Michael's Ticket Count
Michael showing off his prizes
Strike a pose
Let me see your tongue
Cooper thinks he's a kid just like Michael and that the bounce house is his tooWell last week was rough. I was let go from Saint Al's for a ridiculous reason and let's just say that there is a certain someone there that I will not miss (I don't like drama, eavesdroppers, or micromanagers who put people down constantly- it's not professional or nice). I will miss Sharron and Charlene, but plan on keeping in touch. I spent one week unemployed, filled out about 100 applications, and went to about 6 interviews. I was fortunate enough to stumble across a job ad for a place called RehabAuthority and even more fortunate to get hired for a Monday-Friday day job (no holidays) and for better pay than what I was making. From a 1 day ad, they had over 300 applicants and I went through 3 interviews before getting the job. It's a job that is simply to build relationships with doctors so I get paid to make friends (and I think I'm pretty good at that). I have my own office with my own company laptop and company cell phone and I'll be there about 5% of the time and the other 95% of the time I get to meet new people. The company is absolutely amazing and all the people are wonderful. They believe in having fun at work and being passionate and excited about what you do so they hire people that fit into that category (fun especially). I've been on the job for 2 full days, but feel like I have already been accepted into the family unit they have created. Other amazing perks: I get a clothing allowance and if you meet the company goal each year (which they have for the last 3 years in a row), they send the employees and their spouses on a vacation to Mexico! Is this not just a dream company and job? I am so excited!
Beyond the new job, I got to spend some quality time with Michael over the last week. We cleaned and set up Michael's bounce house so we spent a lot of time playing outside and me and my friend Sarah took Michael to Pojos which is a fun Chuck E Cheese sort of place, but for all ages (not just little kids). We literally took $5 in and let Michael choose his own games and play them by himself and he won 393 tickets (on $5 and he isn't even 2!). He loved the games that involve any kind of ball so there was one game where you push a button and a bouncy ball shoots through a tube and bounces around until it falls into a hole that is labeled with a specific number of tickets. Twice in a row he won big! He got 25 once and then 75 immediately after! It was hilarious watching a toddler play a game and win huge. The other game he did well on was a bingo type game where you roll a ball under a glass top and it eventually bounces into a hole labeled with a number that lights up a spot on the electronic bingo card. He got a couple rows lit up a couple times. When we finally went and chose out his prizes, he got a football and two bouncy balls and held them all in his arms and giggled and squealed as we piled them into his arms. He was SO excited! It was a lot of fun.
Mike is doing well too. He will be starting physical therapy this week and we're hoping to get him back up and going well here soon. Life is good. :) We hit a financial snag due to loss of income for a week, but once we recover, we're going to be in a much better state than we were before and much happier. We are so blessed and lucky and truly grateful for everyone who has helped us through everything we have gone through in the last couple of months.
