Did we win the lottery?!

I only have a few minutes, but I wanted to let everyone in on our big secret. Yes - we won the lottery - the job lottery.

We found out about a month ago that Carlsbd's permanent job wasn't looking good. The head of interp told Dave not to get his hopes up - he wasn't very reachable (even though he had a 99 on his cert which is the highest he can get) She told us that because there were a lot of people that had a 99 they did a random integer to place everyone in a line up based on social security numbers. And we were down the list quite a bit with only one more position. Aghh. So there went our hopes of a permanent job.

Then ... We got a call a week ago monday and Carlsbad was calling to set up an interview for the permanent job. Emotions rushed through both Dave and myself as we had found out the day before some exciting news about our family (which we can't share yet). Well, we got the final call last Friday that they hired him and they want him on the 30 of this month.

So we finally made it and in less than half the time it usually takes to get on permanent with the park service We know that the Lord put us down the list for a reason, and that he made it possible for them to reach Dave. More of this will be explained in my next post (after I can share the family stuff we found out about).

Now - I'm off to find a place to live. YIKES