Where to begin??
March 15th, 2005
Man… a lot has happened since last I wrote.
Somewhere in the last few months Randy decided to screw up our lives. He had recently moved out to Utah to start a new job, and now wanted me to come out there too. Normally I would have just said “thanks, but no thanks”… were it not for the other various things going on in our lives.
To start off with I was starting to hate life at Sprint. Recent organizational changes, while great for some teams, were really bad for the team I was on (at least IMHO). I thought I’d speak up on a few of those changes on behalf of myself and the team and such, but “open door policy” doesn’t really mean that. So I ticked off a few higher ups, which I will admit, may have been 1/4 my fault (but no more then that) and so life became even less fun.
So work, was kinda sucking and I was casually looking in the first place… so maybe Randy’s offer isn’t so bad.
The other thing that we had going on was we found out that after 5 years of trying, we were pregnant.**applause** So the opportunity to go back to Utah among our family kinda took me over the edge, and made at least an interview worth while.
Semi-long story short… I accepted a job there and quit Sprint as of March 1st. My new company (Prosper Learning) has been super great to work with so far. They have allowed me to telecommute for a few weeks so that we could try to sell our house (which isn’t going so well), and also set my start date a few days early to make it so that we wouldn’t miss any insurance coverage during the job transition. Which was naturally important to us due to the above baby thing. Telecommuting sucks beyond words, and I can’t wait to be there in person for good… but their accommodating us is very much appreciated, and I hope to be able to deliver the goods and make it worth their while.
So… we’re moving back to Utah. The three or so people who may check this page every few months or so already know this, but at least it’s here for posterities sake.
We have found a home in Springville which (to continue the streak of people being kind to us) the owners are letting us rent from them until we sell our house out here in Missouri. So we will be moving right into it when we arrive there on March 26th.
Movers are coming to pack us up March 21-22, then load up the truck on the 23rd, then we’ll clean for a day or so. Then it’s two glorious days travel across the vast plains of the midwest with two yelping dogs. Ahhh… can’t wait.
It’s late and I need to get to bed, but this at least gets a vague history as to what is going on in our lives. With all this being stated, I can now post a few other things related to this without being totally out of place.
For example, we found out yesterday that we will be having a boy… and I will call him “mini-me” (first time that jokes been used for a guy having a boy I bet *hyuk*). I will post ultrasound pics and any other details we have at a later time. Also what bad pics I have of the new house will follow soon.
That’s it… going to bed… must… stop… typing.
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