The Greatest Dad ever!!

Many will say I have the greatest Dad ever.  But none will be truer said than my Dad..  I will tell you why.  Can you claim that your Dad rescued you from Sasquatch?  I can.  Legend has it that one night as my Dad was taking out the trash while working at the Circle K he found me and Sasquatch in the trash can.  He felt so bad for me that he traded his shoes for me.  I think he got the best side of the deal.  Can you claim that your Dad was the best quarter back in high school, could play basket ball like a Harlem Globe Trotter, or got an Orange heart while serving in the war?.  I can! Well at least that's what he would tell us when we were growing up.  Did your dad make up crazy games like, Guess how much money is in my hat and I'll give it to you?   See how far the tape measure would go out before it would break?  If you got it right you got a Dairy Queen.  Did your Dad have a neighbor hood baseball game in front of the house all summer?  If you caught a fly ball you got a dairy queen.  If you could pop his big toe, you got a treat. 



Did your Dad turn into Santa's elf at Christmas time?  For as long as I can remember Dad would get goodies and have us deliver them ding dong ditch style on random peoples houses during the Christmas season.  It wasn't until last October while visiting Jesse in Delaware and reminiscing did we realize that he was doing that because when I was 6 my Dad was diagnosed with cancer.  It was a really hard time for my family as Dad was the bread winner for our family and was suddenly unable to work.  I remember many times coming home and having dinner brought to us by church members or Christmas presents left mysteriously left on our door step.  During this time my Dad's truck was stolen with all his work tools with it.  It left him totally devastated.  Our ward did a ward yard sale and took that money and bought him new tools to help get him back on his feet.  I know this really touched our family in more ways than can be said. 

I am so grateful for all the things my Dad has taught me.  He has taught me to be tough and not take crap from no one.  He taught me to love football especially the Cowboys and if the Cowboys are losing well then cheer for the Broncos. Sorry Dad I love the Cowboys and you will never catch me cheering for the Broncos.  Guess that's why you had Jeremy.  Dad taught me that the crazier your outfit the better.  Work hard and play harder, and no matter how excited you are to go on vacation we aren't leaving until the house is spotless and the driveway and street have been sprayed down.  Have pride in what you do even if you can't see if from my house.  The Church is true and Heavenly Father loves us and hears and answers our prayers. 

If you can claim this then you do have the blessing of having the Greatest Dad in the world.  I know I do.  Love you to eternity Dad!! 

Hoping for a Change

In the middle of May while helping the store in Espanola I learned that the Grants store was opening a Store Manager Position.  Grants is a perfect store for a new store manager.  So after praying about it all weekend I applied.  There are 3 steps to the interview process. 


1st interview if selected is with the Market Human Resource manager. Its about an hour long and is about the competencies of a Store Manager (which I am currently not)  I was selected for this interview and I just gonna throw this out there that it was the longest hour of my life.  But it went well and was done over the phone.

2nd Interview if selected is with the Market Manager and is about operations.  Randy my MHRM said he was recommending me to interview with Matt and I would be notified when that would happen. This was a Monday.  Well Matt came to my Store on Wed and interviewed me in person.  I was freaking out all night because I had to try to memorize all the numbers for the store, what we were doing to improve, have the store ready for a visit and meet with Matt after working all night.  The interview went well despite being nervous and working all night.

The 3rd Interview is a walk through of the Store you applied for.  Only 3 are selected.  You tour with a member of management from that store as if it were your store with a member of the market team monitoring you and evaluating you on your interaction with customers and associates and what you bring to the table. Then when that is done you meet before the panel and tell them why your the best for the position.  I have been selected for this interview.  It is next Friday.  Please keep me in your prayers.  I am excited for this opportunity but am very nervous as I have never been through this process before.