New Job

So, Nate is switching jobs. This is something he sort of felt was needed. He has already not agreed with the ethics of Sales men at his company and i think he just got tired of it. He is also going to school for Construction Management. He loves working with his hands and building things. So even though i think this is a job that is a bit more demanding, i know that he will love it.

About a month ago, Nate and I saw his uncle who is a very wealthy builder all over Utah. Nate told him that he was going into construction management. His uncle told Nate that the biggest factor over who he hires to manage his projects, is the experience the guy has with everything that goes on in the construction process. He said he would rather hire someone that has had experience in framing, sheet rocking, painting, carpentry, flooring, electric, etc. than someone who went to school for four years. He said that experience is very important to him bcause that person can relate and lend help when needed.

So Nate is on his way to his first job in that direction. He is going to work for a brand new cabinet making company. King's Cabinets is very new, they only have 6 employees, including the owner. Nate will be building, assembling and installing cabinets.

Anyone who has ever been to our home knows that Nate already loves building with wood. We have a bed frame, two night stands and a dresser...a whole bedroom set that Nate made in high school. Plus two beautiful bookcases and other odd stuff. His Senior year, i think he took 3 wood shop classes. For half of the school day, he was in wood shop building stuff.

This was really hard for me to let him make the change. It is a bit of a pay cut for us, but it is to jump back up within 2-3 months. I am also working by butt off at my work and I am hoping that my boss reads this and knows that i deserve a nice raise. I have been at CirclePix for a little over a year and in my Client Management position for a year at the end of this month. Anyway, I am very excited that Nate will be home every night and on the weekends. I value my time spent with Nate because he often worked nights and i just vegged in front of the t.v. missing him. I think especially now that it is warming up, we can go hiking and camping. Lots of activities that we passed up last summer because of his crappy schedule. So now, we are starting a new chapter that should be better than the first. It is nice because it is a 'choose your own adventure book'.