Greg and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary on Thursday, and I can't believe it has been 5 years! It is just so weird to me... In a way, it feels like just yesterday that we got married and were dealing with the struggles of living together and finances! :) But obviously we did it since we made it to this point! And here we are, four moves, six jobs, one degree, and two kids later... :) It's pretty crazy how life can change so drastically in the span of 5 years. But life is great and we are thrilled to be married to each other! I don't think I could have married a better guy to deal with my mood swings and OCD moments! :) He is so patient with me, and he works so hard to support our family (which he probably doesn't get enough thanks for). Anyway, I don't want to get too sappy on everybody, but I just want Greg to know how much I love him and appreciate what he does for us!
Even though Thursday was a really exciting and neat day for us, we really didn't do much except exchange gifts and eat Chicken Bowls from Teriyaki Stix at home. :) We were planning on going out to dinner, but couldn't find a sitter for the kids, and that day was just really stressful for us in general (details later...). But fortunately, we were able to find a sitter last night and actually go out to dinner, and we had a great time! I thought it would be fun to post some pictures of our wedding day on here, so check them out! (And THEN you can read about the exciting news...) :)
And now for the exciting news! (And no, I am NOT pregnant!) Drum roll, please................ Greg got a new job! Yay! Ha ha, okay, well this may not be that exciting of news for all of you, but we are absolutely thrilled about! It will be such a great change for Greg and our family. He is going to be the new store manager at an import tile store in Salt Lake called A World of Tile, and he will start on January 14th. Here's the story of how it all happened...
For about the past four months, we have really felt like it was time to start looking for a new job because T-Mobile has changed a lot and is no longer treating their employees well, which is disappointing. Unfortunately, every job we found on our own either had long hours, low pay, or both! So Greg ended up posting his resume online in September and got quite a few calls, but they were all for car sales or insurance, both of which we didn't feel good about. So we kind of just gave up and said that we would start looking again when Greg graduates next December.
Well, a few weeks ago, Greg went to a manager meeting where the market manager told them if they didn't start meeting all their metrics (which are so out of the ballpark now, they are unattainable) by February, they would lose their jobs. Greg came home so frustrated and we decided that once again, it was time to look for a new job. We came across a few that looked okay, but once again, nothing seemed right. We started panicking a little since February is coming up, and we were really worried that Greg's store would still be having a hard time meeting numbers...
One week after the manager meeting, Greg was called by a headhunter who had found his resume online and wanted him to interview for this management job at the tile store. At first, we were a little unsure since it is in Salt Lake and we figured the pay would be low, since almost every other job we had come across up to that point wasn't even comparable to what Greg makes now (which isn't even that much!). But once she sent us the information about the job, we realized that it was the perfect fit for us and got really excited, so Greg went and interviewed last Thursday. It was just one of those situations where we knew it was the perfect job for us, and it was excruciating to wait for a call about whether or not he got the job (which explains the stress on our anniversary).
Well, Greg finally got a call yesterday saying he got the job and we are seriously so thrilled! Of course, we have to buy another car now and Greg gets to make that lovely commute everyday, but we feel extremely fortunate to have gotten it. Seriously, this was very much the Lord's doing and we feel incredibly blessed. And we will keep you all updated as to how thing go. Even though it will be hard to leave T-Mobile after almost 5 years (especially because we have made so many friends), we know it will be a great job change. It was also great to hear his market manager say that if she could offer him an extra $10k on his salary just to keep him, she would... Well, then maybe she shouldn't have threatened his job a few weeks ago, right? :) Until next time! -Ash