Alright I guess now is a good time to update my Blog. Basically to make a potentionally long story a little shorter...That may not be possible for me. Sorry.

I went to work at Conservice the Monday following our move. At that time we were staying at Marni's parents house, because our stuff was still far from being unpacked. For the most part it was a pretty normal work day. However soon after getting to work I found out that when I billed a property on Thursday I billed it wrong. I billed it as I always did, however earlier that month I was notified that we need to change a couple things on the billing. Not a big deal, I even put a reminder not on my desk so I wouldn't forget. But I forgot. So I went to my team lead and let him know about my mistake, but he already knew. He told me not to worry about it too much, just to work on my other stuff and we would figure out that property later.

I was a little worried because I had never made a mistake like that before. I even talked to Aaron who sat by me and found that I was not the first person who had made similar mistakes and probably would not be the last. In fact if I remember correctly, he himself had misbilled properties.

The rest of the day when pretty normal until about 10 min before it was time for me to go home. My team lead IM'ed me and asked me to meet him in the confrence room. When I got in there both he and the Vice President of Billing were waiting for me. Basically they said I was there to talk about the billing mistake I had made. She (VP of billing) then proceeded to tell me that because of that mistake they were terminating my employment effective right then. She told me I could gather my personal stuff and go. She then got up and very coldly showing no emotion or feeling what so ever left as though she didn't care, Which I am sure she didn't.

I didn't tell Marni for a while that night, not until we went to bed. Partially because she was in a good mood (after all it was just a week before Christmas) and I didn't want to ruin that. Also as we were staying with her family temporarily I didn't want to tell her in front of them.

Luckely we had a lot of our Christmas shopping done or $ set aside. Plus other $ to live on set aside, and now without a rent payment due, I guess it wasn't the worse time to get let go. Though it really seemed like it at the time. It did however free up some time to get unpacked and moved in so we wouldn't have to stay with Marni's parents too long. And then I set out to find a new job.

Later that week I called up the President of Conservice and set a meeting with him. Basically I told him I thought it was Crap that I was let go after 1 billing mistake, My first like that, when others had made the same mistakes and still worked there. And basically he told me that the dicision came from a upper managment guy in California who I never met because I made him look bad. I guess he had personally promised the company that I was billing that the changes would be made and when they were not it made him look bad. Since that hurt his pride and he didn't know how to handle it he felt the only way he could feel like a man again was to lash out at me proffesionally and take away my job. I hope he sleeps at night now. I know I do.

After a couple weeks I was given a Job at the Qwest Call center in Logan where I am currently working. I did not start here until January 22nd 2007, so I had to go over a month with no job, but it all worked out.

I do miss some aspects of my old job, like some of the people I worked with, and the work environment. But overall it worked out better for me as this is a better job. Hourly I make about as much as I did at my last job. But I get Commision on top of that, plus rather than pay over $200 a month on health, dental and vision insurance for just Marni and I, I know only pay about $32 a month for Marni, Lilly and I.

So like I say, I hope that guy in California sleeps well at night, because I have not had a bad nights sleep yet. Actually though I don't lose sleep over it, I kinda hope he makes some mistake that costs the company $ and loses them business, and he loses his job, or better yet causes the company to go out of business since they are just starting out anyway. Unfortunatly that probably won't happen. Oh well.

I know what you mean

I spent a lot of my day with Lilly today. That is a good thing, but I know what Marni means. Marni painted the bathroom today, so I got to play with Lilly to distract her so she wouldn't play in the paint. I wanted to do other stuff around the house while I watched Lilly, but she made sure I knew that was not going to happen. Marni always tells me how hard it is to get anything done around the house because Lilly does not like to be left alone, and alot of the time wants to be held. Don't get me wrong. I beleive Marni when she tells me this, Now I have experienced it. I love spending time with Lilly, I just have trouble coming up with new things to do when she gets bored with what we are doing. I guess I just need to be more creative.
Now I am being a slacker. I say that because Lilly is in bed, Marni is finishing up painting, and rather than helping Marni, or doing something else productive, I am here typing. I would like to help Marni but she is doing a really good job, and with the bathroom being small, I am afraid I would get in the way. I also know I could help out more around the house in General, but it is hard. Sometimes I know what needs to be done, I honestly just don't know what to do. Other times I think I use the excuse of Lilly hanging off my leg or not following me if I leave the room to not get things done. I guess I just need to buck up and be a better husband and help out more. Sorry I will try not to be such a slacker.

Trees

As we all know Trees are good. They look nice, they give us shade, and oxegon. For all these reasons and more, we went and bought a new tree yesterday. And we planted it! Basicaly at the house in Franklin in the corner where the sidewalk along the street and the sidwalk to the house meet up, there was once a large bush (actually about 4 growing close together as if one) and in the middle of them a small tree. We decided to take out the bush as it was overgrown and blocking the sidewalk. We thought about leaving the tree, but it was so tangled in the bushes, especially the root system that they all came out. So then we had a bare spot of lawn and a lack of trees in the front yard. So we decided to plant a tree there. We will eventually plant other things such as flowers and stuff that won't overgrow the tree. Anyway, Lilly Loves trees! She likes to go on walks an look at them and touch them and pull off the leaves. Se we decided this can be Lilly's very own tree. We got her a Silver Maple. It is only about 6 ft tall right now, but Soon it will tower above us all.

PS. Don't worry I havn't forgotten to finish with my Blog updates. I will try to later today or by this weekend for sure.