After 5 years of working for DirectPointe/Integratech Drew has left for hopefully greener pastures at Netwise.
Drew hadn't been happy at his job for quite sometime. I could tell that it was very wearing on him and he didn't feel very appreciated or valued as an employee. He had been casually looking for another job for a few months hoping that things at Integratechs would get better. No such luck.
He was approached by a previous manager that wanted to recruit him for this new company in Murray. It is still IT/technical work, pays more money per year, and seems like a less stress working environment. After weighing the pros and cons (the biggest one that it is an additional 20 minutes to his work commute) we decided to take it. Which ended up being a good thing. When Drew let Integratechs know that he had another offer and would they like to counter, they responded with " We're not going to counter the offer, and oh, by the way, you're fired." Crazy right!?!? He received his finally salary check plus what little PTO he had left, turned in his phone and laptop and came home.
He wanted to take a little time off before starting his new job at Netwise and I agreed. It was nice to have him home during the day. London, I think was surprised, but liked it. She has a lot of fun playing with her Daddy.
So, Thursday last week was his first day at the new job. He spent the day filling out his new hire paperwork and getting set up to work there. Already he comes home a lot happier and less tense. And the best part, he won't be on-call all the time. We're adjusting to the new schedule and trying to figure out transportation. We're thinking that the new Frontrunner might be a good idea. He wouldn't have to deal with traffic and crazy drivers.The Murray stop is about a 15 minute walk from the office and a little exercise everyday won't be a bad thing.
We're thinking this will be a stepping stone to better things for us this year.
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Oops...I did it again and Bring on the burn
So part of my New Year's resolutions was to post to the blog once a week. Well, the first month of 2013 is practically over and I think I've posted all of one out of the three post that should have happened. One out of three isn't bad...I guess.
But, it's not exactly a stellar start to my resolutions for the year. I re resolve to post to my blog at least once a week. I think the biggest problem I have is that I'm not sure what to blog about. I mean it gets a little taxing trying to talk about yourself all the time. And I'm not really sure who reads this anyway. If you are reading this, give me a shout out and let me know if there is any particular subject that you are interested in. That would be a big help and thank you in advance.
So here's what has happened lately...
The Second Annual Ancestry.com DPS evening shift Hot Sauce Challenge of 2013 was an epic success!(Meaning I survived the burning sensation engulfing my entire mouth)
I'm thinking I need to explain. My shift supervisor is always coming up with interesting and sometimes crazy contests/activities to help keep our work environment enjoyable and give us all a bonding experience with our co-workers (Honestly, I think he just like to find exotic ways to torture us so he can point and laugh at us later).
This year's hot sauce pick was a bottle of special reserve Dave's Insanity Sauce. Each bottled of the private reserve is individually numbered and signed by Dave himself. Every year they formulate a special private reserve hot sauce with three times the heat of Dave's Insanity Sauce.
It is hand signed by Dave, numbered, vintage dated and laid to rest in a wooden coffin wrapped in caution tape. This hot sauce contains "Ghost pepper" which I believe is the hottest pepper on the scale.
The rules are simple: Each challenger takes a cracker with a designated number of drops of hot sauce and places it hot sauce side down on their tongue,lets it sit for about 10 seconds and then chews and swallows said cracker. Whoever consumes the most hot sauce with least reaction becomes the reigning champ.
After hearing about the previous shifts champ I of course had to jump right in. Instead of just a few drops of this poison I filled my cracker with about a slightly bigger than a nickel drop and had at it. I'm proud to say that my reaction was almost nil. After several glasses of milk and ice cream sandwiches later the burning had ceased and I had almost gotten rid of the taste.(It doesn't taste pleasant). I was in the lead for my shift, until one of my co-workers, Josh, decided to give in to the needling from some of the others and give it a go. Of course he had to do a bigger drop than me. (I feel that I should mention that Josh is a former Marine whose been to Iraq and way tougher than me). Because I wasn't about to be outdone, I did another cracker.
This time I covered almost the entire surface of the cracker with sauce. Not exactly a good choice. My mouth was instantly on fire with an awful taste and all I could think about was making it stop. More milk, ice cream sandwiches and finally when I thought nothing was going to help ice cubes. After getting that under control I realized that I was shivering, visibly shivering, and couldn't get warm. Thankfully my co-workers are awesome and lent me some of their coats and I was able to get a normal body temp and get back to work. I believe I beat Josh...barely. We will both be receiving "Grow your own Ghost Pepper kits" as our prizes.
The hot sauce challenge is in no way endorsed by Ancestry.com. Participation is on a volunteer basis. No employees were harmed in the making of this contest.
It wasn't until about three hours later that someone said something funny that got me laughing and I had to high tail it to the restroom. But, I proved my mettle and actually feel proud of my somewhat silly acomplishment. Here's looking forward to next year!
But, it's not exactly a stellar start to my resolutions for the year. I re resolve to post to my blog at least once a week. I think the biggest problem I have is that I'm not sure what to blog about. I mean it gets a little taxing trying to talk about yourself all the time. And I'm not really sure who reads this anyway. If you are reading this, give me a shout out and let me know if there is any particular subject that you are interested in. That would be a big help and thank you in advance.
So here's what has happened lately...
The Second Annual Ancestry.com DPS evening shift Hot Sauce Challenge of 2013 was an epic success!(Meaning I survived the burning sensation engulfing my entire mouth)
I'm thinking I need to explain. My shift supervisor is always coming up with interesting and sometimes crazy contests/activities to help keep our work environment enjoyable and give us all a bonding experience with our co-workers (Honestly, I think he just like to find exotic ways to torture us so he can point and laugh at us later).
This year's hot sauce pick was a bottle of special reserve Dave's Insanity Sauce. Each bottled of the private reserve is individually numbered and signed by Dave himself. Every year they formulate a special private reserve hot sauce with three times the heat of Dave's Insanity Sauce.
It is hand signed by Dave, numbered, vintage dated and laid to rest in a wooden coffin wrapped in caution tape. This hot sauce contains "Ghost pepper" which I believe is the hottest pepper on the scale. The rules are simple: Each challenger takes a cracker with a designated number of drops of hot sauce and places it hot sauce side down on their tongue,lets it sit for about 10 seconds and then chews and swallows said cracker. Whoever consumes the most hot sauce with least reaction becomes the reigning champ.
After hearing about the previous shifts champ I of course had to jump right in. Instead of just a few drops of this poison I filled my cracker with about a slightly bigger than a nickel drop and had at it. I'm proud to say that my reaction was almost nil. After several glasses of milk and ice cream sandwiches later the burning had ceased and I had almost gotten rid of the taste.(It doesn't taste pleasant). I was in the lead for my shift, until one of my co-workers, Josh, decided to give in to the needling from some of the others and give it a go. Of course he had to do a bigger drop than me. (I feel that I should mention that Josh is a former Marine whose been to Iraq and way tougher than me). Because I wasn't about to be outdone, I did another cracker.
This time I covered almost the entire surface of the cracker with sauce. Not exactly a good choice. My mouth was instantly on fire with an awful taste and all I could think about was making it stop. More milk, ice cream sandwiches and finally when I thought nothing was going to help ice cubes. After getting that under control I realized that I was shivering, visibly shivering, and couldn't get warm. Thankfully my co-workers are awesome and lent me some of their coats and I was able to get a normal body temp and get back to work. I believe I beat Josh...barely. We will both be receiving "Grow your own Ghost Pepper kits" as our prizes.
The hot sauce challenge is in no way endorsed by Ancestry.com. Participation is on a volunteer basis. No employees were harmed in the making of this contest.
It wasn't until about three hours later that someone said something funny that got me laughing and I had to high tail it to the restroom. But, I proved my mettle and actually feel proud of my somewhat silly acomplishment. Here's looking forward to next year!
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Sims Top 10+1: A review of 2012
I am acknowledging that I am a terrible blogger. My posts are few and far between, so I thought this would be the easiest way to catch everybody up on what has been going on with us.
1. Survived the "end of the world" . Guess the Mayans and that other guy were wrong. The world didn't end we're still fine.
2. Birthdays had by all we're now old...er.
3. We have arrived at the tell end of the terrible twos and we're hoping the threes are better.
4. Drew went back to school at UVU. He's been working really hard in his classes and if the A's and B's are any indication it's paying off. He's registered for Spring and will begin classes shortly.
5.Directpointe was bought out and merged with Integretechs. They also moved their offices to American Fork making Drew's commute slightly longer.
6. Drew was "promoted" at work. He is now the Back-up and Storage Administrator. It wasn't much of a pay raise, but it got him out of having to answer phones.
7. Potty training attempts: 1
8. Failed potty training attempts: 1. 'Nough Said.
9.Survived Thanksgiving with inebriated in-laws. Also 'nough said.
10. 1st family pictures since London was 7 months old. London was more interested in playing at the playground in the park than sitting still for pictures. But, I think they turned out okay.
11. Summer opened an etsy store and actually sold some of her items. it's been an interesting learning experience, but I'm happy to be sharing my love of crochet and hope that my items have made the recipients happy. See my store at http://www.etsy.com/shop/LondonBugDesign
And that is pretty much our last year in a nutshell. Not alot of changes, but enough to keep us on our toes and keep life interesting.
1. Survived the "end of the world" . Guess the Mayans and that other guy were wrong. The world didn't end we're still fine.
2. Birthdays had by all we're now old...er.
3. We have arrived at the tell end of the terrible twos and we're hoping the threes are better.
4. Drew went back to school at UVU. He's been working really hard in his classes and if the A's and B's are any indication it's paying off. He's registered for Spring and will begin classes shortly.
5.Directpointe was bought out and merged with Integretechs. They also moved their offices to American Fork making Drew's commute slightly longer.
6. Drew was "promoted" at work. He is now the Back-up and Storage Administrator. It wasn't much of a pay raise, but it got him out of having to answer phones.
7. Potty training attempts: 1
8. Failed potty training attempts: 1. 'Nough Said.
9.Survived Thanksgiving with inebriated in-laws. Also 'nough said.
10. 1st family pictures since London was 7 months old. London was more interested in playing at the playground in the park than sitting still for pictures. But, I think they turned out okay.
11. Summer opened an etsy store and actually sold some of her items. it's been an interesting learning experience, but I'm happy to be sharing my love of crochet and hope that my items have made the recipients happy. See my store at http://www.etsy.com/shop/LondonBugDesign
And that is pretty much our last year in a nutshell. Not alot of changes, but enough to keep us on our toes and keep life interesting.
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