We've a couple big decisions looming over us: #1 work vs. school #2 car
#1When I became supervisor I was also given the option of
Full Time/Salary which = 40 hours a week always. But I get benefits: my health insurance covered, paid vacation and sick days, discounts with optical and dental, etc.
Last semester, I worked 30 hours a week (the minimum I have to work p.s.) while being full time student ... way too much for me. I did not do well in school, we'll put it that way.
So ... no matter which way we decide ... I think I'll have to go to part-time school. But how much do I give to school?? My boss has been asking for my decisions for a few months now ... :)
Let's shed a little bit more light on the whole situation, shall we ... BYU's health insurance = crappy (what I'm on right now). They hardly cover anything
at all. And no dental or optical at all. And if you go anywhere besides their health center they will only pay 30 % I think it is ... including hospitals. If I go full time ... we wouldn't even have to worry about this - insurance expense would be gone and we probably wouldn't be paying as much for prescriptions.
My job
isn't what you would call a walk in the park ... atleast for me. I'm the boss of 10 people. I even have an assistant. Everytime I've been gone for more than 2 days, I get atleast one phone call from one of my employees asking something. It's hard to put my job into perspective. It really is quite amazing and a blessing that I got the job. Every single one of my employees has more education than me ... except for two and they have more experience. I just happened to be the one with the most experience at the company - I figured out the system and the owners like me.
I deal with some of the most confidential information within the company ... such as its bank statements. If anything strange happens...I'm the one that has to figure it out or how to solve it. If something doesn't get done - it falls on me. The previous supervisor was known for staying late almost everyday - she worked the most hours out everyone in the company several years in a row...not joking. I'm not by any means trying to brag ... just trying to give a little insight to what I deal with on a daily basis. And what I'm saying is that I don't always have a lot of energy after I've been at work for 8 hours of making decisions and solving mysteries. So I'm not even sure how much school I'll be able to handle while keeping myself sane. If I go 40 hours ... I'm thinking 2 classes tops.
I've finally felt like I've got a handle on things ... this summer ... not being in school. I can come home and relax if I want, without feeling guilty about not doing homework. Our apartment has gotten pretty clean. I actually cook dinner more than once a week. I can actually kinda get things done. Things are good.
And ... I get paid pretty well. It'd be nice to have the extra income to save up for when the day comes when we start our family. It'd be nice to have money put away and enough that we wouldn't have to worry about me becoming a stay at home mom.
Another note ... football season isn't the easiest thing on the wife ... or atleast me. You don't have weekends - it's as if they don't exist except for Sundays. Not a bad thing by any means ... I love going to the games but I don't get anything done.
But ... school is super important. Period. I do love to learn and I do think it's important (I already said that). It's hard especially since lately I've felt like I'm meant more for work than school. I've excelled greatly at work and my job but kinda gone down hill with school ... atleast according to my expectations for myself.
So that was a lot longer than expected and was basically me rambling. Moving on ...
#2 CarWe've been looking at maybe buying a new car. We've spent close to $1500 in just the last 3 months in repairs on the truck and car. We're basically paying a car payment but in repairs. We're kinda thinking we would rather put the money into a car we can rely on.
If we do ... we'd go down to one car - sell the car and truck and use that money to pay for the car or at least a down payment. We're trying to look at all our options. Just putting it out there but it is a big decision in front of us. Something we could have for a long long time and run into the ground. Something that we could lug kids around in ... neither of our current cars are suited for carseats. So we were thinking of getting a car now when we can afford it so that we can have it when a few years down the road we have a kid and no money. Who knows ... still a lot of thinking and looking around.
We've been looking at the Hyundai Sonatas - we test drove a brand new one and a used '07. We're not really looking at buying a brand new one but it was sure fun to test drive.
So there's our big decisions looming over our heads at the moment. Sorry for another
super long post.
Our view of the game - it was awesome - we had tons of fun watching the game
It was free visor game - they gave everyone these ... as you can see in the background
Talk about the funniest looking mascot ... friar tuck
And they even have different versions of their friar
I am quite the sickling with strep so I'll take tis opportunity where I can't do anything but lie around and wish my sweetheart a 
