Tax time and trusting God

I have a little time during lunch at work, so I want to get tonight's post started early. I figure this gives me half a chance to actually post it before midnight.

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On Wednesday morning, I responded to a Craigslist ad for a shipping position at some company in Chatsworth. This company apparently does the bulk (if not the entirety) of its business on eBay, selling clothes and accessories. The position itself seems to be shipping, some inventory, and possibly some eBay posting work.

I called the number in the Craigslist ad, and they asked me to send my résumé. I figured my chances are at least decent, with all the shipping experience I have. I haven't heard back from them yet, but it's only been a little over a day, and the ad was just posted a few days ago.

Please keep in prayer about this. I don't really know what I'm asking you to pray for; I guess that the Lord's will be done, whatever He means to have happen. I may want to get it, but I also realize that might not be what God means for me. If nothing else, it's been a good reminder that I'm not stuck here at UPrinting (yes, I'm writing about work again).

With all that's been going on at work, I was about convinced that I had reached burnout one year in (I've been with the company for one year as of last Tuesday, the 10th). I've felt and seen myself grow more and more bitter and frustrated with myself, my circumstances, with God Himself. I've been praying about it and examining myself and I realized that I wasn't walking in faith in The Lord. I had been getting angry and frustrated with my circumstances and had grown angry at God. I was blaming Him for my frustrations and failures, and that was hurting my trusting Him to be my "refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble" (Psalm46:1).

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Today, I went to see my tax preparer. Let's just say things didn't go the way I hoped.

Short version: I didn't do the best job filling out my W-4 form when I was first hired at UPrinting. Because of that minor issue (error?), they haven't been deducting very much from by bi-weekly checks. My preparer encouraged me to adjust this issue when I got to home, which I was able to do.

Anyway, because of that error, and because I was penalized for not having insurance for the full calendar year, I'm only getting back $49.00 from the federal government, and I owe the state of California $35.00. Oh well. At least I didn't have any big plans; that's not sarcasm, either. The least I would've done is put it into savings, and maybe pay some more of what I owe Mom and Dad.

I guess I should be thankful, I suppose. It's a lesson learned.