Friday, June 17, 2011

Exciting News!!

Well I have some excited news to share....are you ready?  Really Ready?? 
I got a promotion...of sorts!  No, no babies yet, sorry to let you all down. 
So as I mentioned I got promoted...Sorta.  I know you're all think what does that mean?  A sort of promotion.  Well it's kind of a long story so get ready.
On Wednesday when I finally was able to get back to work after my stupid hearing aid fiasco.  I walked into the office and my boss was already talking to the assistant manager and one of the department managers, so when I walked in he called in the last department manager and told us he had to talk to us.  He informed us that Bart the Assistant was going to go up to the Park City store for about 12 weeks to run their store while the Manager takes a leave of absence.   And what that meant for our store was that there were going to be bringing in another manager.  Not one to be an assistant but to take on the responsibilities that Bart had.  And it would just be a temporary position as well.  I didn't think anything of it.  I figured they were planning on bringing in someone from another store (which they have done before).  Mark (the store manager)  then told us to keep it all on the down low and not tell anyone, because they still had to get the temporary position filled. 
After that was all said, I had to stay in the office to talk to Mark about the dealio with my hearing aids. He said he had to talk to me about what was going on.  You see I just recently was placed in the "bridge" program.  which is just a program to train department managers to be assistant managers.  However I wasn't sure when it was supposed to start (it started today by the way).  So Mark tells me that he would like me to fill in for Bart while he is gone.  I was stunned.  I have been in framing for so long (6 years), I was beginning to think that I wouldn't ever be able to get out of framing.  Of course I told Mark that I would love to take the opportunity to learn how to do Bart's job while actually DOING Bart's job. 
So while it isn't an official promotion I am super excited to have the chance to get out of framing and spread my wings!  And it is a step towards an actual promotion.  And what is even better then getting the chance to learn and show everyone what I'm made of is that...I GET EVERY OTHER WEEKEND OFF!!!!  I haven't had a weekend off without requesting it in over a year.  So for three months I will have 2 weekends off every month!!!  I can't wait!!!
So starting on Monday I will be the temporary sorta assistant manager!
YEA ME!

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Crappy Weekend for Me.

So if you read my last blog you would have seen that my husbands birthday weekend was not a good one for me.  And that it was a story for another day.  Well today is another day!!
So the weekend actually started really well I went shopping with Misti on Friday and we had dessert with her parents before going back to her house where we chatted for hours.  Then Saturday started out pretty well too.  Tyler and I got up and went to Wal-Mart to get my niece a birthday present, and we drove over to my brothers house for the party.  That even started out well.  And then about 45 minutes into the party I noticed that my hearing aid was starting to sound a little funny, but I figured it was probably just the noise level. I decided to go into the other room and take a look at it.  Well when I took it out and then put it back in, it was like I had put an earplug back in my ear.  I've had one or the other of my hearing aids go out before so it normally wouldn't have been a big deal, but my other hearing aid had been dead for a couple weeks already.  So I was already down one hearing aid, and to loose this one, I had a small melt-down.  I should have taken my other hearing aid in when it first went out, but it isn't under warranty anymore and it is pretty costly to get them repaired so i hadn't taken it in yet.
So there I was at my husbands and nieces birthday parties and I couldn't hear much.  I'm not totally deaf, just enough to say "what" every four or five seconds.  It's enough to put me in a bad mood and be grouchy.  And as luck would have it this all happened on Saturday so the hearing aid place (Audibel) was closed for the weekend.  So I was stuck for the weekend.  I tried to make the most of it, but let me tell ya it was hard.
We were down there to celebrate my husbands birthday so I wanted to do my best to make it fun for him still.  Luckily we have very understanding friends and they take our constant "what's" with good humor and never make us feel bad about it. 
On Monday I was able to go into Audibell.  After going in they were not able to do anything for me.  Which I knew they wouldn't, but I had to try. 
After making the 4 hour drive home, and eating dinner, I was finally feeling better.  I was home in my own environment and I got to sleep in my own bed. 
This morning Tyler and I went to the Audibell up here and I have one back, so I am half way there!  It's enough for me to be able to go back to work with only minimal problems.  And in a week and a half to two weeks, I will be at full strength!!
This whole situation is super frustrating for me for the most part I don't mind that I were hearing aids.  But whenever something like this happens I get upset and I wish i didn't have a hearing problem.  It can make life difficult and very stressful for me.  I was worried about what I was going to do about work.  I work in retail, and I have to interact with customers on a day to day basis how do I help them if I can't hear them.  But thank Heavens that's not something I have to worry about.  At least not this time. 
So now we are back from vacation and going to get back to our normal routine and if a few weeks we will be heading back to St. George for another long weekend.  And I'm already looking forward to it. After this stressful trip I need one were I can actually relax.

Sunday, June 12, 2011

Birthday weekend!

So this weekend is a weekend of birthdays, 2 to be exact.  Tyler and my youngest niece Kate.  Tyler turned 27 on June 11th, and he shares his birthday with Kate who turned one!
Because of these big birthdays we decided to come down south and enjoy some of the summer heat that we can't seem to get up in Salt Lake.  And boy is Tyler a spoiled birthday boy!  He gets to golfing 3 days in a row!  I got him a golf pass that includes discounted prices on most of the courses in Utah, and three of his friends also got the same pass.  So the decided to come down as well and go golfing with him. 
We made the trip down on Thursday night at 9:30.  I will never figure out why we do this to ourselves but we like to drive down the night before so that we can spend as much time at our destination.  So we got to Misti's house at like 2 am.  Misti is a great friend who let us invade her house for a long weekend. 

And I felt bad about getting there so late, but in my defense we should have gotten there around 1:30 but stupid road construction slowed us down.  I forgot how much road construction the state does during the summer months. There is of course the never ending Utah county constuction (which is a reason not to go down to happy valley) then there was some construction about Payson followed by some I think it was around Fillmore, and then the worst (after utah county) was the Black Ridge.  Ugh they had the entire thing down to one lane!! And you'd think because we got there around 1 am the traffic wounldn't be bad, but oh man, we went 25-35 the whole way!
Briggs enjoying yogurt at Costco
So we spent Friday shopping and to dinner with Misti, Allen and Briggs.  We went to Ponchos and Leftys I LOVE THAT PLACE! and since we don't have one in SLC I like to go when I'm down visiting in St. George.  Friday was a pretty laid back day.  I stayed up way to late chatting with Misti, but she's my best friend and we had some catching up to do. 
Yesterday was the big day!  Kate and Tylers birthday!  Kates birthday party was at noon.  So Tyler and I made it over to Nicks house around 11:30.  We were early but I wanted to see Meg and Jaxon before the party started.  Man I miss those kids they are so cute!  Nick and Linds put on a great lunch spread of sandwiches and summer salads.  After eating lunch we sang to Kate and Tyler (I thought it was sweet of Nick to suggest we sing to Tyler he even had his own candle) And then it was time to open presents.  And like most one year olds, she was more interested in the paper and the boxes then the actual toys.

MY PRESENTS!!

The Birthday Girl!!
After the little party Tyler went to get some golfing in with Tony.  When he was done, the three of us went to Benja's for sushi followed by more shopping!  Funny thing, you would think because I'm the girl I would have down all the spending...nope that honor belongs to Tony he bought some in just about every store we went into.  I plan on teasing him quite a bit over that now :D
And that brings us to today (sunday)  After a great breakfast at The Bear Paw (why did I never go there when I live in St. George?!!) Tyler and Tony went golfing with Jeremy and Jacob.  And the lucy boy has one more day of golfing. 
Like I said spoiled birthday boy :D

But I do love him and I'm glad he's have a great weekend.  Me on the other hand...not so much, but that's a story for another day.