For Love or for Money?

So the title of the post may be a little misleading.  This post is about deciding where to work and not about deciding who to marry.  I have two jobs, both of which I absolutely love, neither of which pay all that much.  This summer I have been looking for a part time summer position to help with the bills while the preschool is out.  In my search I had an interview for a position that I thought was part time, flexible, and probably pretty crappy (but I didn't care because I was only planning on working there for 3 months anyway.) 

When I went to the interview it was nothing like I was expecting.  First of all it was a commissions only kind of job selling life insurance.  Not the type of job I would ever think of applying for.  But I stayed and I listened to the details and it sounded like something that I wouldn't really enjoy but something that I would be good at and that I could potentially make a lot of money doing. 

The interview process was quite intense, a phone interview, a one on one interview, group interview, 4th interview, and a hiring interview.  I went through each stage of the process and all along the way I was feeling more and more like.... woah, this job could really change everything, I would be making more than enough to buy the car we've been wanting to buy for a while, we could go on trips more often... Everything that we could use that money for was rolling through my mind and I was going to take it and hope that I could still teach during the school year. 

The farther I got in the interview process the more I felt that in order to really make any money with this company I would have to give up my other two jobs and put all my focus into the one.  Then I found out my schedule would be noon to 9 pm and some work on Saturdays and I thought, ok if I'm going to do this Garrett and I are never going to see each other, but we would have lots of money to spend when we do see each other! 

The decision was really stressing me out I love teaching and I love working for brainworks and I make enough to pay the bills and put a little away each month into savings but the extra cash was very appealing.  They gave me sometime between the 4th interview and the hiring interview to think it over, the job was mine if I was willing to commit to it.  So it came down to love or money, in more ways than one. Did I go with the jobs that didn't pay well but that I was passionate about; The jobs that allowed me to spend a lot of quality time with my husband.  Or did I go with the job that would have financially made life easier? 

To those reading this it probably seems like a no brainer, but for me this decision was hard.  Ultimately love won out.  My love for teaching and my love for Garrett is worth way more than that company could have paid me, no matter how cheesy that sounds!

Summer time is here!

Preschool is out for the summer and I am so excited! We have plans of camping, hiking, swimming, gardening, and just general adventuring..... hopefully this year we actually do these things.  We are however off to a good start! 

To start our summer off right we went with some of our very best friends, Zach and Suzzie Vehrs, to Zions National Park over Memorial Day Weekend.  The beauty that God created for us never ceases to amaze me!

We started a garden and we are growing onions, zucchini, squash, pumpkins, potatoes, and sugar snap peas!  Neither of us have ever gardened before so this does qualify as an adventure.  Hopefully we get some good veggies to grow, we've already got some good sprouts, take a look: