So, where do I stand? What's going on? Well, you can to refer to my profile description if you would like to have a brief synopsis, or keep reading for those wonderful details we all look for in good books =D
Right now, I'm tackling the obligations of both work and school which worked out quite well until... I decided to take a statistics course :S. Oh to my horror what a pickle I was in. At first, as most classes do, it seemed easy, but as the weeks progressed, there was no way. I quickly asked my manager if he could cut my hours so I could have more time to study. Thankfully, I'm only working 23 hours a week. Now here's the crazy part. So i'm up till one in the morning studying for the test (which was the next day) then I get up at six to keep studying. The whole time focusing on all of these hard problems that the instructor talked about in class. I go to take the class and the problems were so rudimentary and simple that I barely understood how to do them! I still don't know how I did, but I'm concerned. It twas the most perplexing thing!
Student by morning... Safeway checker by afternoon/night. That's right, I'm a bonafide Safewayonian. I started working there about two months ago. It's a pretty good gig, or is it more... like a career maybe? Get this, both the manager and assistant manager called me into their office and told me that I could be a manager one day. Hmmm, sounds good I thought. The alternative was to become a programmer... I have a great dislike for programming. There simply no way that I could do that. It's too boring, and you have to work 70+ hours a week! This conflicts with the true goal of my life. To get married and have a family, and I can't very well take care of them if I'm never home. Managers make about 90k and works about 40 hours a week - IN PULLMAN! Yeah, I was pretty much sold on this idea immediately. Also, you can work where ever there is a Safeway =D. Once I get my MBA It'll be really easy to move up to regional manager or even corporate.
Ultimately though, God leads and I'm willing to follow. He has a better plan for my life than I can dream up. We just have to be open to His will in our lives. Honestly, I have no idea what I want to do with my life as far as a career goes, and I'm praying that God will guide me in this. Although, there is one thing that I wholeheartedly desire God to work into his plan, a family.
Sincerely,
Jack Lewis
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.
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