Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. - The Gospel according to Ferris Bueller
Hi, friends and family.
Who would've thought so much could change in a matter of weeks? All of it seems to be pretty good, but just so much in such a short time!
After putting in a lot of thought, we both came to the conclusion that the positions we had (Jen at Stanford, Jeff at Gap) weren't really what we should be doing. Between weird schedules, illnesses and just general drama, we both submitted our resignations. The first week of October Jen left Stanford after having been with them for four years, and although she misses the people she met, she was quickly snatched up by another great organization. Before Jen went on medical leave, her boss wanted her to secure an externship for school before she would offer her more hours. This wasn't really in the plans, as the externship wouldn't start until January, but while searching for an externship, she was offered a position at Easter Seals. When Jen decided to leave Stanford, she pursued a position with Easter Seals and is now a Behavior Interventionist. We did worry about her hours and the finances, but Jen quickly picked up hours. She is not quite full-time (by choice for now; we still want to make sure the migraines subside) but she has five clients she currently works with. Three of them are in Fremont and pretty close to home, one in Hayward and one in Oakland. The company also gave her a laptop so she could work from home when doing data entry and paperwork, and they do pay her mileage when she travels which helps a lot!
Jeff was also offered a new opportunity. Through church someone recommended he look into working for New York Life, and he has done well with his training and networking with the more seasoned agents to learn the ropes. Although he hasn't been putting in the full-time hours, he has still brought in enough money that we decided he should leave Gap. Jeff had been offered an assistant manager position and had taken it, which is why he couldn't devote so much time to New York Life. For a while, he was working over 60-70 hours a week between trainings, appointments, and his regular shifts, and we hardly saw each other during that time. However, the time is now, and Jeff resigned from his post. His last day is this Tuesday, so only two more days. We aren't sure how we are going to celebrate, but we will both have to do something fun!
Since we brought up his insurance, here's a shameless plug. If you have any questions about life insurance, annuities, finances or anything along those lines, please feel free to contact Jeff and also "LIKE" his Facebook page. Here is the link to Jeff's page on Facebook.
The biggest blessing is that we will have a somewhat set schedule. Because one of us has always worked a weird schedule, things have at times been tough. We can't do things together as a family, and (especially when Jeff worked both jobs) we did not even see each other. But with these jobs, we can actually have some freedom. Jeff sets his own schedule with appointments for prospective clients, and Jen's schedule is set for Tuesdays through Saturdays. During the week she doesn't start until early afternoon and would be home by 7, and on Saturdays she has two kiddos but is home by 5:30 and has a 2-hour gap between sessions to come home, eat and relax. Our plan is to try to generally save Sundays and Mondays to run errands or to go out to places together on those days. Because we have had such a hectic few months, there is a small list of places we want to get to, like the Monterrey Bay Aquarium and The Tech Museum in San Jose to see the Mythbusters exhibit.
There are a few other posts that need to be put up, so we will end the big announcement here. Hope all of you are doing well.
And PS: Go Giants!
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