Well, so far, so good. I really like the new office. Everyone here is super friendly. Maybe that’s because they haven’t asked me to do anything yet, who knows. A few new people start this week. They pretty much tripled the size of their team with this round of hirings. Thursday we had a meeting that basically outlined our projects that we would be working on. Looks exciting. I work in the PMO, Project Management Office. Our job is to coordinate, implement, and track any changes to systems and processes in the company. I’m pretty excited about it. I’d be really excited if they sent me down to the Florida office for about a week for some “training.”

Oh, and for Dustin, the move to downtown Little Rock coupled with the fact that I’m carpooling now results in me visiting in some really tasty restaurants. My company doesn’t offer paid parking and there are only so many spots on the parking deck, which are for upper management and people with more seniority than me. So, the guys I ride with are management. We use their spots when I drive, but I have to have them to get in and out of the deck. So, when they drive, I’m stuck here. When I drive, I’m stuck here. I said all of that to say that if I don’t bring my lunch, I have to walk to somewhere to eat. This, so far, has turned out pretty good. And this brings me to my first review:

Your Mama’s Good Food

If you like country cooking, you’ll like this place. You get to choose what size plate you want: Veggies, 1 meat and 1 veggie, 1 meat 2 veggies, and so forth up to All You Can Eat. Some of the choices for meat were Meatloaf, Fried Catfish and a couple of other thing. The veggies are the basic southern veggies. I got the Fried Catfish and Twice Baked Potato. Food was really good and lived up to it’s name. My only problem was the price. My total came to $7.50, that included the plate, a roll, and a drink. A little pricey for the amount of food that I got. Other than that, it was great.

So, there you go.

Well, today is my last day at PBSI. I’ve just about got everything boxed up and ready to go. I’m kinda scared and nervous and excited all at the same time.

I just took my replacement to a few of the areas that I visit and work with on a regular basis and was totally caught off guard by their responses. A lot of the users that I work with are great people and some of the managers and users were actually mad to see me go. Mad in a good way. I felt really bad for my replacement because these people were going on and on about how nice I was and how easy I was to work with and how I always had a smile on my face. I never realized that these people thought that, so I was a little embarrassed. I felt really bad for Joey (my replacement) because a few people looked directly at her and said, “You’ve got some big shoes to fill.” Joey said she new this was coming, but I wasn’t even prepared for statements like that. It was nice to be appreciated, but that really caught me off guard.

So, tomorrow is my orientation for my new job at Life and Specialty Venture. I’ll be doing a lot of what I currently do. I’ve heard great things about this company and look forward to working with them.

Okay, I gotta finish packing. Just wanted to take a break and jot down a quick note. Please continue to pray for me that I might have a painless (at least semi-painless) transition to my new job.

And by the way, I was able to get into the carpool that I wanted. So, that was another blessing from God.

It has been quite a week. I got a job offer this week and accepted. Good news is that it allows us to have Amy home full time. Most people are more excited about that than the fact that I got a new job. Seems like a really great company to work for. It’s called Life and Specialty Venture. They own USAble Life Insurance. I would basically be doing the same thing that I’m doing right now. Still, it’s pretty exciting.

Also, Amy and I have been trying to sell some land for the past 2 years. Well, we sold it and closed on Friday! Praise God! God is definitely good. He has really blessed us and we deserve none of it.

So, May 27th is supposed to be my last day at PBSI and May 28th is my first day at LSV. The only downside is that I was hoping to keep my 7:00 to 3:30 schedule, but the earliest shift that LSV has is a 7:30 to 4:00 shift. So no carpool. That was one of the main reasons that I wanted this new job since gas prices are so high. I am looking at another possible carpool that I think goes at that time, so I’ll keep you updated.

Well, time to start running again. I have a half marathon coming up at the end of June that I have to get ready for. It’s in Ridgeland, MS. My mom lives there and it is organized by her running group. Sounds fun. Head over here to take a look at it.

I did my first real training run at lunch today. Five miles with intervals in the middle. Here’s the map:

This run has reminded me of something: I HATE TO RUN!

Well, time to start running again. I have a half marathon coming up at the end of June that I have to get ready for. It’s in Ridgeland, MS. My mom lives there and it is organized by her running group. Sounds fun. Head over here to take a look at it.

I did my first real training run at lunch today. Five miles with intervals in the middle. Here’s the map:

This run has reminded me of something: I HATE TO RUN!

Well, time to start running again. I have a half marathon coming up at the end of June that I have to get ready for. It’s in Ridgeland, MS. My mom lives there and it is organized by her running group. Sounds fun. Head over here to take a look at it.

I did my first real training run at lunch today. Five miles with intervals in the middle. Here’s the map:

This run has reminded me of something: I HATE TO RUN!