Snow...Really...are you serious!

Yesterday was such a great day. When I finally went to bed my head hit the pillow and went right to sleep. For the first night in last 12 weeks I slept all night long. I had dreams and I remember them when I woke up. I woke up without my alarm (that is HUGE for me), and I got out of bed right away. It felt so good! YAY for sleep!!!
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So I have all my stuff packed to go home for Easter. I heard there may be snow but figured it wouldn't really be that bad...right. Yeah I was wrong. Long story short, didn't go home (Illinois), came back to Lansing. It took me 3 1/2 hours to go 80 miles. Are you kidding me. Of all my commuting to and from Kalamazoo that was the longest. I guess God wanted me to remember why I am so happy to get back to IL and live much closer to work. :) I also joked with people at work that yesterday was so good and I was waiting for something bad to happen...maybe I would die on my way back to Lansing. No I am not that morbid. I swear.
OK well it is about 10 pm on a Friday night and I am going to bed. I know I am wild and crazy

What a GREAT day!!!

Ok so this week has been non-stop. I was at home in IL over the weekend. I had an interview for a research coordinator position (that is what I do now). I was offered the job. I knew I had another interview coming up so I asked if I could wait to give them an answer. SO Monday morning I got up at 3:15 (central time) and drove from Lake Zurich, IL to Kalamazoo, MI. I worked all day and came back to Lansing. Tuesday was a long, but normal day. It was my birthday. I was worried I would spend it alone, but my neighbor is a great sport and went shopping with me. He learned first hand about the "Kroll Lady Freak Out" If you haven't experienced it yet count your blessings. :) Any way we went shopping so I could find a new suit for my interview on Wednesday. I was being flown to Houston to interview for a very nice job. I would be based out of my house and be traveling about 3 nights a week. Anyway we went to 3 stores looked at all the suits and I didn't see much at all. Finally I found a nice jacket, so I got that, new shoes, and thanks to my fashion plate sister I got a necklace and earrings to accent the outfit. I was ready to knock them dead. So I got to be at 12:30 only to wake up at 4:15, leave the house by 5:45. I flew from Lansing to Detroit, 25 minutes in the air, then Detroit to Houston. I figured I would sleep on the plane. Not so much...I hate middle seats. Then had the interview. It went great. Sat at the Houston airport for 2 1/2 hours until my plane left to start the long road home. Flew from Houston to Minneapolis, MN, then to Lansing. My head hit the pillow at 12:30 am. Got up today at 6:15 to go back to work. Received the final offer from the first job place. then spent the rest of the day stressing about what I was going to do. I hadn't heard from the Houston people and after much soul searching, and many discussions I decided to accept the first offer. It makes the most sense.
With all that being said, I will be back in IL in April. I will work my last day at BRI on April 18th, and start my new job on April 21st. I can't wait.
So I get home tonight and see 2 things in the mail. My Kohl's charge card bill...anyone want it? And a letter from Sean's school. I opened it and cried instantly. Sean will be starting school again in May. So many of our prayers were answered in such a short time. Thank you God. We could not have done this with out you. We are so blessed to have God be watching us and leading us down the right paths.
So then after calling everyone we know I check my email and saw a note from my aunt. My cousin has had some big challenges over the past three years and they are all behind him now. Again God graced me and my family. God is GREAT!!!
Ok well I am going to bed I am too tired to keep my eyes open.

Sunday Morning

Good Morning,

So yet again another super fun filled Saturday night of being on the couch and then going to be early with stomach pains. I have been to the doctors twice and soon I will have tests done to see why I have so many stomach issues. I think I have passed the point of this being, as my mother in law calls it, "just an Irish stomach". We will see. The best part about it all was going to bed early let me wake up early and roll over to see Sean in our bed. It was such a great feeling of having a normal marriage for a minute. I just sat there and watched him sleep and was thankful that we were able to spend this weekend together in our house and not have all the worries of the world faces us.

If you are a bit confused by this Sean is back in IL for a little while working with my dad's company. I am still in Michigan. So we are only seeing each other on the weekends. The sad part is; this isn't that odd for us. We spent our entire engagement this was, as well as the first five months of our marriage. It isn't the best situation, but it is manageable. While I am here in Michigan still I have been avidly looking for a new job back in the Chicago land area. I don't want to have it take so long to find a job again. I am looking for work in the same field I am in now, Clinical Research. I have a few leads and the biggest one I will find more out about tomorrow. Keep your fingers crossed for that one. :) Keep your fingers crossed and say some prayers that this one works out. It would be a step up in my career and could lead to many new things down the road. It is God's hands as to what will happen and I am comfortable with that.

Well I am off now. Sean is still asleep and I want to be a "Good Wife" and make him breakfast in bed. Or I will run across the street and buy doughnuts. :)

A new hobby

OK so here I go on my blogging adventure. The purpose of this is for me to hope to keep my friends and family in the loop about what is going on in the lives of the Sullivan's. To be honest this is my lazy why of keeping in touch because I never answer emails. Really it isn't anything personal. I am just bad at keeping in touch.

So my theme is going to be to remember that today may be a bad day, but there is something to learn from it. Or that today may be a great day I will be thankful for it and not take it for granted.

So here we go...