Well, my job has officially begun. This week has been orientation week where we did all the benefits information, got training about the company and the campus, and learned more about the healthcare industry and IT industry. It's definitely been a busy week, and I'm sure it's just going to get busier.
There are 141 new staff this month. I have been able to meet a good amount of people from the new staff class, and it's fun cause I'm starting to schedule things to hang out with people outside of work. This weekend, I'm gonna head downtown on Saturday with a coworker to check out the farmers market and art show going on. Then on Sunday, I'll be going to church with another co-worker. The next weekend, we have our accounting baseball game on Friday night, our company's picnic on Saturday (with steak and lobster), and then I'm doing a golf tournament with a bunch of the new staff on Sunday. So, it's neat to be able to meet people outside of work.
I will be working in the accounting department mostly with the license fee team. I will be working on the license fees of all of our customers between K-Z in the alphabet. This will be tracking when customers go live with our products and billing them accordingly. I will be reading contracts and making sure everything is being done correctly there. I will also be working some with hourly billing as well. So it will be neat to see what all that entails.
Hmm, I guess that is all for now. Hope people are doing well back in MI!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Pictures From Apartment
Read previous post. These are solely the pictures that I promised in that post.
The first picture here is the view of my living room from my balcony/bedroom.
Here we have my bedroom as soon as you walk up the stairs. The balcony is on the right that overseas the rest of the apartment.
Here we have my kitchen and breakfast bar (with the sweet stools). The dining room has a table and such that is just right of this picture.
The first picture here is the view of my living room from my balcony/bedroom.
Here we have my bedroom as soon as you walk up the stairs. The balcony is on the right that overseas the rest of the apartment.
Here we have my kitchen and breakfast bar (with the sweet stools). The dining room has a table and such that is just right of this picture.
Madison, WI
Hey all,
It's been a while, but it's been a crazy past week or two. Let me explain. There's not gonna be any deep spiritual revealings in this post, but it is exciting to see how God is working lately and what he's kinda putting in place for me as I begin a new adventure in Wisconsin.
First, I had the privilege of having an amazing last weekend in Michigan. After my last day of work at Sun Chemical (Where they bought me lunch on the last day, that was sweet), I headed down to Detroit for my first (and probably only) Tigers game of the year. Jocelyn's dad had tickets for clients that weren't being used, so we had the opportunity to use those. I met up with Jocelyn in Howell and then we drove on over to Detroit. For a record, there is tons of construction around Detroit, and that makes for an entertaining ride when you aren't even that familiar with Detroit to begin with. We had seats right behind 1st base about 14 rows up. We could not have asked for better seats, except that there was this tall guy who sat in front of us so I couldn't see first base without moving my head and Jocelyn couldn't see home plate without ducking around the guy. But it was a great 7-1 win. Then on Saturday, I drove on over to Grand Rapids and got to hang out with a bunch of the guys and Candell and Melissa. We got to chill at Dan's cottage, and see a Whitecaps game at night. Finally, on Sunday, I got to be in a suite at a Whitecaps game for Dan's dad's Fathers day gift. We won in the 13th inning on a Kody Kaiser game winning single. Overall, what an amazing weekend.
After the great weekend, I got ready for the move to Madison. Monday was dedicated strictly to packing, which took forever. Then, Tuesday morning around 4am, we left for Madison. We had my car and my dads truck. My mom and sister came along to help move because my dad couldn't make it. It's the busy time of the year and my uncle can't do farmwork for 6-10 weeks probably because of health problems with his leg. We got to Madison and signed a lease with an apartment I found on Craigslist.
After two days of moving stuff in, shopping for furniture, and getting stuff settled, the apartment is finally looking set to go. I have a 2nd floor sweet loft apartment, so we had to carry everything a long ways to get it into the apartment. This was an adventure with me, mom, and Stephanie, but I give them credit for their willingness to help. We looked everywhere for furniture and eventually found some good stuff at Sam's Club, and we had to haul that to my apartment. It didn't fit into the back of the truck well, that's for sure. For the mattress, we had to lift it and tie it to the top of the truck to make it work. We were dead and tired, but I must say that we did a great job.
The apartment is sweet. You walk in and its the dining room area with a table/chairs/etc. You look to your left and theres a kitchen with a breakfast bar (with 3 stools). Then straight ahead, you have my living room with a couch and a couple chairs and the tv with the normal living room feel. Straight behind the living room is a porch which is neat to be able to relax outside if you get sick of being inside. Then you go around and theres stairs to go up where the bedroom and bathroom is. The bathroom is right when you get to the top, and if you go to the right you will find my bedroom. Its weird cause my bedroom isn't really a room, it's just the top of the balcony. It really gives a neat feel. It's hard to explain it all in words, but hopefully I can post pictures later.
It's a really nice area and I'm 1-2 miles from everything. I'm really enjoying it so far. If you could pray for me to continue to feel comfortable, for work starting up on Monday, and for me to make friends and find a good church, that would be great!
It's been a while, but it's been a crazy past week or two. Let me explain. There's not gonna be any deep spiritual revealings in this post, but it is exciting to see how God is working lately and what he's kinda putting in place for me as I begin a new adventure in Wisconsin.
First, I had the privilege of having an amazing last weekend in Michigan. After my last day of work at Sun Chemical (Where they bought me lunch on the last day, that was sweet), I headed down to Detroit for my first (and probably only) Tigers game of the year. Jocelyn's dad had tickets for clients that weren't being used, so we had the opportunity to use those. I met up with Jocelyn in Howell and then we drove on over to Detroit. For a record, there is tons of construction around Detroit, and that makes for an entertaining ride when you aren't even that familiar with Detroit to begin with. We had seats right behind 1st base about 14 rows up. We could not have asked for better seats, except that there was this tall guy who sat in front of us so I couldn't see first base without moving my head and Jocelyn couldn't see home plate without ducking around the guy. But it was a great 7-1 win. Then on Saturday, I drove on over to Grand Rapids and got to hang out with a bunch of the guys and Candell and Melissa. We got to chill at Dan's cottage, and see a Whitecaps game at night. Finally, on Sunday, I got to be in a suite at a Whitecaps game for Dan's dad's Fathers day gift. We won in the 13th inning on a Kody Kaiser game winning single. Overall, what an amazing weekend.
After the great weekend, I got ready for the move to Madison. Monday was dedicated strictly to packing, which took forever. Then, Tuesday morning around 4am, we left for Madison. We had my car and my dads truck. My mom and sister came along to help move because my dad couldn't make it. It's the busy time of the year and my uncle can't do farmwork for 6-10 weeks probably because of health problems with his leg. We got to Madison and signed a lease with an apartment I found on Craigslist.
After two days of moving stuff in, shopping for furniture, and getting stuff settled, the apartment is finally looking set to go. I have a 2nd floor sweet loft apartment, so we had to carry everything a long ways to get it into the apartment. This was an adventure with me, mom, and Stephanie, but I give them credit for their willingness to help. We looked everywhere for furniture and eventually found some good stuff at Sam's Club, and we had to haul that to my apartment. It didn't fit into the back of the truck well, that's for sure. For the mattress, we had to lift it and tie it to the top of the truck to make it work. We were dead and tired, but I must say that we did a great job.
The apartment is sweet. You walk in and its the dining room area with a table/chairs/etc. You look to your left and theres a kitchen with a breakfast bar (with 3 stools). Then straight ahead, you have my living room with a couch and a couple chairs and the tv with the normal living room feel. Straight behind the living room is a porch which is neat to be able to relax outside if you get sick of being inside. Then you go around and theres stairs to go up where the bedroom and bathroom is. The bathroom is right when you get to the top, and if you go to the right you will find my bedroom. Its weird cause my bedroom isn't really a room, it's just the top of the balcony. It really gives a neat feel. It's hard to explain it all in words, but hopefully I can post pictures later.
It's a really nice area and I'm 1-2 miles from everything. I'm really enjoying it so far. If you could pray for me to continue to feel comfortable, for work starting up on Monday, and for me to make friends and find a good church, that would be great!
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