Marching on

March was fairly uneventful as far as events go, but March 12th marked our first full month as a married couple :) I did, however, finally get a job! or two! or three! I was getting very stir crazy not having a job while living here in Jax since January so I was very excited!

My brothers in law both play/ed football in high school & one of them had a friend whose mom is a Speech Language Pathologist! (can you say PTL for family networking!?) She & a friend own a pediatric therapy center and were looking for a SLP assistant! I started working there three days a week the first week of March. I have really enjoyed working with the kids and learning so much about different therapy techniques! THEN I got a babysitting job. Originally this lady emailed me the day of our wedding and she asked me if I was available to babysit (she found me on a babysitting website). I wasn't available for the 3 days/wk she needed me (I only could do 2 days) so it fell through. But then in March she called back and said if I could still do 2 full days then she could use me! Thank you Jesus! Finally...the third job. Our friend Nicole has two sons, and one of them has a speech therapist named Patricia. Nicole got Patricia and I in contact and she said she would love to hire me with her practice to work for the Early Steps program. Early Steps is an early intervention program in Jacksonville & Gainesville for kids ages 0-3 years old that offers occupational, physical, & speech therapy for free for the kids who qualify! I began the paperwork towards the end of March to become what is called an "Infant Toddler Developmental Specialist". I would be sent out to the kids who qualify in more than one category (like speech & motor delay) and I would work with the child "all around" instead of in one specific area. I began training for the job the first week of April & really enjoyed it.
Unfortunately, in the last few weeks (end of May) the program changed its rules for qualifying to work as an ITDS so my training no longer qualified me :( It's ok though....God has been providing us for us in amazing ways lately....but that is for a later blog post when I've caught up on the past 4 months! :)
I apologize this post was not quite as interesting & without any pictures! But people always asked me what I was doing with all my time considering Ryan works a big kid job 9-5, so there you have it! :)

signing out!