June 2, 2005
Dear Family,
Our week has mainly consisted of trying to create order of our apartment. We’re getting closer, I think. :) We still need to decorate and unpack a few more boxes. This apartment is the closest thing we’ve had to a house. It’s exciting to feel like we are moving in that direction.
We decided to spend the weekend in Idaho Falls with Kimball's parents. They were nice to watch Kurt while we went furniture shopping. Kimball and I felt so free as we went from store to store without fussing with a car seat at each stop. We ended up finding a bargain on an entertainment center.
Kimball and I met with Brother Griffin, the preservice trainer (he’ll teach Kimball’s seminary teaching classes). He actually taught at my old high school so we already had that connection. He was very helpful and encouraging. Going into it we wondered if it would be a “do you know how slim your chances of getting hired really are?” or a “welcome to the program, you’ll do great” kind of meeting. It was definitely the latter. We appreciate the help he gave us and look forward to the fall. As we left his office we both felt even more excited and certain of our decision to do CES training than we have before. It will be a great experience. We heard that one of our neighbors was in the CES program, but didn’t meet him for awhile. Kimball finally ran into him the other day and asked about it. It turns out that he was a student teacher but didn’t get hired. Eeek! I’m used to hearing about people who do get hired. We realize that’s a possibility for us as well, but are excited to give it our best anyway.
Speaking of jobs, Kimball got hired as a picker today. And what, you ask, is a picker…good question. He’s working at Icon filling orders for replacement parts for their exercise equipment. So, I guess you could say he and Steve will be colleagues. It may not be the most exciting job, but Logan’s got a tough job market, so we’re grateful for it. Some of the other jobs Kimball looked into were car washing 2 days a week, door-to-door sales, and (get this) 12-hour shifts pushing a 600-pound block of cheese. Yeah, the picker position sounds pretty good.
Until next week,
The professional picker & co.
