Official word today that Ivan got the job and his start date is July 16th!! We already knew it was going to be a nice increase for him, but after his initial training, there is another raise! He gets full benefits and another raise in 7-9 months (a big one!) It couldn't be better. The whole time we've been in California he's worked way too hard for way too little money, not to mention he's had to work at least 1 day of the weekend this whole time, we'll finally have a real weekend together! We'll be like the rest of the world! He'll be working normal hours too; the first year here he worked nights (BLAH!)
And, we got the apartment we wanted. And, it's available the 15th, so we can move our stuff straight into the apt. instead of moving to storage and then from storage to the apt. a few weeks later. Ivan won't have to stay in a hotel for a few weeks! Everything has worked out so wonderfully and so smoothly. It was the first job he applied for, only job he interviewed for, the job he actually wanted, a giant increase in pay, and his Masters will be F-R-E-E!
You all know that my company provides our housing right? Well, the apt. we found is under my housing allowance-- get this-- this apt. is $1150 CHEAPER a month, and double in size than where we live now!!!! Isn't that crazy?! Yes, we're living in a super-overpriced place right now, but it also shows you how ridiculously expensive it is to live in CA! And how cheap AZ is. YAY!
**Here's the part where I plug 'the secret.' Could it be "luck"? I guess, if you believe in luck. Could it be coincidence that every single thing has worked out as we needed it to...maybe. Could it be the power of positive thinking and knowing that what we want and need will happen? We think so! Just saying...whether you believe that 'the secret' is God or the universe, the law of attraction, or just positive thinking, doesn't matter. Putting your faith in something, and being confident of the results has certainly been proving well for us...we've learned to not doubt anything and simply state what we need to happen. We try not to even say things like "what if" or make other plans. Normally you'd apply for a lot of jobs... why do that if you know you'll get the one you want? We went ahead and got the lease for the day we hoped Ivan would start...and he got that day... All I'm saying is this, in the secret it says to act as though you already have what you want, plan for it, etc, don't doubt it, and it will happen...that's what we've been doing & everything has worked exactly that way.**
