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I LOVE my new job. Some have requested house pictures. I still haven't figured out how to write around the pictures. These are from last spring, before we even put the offer in on our house. I need to take more, and upload them. But that might not happen for a while. We're getting a new furnace this week, so we won't be as cold.

The story behind that, when our home inspector went through our house, he passed the main furnace, and said the second furnace, that is for the addition (which is pretty much our kitchen) didn't work, and would need repairs. So, earlier this month, I had a furnace company come out, because they were advertising furnace tune ups to make them run more efficiently for the winter, and help us save $$. However, when they were out, they said that our main furnace didn't really work after all, the heating element was cracked, and that can make carbon monoxide leak out. So, our home warranty people had to come out and inspect our furnace, and we requested they take a look at the second one as well, so that they could get any repair work needed on that one paid for by the warranty. They cleared us to get a brand new main furnace and we only have to pay $400, while furnaces cost up to $8,000, and merely cleaned the gas valve on the other, and got it up and running. So, I've had a warm kitchen, and freezing everything else, but they are coming on Thursday to give us a new furnace, YAY!

New Job

One week from tomorrow I start my new job. I'll be moving on up to our corporate offices into the billing department. True, its not necessarily a pay raise, and I'll most likely get yelled at a lot more often. However, there are many many bonuses coming from this new job.
1. I will be working the same days and hours as Alec.
2. We'll get to carpool and save $$ on gas, and help the environment a little more.
3. SATURDAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! off
4. I will get to get out of the horrible office that I'm in. There is so much politics and favoritism going on there, I hate it. We have people that are so in with the boss, that when they come in to work, they are mostly getting paid to visit and chat with her. We also have people that are "sick" and take advantage of it all the time, by either not working, or calling in every single Saturday because they are "sick", and they're on FMLA, so there is nothing the bosses can do about it. I think that its rather convienent that they are only sick on Saturdays, and no other day of the week, but no one listens to me. The same person that is sick all the time hardly works when they are there, they sit on their cell phone and text all the time, even in front of customers.
5. I won't have face time with customers anymore! Its okay sometimes, but to see the looks that I get when my coworkers are the ones sitting and texting and ignoring the customers. There are six of my coworkers that text all the time and ignore customers, and I only have two other coworkers in the office besides those six, and the managers.
6. I won't get blamed for certain coworkers lack of understanding anymore. We have one lady, who is very nice, but she is from Venezuela, and doesn't understand everything very well, and makes A LOT of mistakes, and I get yelled at by customers for her mistakes all the time.
So, as you can see, I don't give a crap that I'm not going to be making more money in my new job, but I'll be free from the little mini "hell" I've been living for the last year, and in a better position to continue furthering my "career" at RC Willey, however long it lasts.