Working Hard For No Money

Robert's working again! Yeay! He got his first paycheck and we had a good chuckle over it...we had to I supppose - sure beats the alternative. Thankfully, we weren't expecting anything, and that's exactly what we got, so we weren't in the least disappointed.


So far the job seems to be going well - for those of you who aren't up to speed yet, he's working at Menards - a retail store similar to Home Depot/Lowes. He's going through their crazy Management Training program which is about 12-weeks of long hours, lots of reading and test taking, and when you come out the other side they have lots of opportunities available for advancement; and right now, you just cant beat that. Robert is also pursuing an Accounting degree (in all his spare time) online through the Univ. of Phoenix- he's survived two semester-long classes packed into 5 weeks so far. All in all, he's been crazy busy - we see very little of him these days; however, we are so thankful and proud that he's working so hard to get us though to the other side of this recession. Its been tough, but we're all hanging in there. We're surrounded by people who are praying for us, supporting us (in more ways than one), and cheering us on - and we're confidant that God is not finished with us just yet. There's always a silver lining...