Pizza anyone?

The other day, I had a craving for pizza. For me, this isn't unusual, I love pizza and crave it very often. The strange part is that I realized that I haven't had a pizza in around a month. Well, at least not that I remember. Normally, if I thought about it, and found it to be the case that I hadn't had pizza in about a month, I would do one of two things. I would either: 1) Go right out and buy one, or 2) I would crawl up into a ball and cry. The reason this time was strange was because I actually just went upstairs and made a sandwich. Should I be worried? Am I getting sick? Or should I just be ashamed of myself?

In defense, I am trying to not spend as much on food till my friends come into town tomorrow. I figure I'll be spending money hanging with them and after that I may drive to San Antonio, which probably wont be cheap. I just have to figure if I have enough to buy a pizza before I leave.

Death of a (Potential) Salesman

I found out I'm not really interested in door to door sales. I tried to go out with one of the reps today to see what its like and see if I could do it. I watched for about a half dozen doors and then I took the lead. Not five sentences into my pitch, I am tripping over my words and trying to figure out what to say. I bombed most of the ones I tried, though one I might have been able to get if I could have figured out what to say. The good news is that Pat H. was with me and might save the deal, he'll go back on Wednesday to see if they are still interested in the system.

Though I am not going to give up and I hope to get at least one deal before the end of the summer, I don't really think sales is in my future. Not that I am upset about that!

Kicked out

Yeah, I was kicked out of my company apartment in Fort Worth the other day. This was a first for me, getting kicked out of an apartment, but not as bad as it sounds. It was somewhat expected. Let me explain.

So earlier this week, the NJ North office closed. They were having trouble selling in the area they were in so Siren decided to combine the office. So 9 reps and 3 techs moved down here on Friday. We had to figure out where to put everyone and I told Tyler that my roommate and I could move out of our 3 bedroom into another room where there are only a few people. He tells me no, he'll have the 5 guys from across the hall move, 3 into my room and 2 downstairs where there are already 2 guys. Thinking that was it, I go to Dallas to hang with some friends and watch fireworks. Having a good time meeting new people, I get a text at 10:30 from my current roommate telling me we are getting kicked out. Needless to say, this sort of ruined my night. I call my boss and flip out for a bit but just said that I'll move out the next morning. I was pretty upset for having to move. I was more upset for 2 other reason. 1) I had made this suggestion to him and he told me no and then takes my idea when I can't do anything about it. 2) I was told about this by my roommate and not my boss.

But it isn't all bad. I now have a balcony and a better internet connection. I can actually get it in the whole apartment and not just one room!

Happy Fourth!

Hope everyone had a good Fourth of July! I am happy to say I did. In the morning I had a bit of work to do. Some new guys came in and I had to move out of my apartment into another one downstairs, so I had to take care of that too. But after all the work was done, I went to Dallas and hung out by a pool with some people. I only knew one of them, 2 I had meet the night before, but the other 5 were new to me. It was nice to sit in the sun for a few hours with some cool people.

A bit of a problem arose though. I had thought I forgot my bathing suit until last night, I found the bag I had thrown it in before I left. The thing I forgot was that I had placed it in the bag when it was still a little wet, and I had left it there for almost 2 months. Not good. So I didn't go IN the pool today. Guess I'll be getting a new one soon.

Dallas!!!

Went out tonight. Hung out with friends in Dallas to watch fireworks. Good times. Also, trying to post this from the iPhone. (Actually didn't post from iPhone, will need to work on a bit more)

Gone Fishing!

Today, I was invited to go fishing with Jordan, the lead tech from the office. I have been fishing before but not in years. I only went fishing in the pond at the Debo-rama, but I don't think that counts cause I was never seriously fishing then. It was late in the day, so Jordan said we were only going to go for like 15 minutes, so we grab his stuff and jump in the car. We drive down to this little stream right by the apartments we're staying at. Long story short, I caught 2 fish. We wanted to do catch and release but I didn't know how to take the hook out and when I pulled the first fish out, around 2 inch Blue Gill was what I was told, Jordan wasn't around. By the time he got back and we(he) got the hook out and tossed it back in, it didn't go anywhere. Two casts later, I catch a fish, Spotted Bass I am told, that was at least twice as long. I was pretty proud of myself. I never really thought I would enjoy fishing , and I am far from sayign I am a fan of it, but I think if I am invited to go again, I'd totally join.

Going back to AZ early...or not.

It is pretty nice to find that your boss thinks highly of you. Today, I was told that one of the other office was going to close and combine with our office. I have two friends working in the office there in New Jersey, so I was pretty excited to hear they were coming here. It only took me a second to remember that there are 3 office positions and they are all filled here. So I quickly asked my boss what was going on with everyone. She tell me that I am being replaced as the inventory manager for Whitney, the inventory manager from New Jersey, and I was getting moved back to Corp to help in payroll. The company knew I was looking for a job after this summer gig is over, and they had an opening for me. I was pretty excited to be going back to Arizona. I would get to see my friends again and start looking at the houses in Tempe. I was also pumped for the different job I would be doing, not really sure what it was but I get bored easily, so a change was sort of needed. The news of the other office closing hadn't spread too much. The only other person I thought would know about it was Tyler, the head rep, who oversees this office. He had known about the merge, but when I mentioned that I was going to Corp, he laughs and says, 'I have the last word on that.' I get a call a bit later telling me that I was actually fought over and that I will be staying in Fort Worth for the rest of the summer and take the position at Corp after the summer is over. Pretty cool that Tyler thinks that highly of me to actually say that he wanted me to stay. As for my friends for New Jersey, Whitney is going to Corp and Christine is coming here for a few weeks, to help the merge go smoothly, and then she'll head back to Corp.

Pretty eventful day for me and my job. I was a bit let down when it all changed. I was really excited how everything was working out, but now I get to stay in Fort Worth. Still some stuff I wanted to do here, so it all works out. Plus, not sure if I am totally ready for an Arizona summer!