Some would call me crazy...

I shall cut to the chase. I won't be cutting the cheese much longer. Thursday January 28th I resigned from one of the coolest places on earth, Sweet Grass Dairy. What are you thinking, Lulu?!?!? I know, I know. But I feel that the time is right, and the time is NOW. After almost three amazing years at the dairy, I will be changing directions in my career as I move on over to Downtown Thomasville Main Street office. Yep, I'm gonna be a Main Street Girl... a.k.a. Main Street Huzzy, as I saw on a random Facebook photo. And I couldn't be more excited!

It all happened in a whirlwind! I'll give you my story in a nutshell... a rather large nutshell. For the past 2-3 weeks, I have been feeling a little less than thrilled about going to work. There have been some organizational changes at the dairy that have left me doing more left brain stuff and less right brain stuff.

I decided I would keep my options open, so I piddled around a little on a couple of websites casually looking for a job that would catch my eye. Nothing did, so I stopped searching. That was a short-lived search.

One night, it was Wednesday January 20th to be exact, I decided I was going to email the director of Downtown Thomasville Main Street, Mrs. Karen. I knew all but one of the girls who worked up there. Those girls always seemed to have fun with anything they were doing. I knew these ladies through events I did with the dairy... farmers markets, Chamber Business After Hours, Chamber Voice of Our Members, and other events. I knew one girl had recently left (We miss you Katie) but they had already hired a replacement for her (Welcome back to Thomasville Megan). I was going to give it a shot and ask the director to keep me in mind for any openings they may have in the future. I sent the email that night.

Within the hour, Mrs. Karen called my cell phone. Some of the first words that came out of her mouth were, "You are not going to believe this, but you have been on my mind for the past three weeks!" (Mouth dropped) She went on to say that less than 2 weeks prior, they decided to merge two part time positions into one full-time person. The Main Street Coordinator Alison decided to leave her position to move into that new full-time position that has just been created. That left Alison's spot open. (Mouth dropped even further.) Hallelujah!

Karen then proceeded to tell me that when she first met me about 2 years ago when I was working a Farmers Market she was heading up downtown, that she would love for "that fiery little redhead to work for her." She said ever since Alison's position became available, she wanted to get in contact with me, but didn't know how to go about it without stepping on anyone's toes or causing some riff raff. My email was the perfect opportunity for her to contact me. God's timing is the best timing if we're obedient and trust in Him.

Towards the end of our phone conversation that night, she asked me if I could meet up with her one day at the beginning of the next week so we could talk brass tacks and business. A mutually convenient time turned out to be Tuesday January 26th. Right after I got off the phone with Karen, Jason and I had special prayer. During the prayer, I felt a certain peace about everything. Jason mentioned in his prayer about all of this being a "divine appointment," and I truly believe it is!

Tuesday came, and I met up with Karen at her office right after I got off work that day. We sat, talked, shared, laughed, and I got the tour of the office. I left that night being so excited. When I got home, Jason and I discussed everything further. We prayed more and marinated in all of it.

The next day, I told Karen to count me in. I know it is what I'm supposed to do. It was pretty clear. And it's rare that moments like this come to me. I had to jump on it. Karen was excited, too. It was all in the air.

Shortly thereafter, my excitement turned into great concern. I was concerned about how my uppers at the dairy were going to handle this. Would they be happy for me and send me off with their blessing? Or would they be less than thrilled? I was prepared for it all. I wrote up my two weeks resignation letter... nervous as a jitter bug.

I went in to work that Thursday January 28th, and first thing... I had to get it off my chest and tell my manager/Director of Operations of the dairy, Karen. (Yes- two Karens) She and I are very close. She's a true loving friend that really cares. I was really concerned about how she would take it. She took it better than I thought. Although she and I balled our eyes out, she was very supportive and proud of me. She's behind me 110%, as I knew she would be, deep down in my heart.

Next, I had to tell the owner of the dairy, Jeremy. He's not too much on showing emotion in front of his employees... so I was really interested (actually, scared) to see his reaction after I broke the news. I shed a tear or two (quite embarrassing). He told me he was happy for me. He said, "You've got to look out for number one." Phhewww.... Thank goodness.

Just so you know, I had a group of prayer warriors praying for me this whole time. The past week and a half has proved to be an emotional roller coaster for me. Just ask Jason. This amount of support and love that has been shown to me this past week and a half has really made me appreciate my family and friends even more. I am truly blessed, and I know all of this is happening because of God's love for me. He knew I was ready for a change, so He put a little bug in my ear to email the Main Street Director, which in turn caused her to call me when she was apprehensive. She would not have called me had I not emailed her. We just don't know what God has in store for our lives unless we listen to that still small voice. It's all about listening and then being obedient. It's not faith until you walk in it.

Anyone who knows me well knows that this new job is right up my alley. Be prepared for more blogs to come on how this new adventure in my life is going. I hope this reading has opened your eyes to the fact that, yes, God looks out for us. He loves us. He cares for us, and He wants the best for us. We just need to keep Him first in our lives. Everything else will fall into place.