I am working for 12Stone® again, but this time at our Flowery Branch campus. The existing administrative assistant at the campus didn't have the margin in her schedule for all that was being asked of her, so I am taking some stuff off her plate (about 15 hours/week). In other words, I am doing data entry, check requests, corporate card reconciliations, errands, etc. Thrilling? Well, no. Not really.
But I have several reasons to be thankful for this job:
- No matter how menial the task, it is extremely life-giving for me to contribute to the world outside our home. I love being at home with Phoenix and all that entails, but it is good for my spirit to have tasks and accomplishments not related to her. Plus, I get to have adult conversations more often ... thank the Lord!
- I can do most of my work from home ... which means we don't have to put Phoenix in daycare. Translation: I can continue to fight for no TV, lots of quality time, snuggles, healthy food, and all the other things that matter to us at this stage in her development (and working mostly from home means I can go on looking like a hot mess 80% of the time). However, this does mean I have to find around 10 baby-free hours in my week ... which means waking up a couple hours before Phoenix. Maybe when it's all said and done, I will have turned into a morning person.
- It pays money. This may seem like an obvious one, but having this extra income is a game-changer for us. We were pretty much just making it month-to-month, and now we will actually be able to save! This has lifted a lot of financial pressure from our little family, and Josh and I are both breathing much easier.
- I love the people I work with. Obviously, I love being around 12Stone®, but I especially love the Flowery Branch team. Several of them are friends that I see regularly, and everyone that I have more recently met seems awesome! Being on the bottom of the totem pole isn't so bad when you get to serve amazing leaders/ministers.
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