After 16 years of my husband pursuing his dream, he finally made it his reality! You have no idea how stinken proud I am of him. Well maybe you do because I do brag on him quite often :-)
16 years ago he began studying to obtain his business license. After a few years and many bumps in the road he switched his focus from a Landscaping License to a General Contractors License. People honestly thought he was over his head with getting a General but he has never been one to settle for mediocracy. He studied for many years and he just wasn't getting it. We felt like it was time for him to stop and see where God directs him. He worked with a company for just about 4 years. We thought he would be with the company for the long haul, even though the housing/building/construction was taking a nose dive. We were told he would be kept and work would still be there for him.
Well, things took a turn for the worse after a while. Someone we thought we could always count on began to turn and personalities began to shift. After a while Jose was being verbally abused and he dealt with a lot of difficult circumstances we would have never expected. After a while some things happened and he was blind sided and fired. At the time we didn't see it as a blessing. Our family suffered financially for many years and we are still trying to pull ourselves out of some pits. BUT, when Jose and I look back we can see that what happened was a blessing from God. God likes to work that way. He turns our mess into a message and uses what satan intended to harm us with to use as our testimony. I guess without bad things happening, we wouldn't see where God steps in and works.
Jose reenrolled in school to pursue his dream of obtaining his General Contractor's license. 5 years, thousands of dollars, MANY sacrifices and a lot of time away from his family got him to where he's always dreamed....owning his own business! I knew going into this that once he obtained his license it was going to be yet a new chapter. Time to start again in another area of our lives. Shift was going to happen and I for one DO NOT like change! Not only has he been working like crazy but so have I. Learning about licensing, bonding, insurance, just to name a few. And doing that on top of Jazzercise, Pampered Chef, the church's Thanksgiving Outreach and being a mom (have I mentioned I spend 3 hours out of my day driving kids around!?! That's NOT counting dropping Adriana off and picking her up from soccer practices. My schedule is INSANE right now!).
Just today Jose got up at 4am to leave the house at 5am and drive to Huntington Beach. From that job he drove to Redlands to do a job he will be working on in the evenings. I pretty much won't be seeing my husband for the next few weeks until he finishes this job. He is talking working Sundays also. Yeah, we are exhausted (that might be an understatement)! BUT, I've always learned that with focus, hard work and dedication we will get where we want to be.
I desperately need a vacation or at least a night out. But, this is my life right now. I will learn to find my silver linings every day as I eat my elephant. God has us here for a time and when we have completed whatever it is we will move on to the next chapter of our life story. Trust me, I have my days when I see my friends out enjoying themselves. But I know our time is coming. I'm grateful that I have a husband that I truly enjoy being with. As difficult as this time is that we are in, I'm going to enjoy every minute of it. Hey, maybe with him working so much at night, I might have more time to sit with my thoughts and blog. Here's to hoping :-)
Be blessed wherever you are in your journey. You won't be there forever...
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