My new adventure begins.

Yesterday was my last day of employment at Toyota. It was a bittersweet day. It began with me waking up to a thunderstorm at 4 A.M. Then while driving to work I turned into Gate 5 at Toyota and looked up into the sky to see a beautiful rainbow waiting just for me. I felt as if it was a sign from God. His way of saying this is a new beginning Marty. His covenant to me that there is something better waiting for me. I am very excited to see what He does with my life next. That was again confirmation that I am right where He wants me, and gave me the strength to get through a day of saying goodbye to many wonderful people who have become my family and friends over the past twenty years. I will miss that place and the fun we had. Unfortunately, things do not stay the same. If we want to experience growth we have to be willing to get outside of our comfort zones in order to do that. When I left, I called a friend and she told me about someone who was looking for a writer to write lyrics for her music. I will be contacting this lady soon. I also went to a cookout with a friend and met another christian lady who does freelance writing. She is going to meet with me also and discuss how I can get started. Funny, how when we take the first step of obedience, God meets us and supplies what we need to keep us going in the direction He wants us to take. God truly is an awesome God and I love the adventure He has begun in my life. I love to sit back and watch Him work. He never ceases to amaze me with not only what He does but how He does it. I have an idea for a book that He gave to me and I will be starting on it soon. I can't wait to see where that leads. And to top it all off today is my birthday. I am 47 years old and loving life to its fullest. God truly does answer prayer but rarely in a way we expect or in the time frame we want.

The interviewing begins

Today is the first day of June. I have 25 days to go until I am no longer employed by Toyota. I had my first job interview today and it was a rather strange experience. I had sent my resume to a job posting for a pharmaceutical sales rep. training position. When I arrived and started the interview, I discovered that the job was actually a manager trainee position for AT&T. The interviewer and I discussed this and neither could figure out what happened. She asked if I was interested in this other position and I said sure why not. I am already here might as well interview for it. When I arrived home I looked at the position again because I had printed it out and it was for a pharmaceutical sales rep. Same company, address, phone number and contact person I spoke to. Strange but who knows, maybe it is a God thing. Figured I would go with the flow and see what happens.
My online classes are progressing slower than I had hoped but I am still plugging away it trying to complete as many as I can. I finished powerpoint level one today, finally. That was a long class. Next I have to complete Excel level 1. That is another long class. I will work on it tomorrow.
Next week I start classes at the carnegie center to practice my writing skills. I am definately looking forward to those. The carnegie center is a great resource that I intend to use as much as possible. Hope you all have a great night. Think I will head to bed. Since I still have to get up at 5AM for a few more days anyway.