In my last post, I eluded to the fact that I have gone back to work. When I was laid off from Centercode, my boss told me that he hoped that finances would allow them to hire me back before I found a new job. I told him that I had six months worth of unemployment so the company had six months to get me hired back on. He told me that it was more likely that I’d find a new job before he could bring me back which is exactly what happened.
A few weeks ago, one of our neighbors posted a message on her Facebook page saying that if anybody knew of someone looking for a tech support job to let her know because her husband’s employer was hiring. I took my resume over to him that night and the next morning I had an email saying that the company wanted to do a phone interview with me as soon as possible.
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Well, summer has unofficially ended which means that it’s time once again to go back to school. Emma and Alex are both going to the charter school near our home this year which is new for them. Because it’s a charter school, they get to wear uniforms. Surprisingly, this hasn’t really caused any issues. Neither one of them seems to mind looking like everybody else. I expected Emma to make a stink about not being able to wear what she wants but it’s been OK so far. I think the fact that everyone has to wear a uniform makes it a bit easier for her to accept.
When we first received word that Emma had been accepted into the school and would be transferring from Buffalo Point Elementary, Holly and I were excited. Emma, not so much. In fact, she complained every time it was brought up. She was convinced that her new school would be horrible and that she’d have no friends. I’m happy to say that she appears to have changed her tune. She loved her first day and even made some new friends!
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As a kid, I always dreaded this time of year; summer is almost over and that means that it’s time to go back to school. As I grew older, I actually started looking forward to going back to school but I realized that knowledge is power. How could I expect to rule the world if I didn’t have power? Logic would dictate that I must acquire knowledge.
My plans for world domination have since faded and now I’m once again dreading the start of school. Now though it’s not because I want to play baseball and Nintendo all day long with my friends, even though that wold be fun, it’s because I’m just tired of school. I used to joke that I’m on the 10 year plan to get my degree. I’ve been working on it for 9 years now so I guess I switched over to the 20 year plan at some point. If I just had the time to go full-time, I’d be done in a little over a year but with work and family, I have to limit myself. I’ll get there eventually though.
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Shortly after Mother’s Day, Holly called me at work while we were playing video games at lunch. She indicated that she had something that needed discussing but didn’t want to do it over the phone while I was getting off sweet, sweet sniper shots in Halo 2. She asked if I could come home but since it was lunchtime and I still had half a days worth of work to do, that wasn’t really an option. She insisted that the conversation not take place while I was at work so I spent the rest of the day wondering what I had done that had Holly so riled up that she needed to speak with me in person.
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Friday night marked the beginning of the Zohner family camping season. It also happened to be the annual Fathers and Sons camp out.
Unlike last year, I was able to escape the office early enough to get everything ready to go at a decent time. Unfortunately, Holly didn’t get off work until 5:30 so Alex and I had to work with Holly’s schedule to ensure that the girls weren’t left alone until she got home. In an effort to save some time, we met with Holly on our way to Morgan where we said our goodbyes and dropped of Hannah and Emma. Holly was on her way back from Ogden so it worked out really well and saved us quite a bit of time.
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Well, I was a little worried how Oscar would do with the chickens but he is really good with them. He really doesn’t care about them. Although we were outside the other day and Jeremiah thought he would have some fun and chase the chickens and that gave Oscar the idea that chasing the chickens is fun. He did chase the chickens and they went a-running with wings flapping. Jeremiah just stood there and laughed. I didn’t think he should egg Oscar on and when we told him to stop, Oscar quit chasing them and just wagged his tail. He was just having fun. Although I don’t think we are quite ready to leave Oscar alone with the chickens out of their coop. Who knows what he would do if he was bored.
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In addition to the yard work last weekend, I also managed to stain the deck. It is no wonder that Hannah ended up with a haircut from Alex on Saturday. Jeremiah and I were outside all day on Friday and Saturday. You can see pictures of Alex’s handiwork here.
Also, my seedlings are coming up quite nicely. Now if only the weather can warm up again and stay that way so that I can plant them.
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Jeremiah and I worked out in the yard on Saturday cutting up sod and getting the garden ready. Alex and Hannah got tired of playing outside so they went inside and decided to play “barber”. Alex didn’t want his haircut but Hannah did. She said that she wanted her hair to look like her Aunt Chelsea’s. So Hannah came outside modeling her new hairdo. She was quite excited that Alex had cut her hair.
Jeremiah was not happy about that at all. Meanwhile Chelsea got to our house and was returning Emma from her sleepover and offered to take Hannah to Nick’s sister’s house so that her hair could be fixed. This is the after picture.
I guess her hair could look worse. Jeremiah is not happy about it and I am just relieved that it is just hair. It will grow back.
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Like the title of this post would imply, I don’t dance. I just don’t enjoy forcing my limbs to flail about as if independent from my torso. I look foolish enough on my own; I don’t need to throw my pitiful dancing dancing abilities into the mix.
I’ve never really enjoyed dancing. In high school, I would go to dances, but that’s because my friends were there. It didn’t hurt that there were also girls there, but now that I’m married, going where the ladies are isn’t very high on my priority list. I think that it falls just above “route canal”. Well, maybe below. I can’t be certain.
Ever since we’ve been married, Holly has wanted me to take her dancing. I have been very good at avoiding having to commit to this but I knew that my luck would eventually run out. Saturday night, that well finally ran dry.
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Last Thursday night, I was sitting in my much-despised Stats II class when I received a phone call from my dad. Given the fact that I was in a class that I really needed to stay in, I couldn’t take the call and had to let it go to voice mail. As soon as I was able to, I listened to the message and learned that my grandfather’s home has been sold and that the family was going to Paul on Saturday to clean his things out. Of course I wanted to go so I made the necessary arrangements and, on Saturday, Holly and I loaded the kids in the van and we made the trip to Idaho.
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