to hire me! I was thrilled! I was so exited to tell people that I work for COKE!! How cool is that?! As excited as I was to work for Coke, it was hard for me to tell Zupas that I was leaving. But I left on good terms and have started my new adventure at Coke. I absolutely LOVE  it! It is such a great job, I love my co workers, what I do, and everything about Coke. 
So throughout all the job hopping in the past year, I think I have found where I am supposed to be. And I have learned to be VERY patient. I waited and waited to find a good job, and I have it. It took me a while to get there, but I learned a lot on the way. And I'm so glad that Nick was there to help me the whole way, he is always there for me and I wouldn't have been able to get through this without him. And I'm sure he is just as happy as I am that I am working at Coke, that boy's blood is Diet Coke ;)
Well folks, thanks for reading!