WOO-HOO

Darren just got his phone call. It was Butch from Schwan's Frozen Foods. Darren had applied for a job driving truck with them a couple of weeks ago and Darren was just waiting on his back ground check to be completed to find out if he go the job....HE GOT IT!! Darren thinks it will be a good job for him because he likes driving around and he doesn't have to carry anything that he thinks might be too heavy for his back (plus, if someone orders a lot of food he can make multiple trips from the truck to the house). There is a warehouse based out of Harvey so Darren is going to try driving back and forth from York to Harvey for a bit to see if he likes the drive. If he doesn't like the drive but loves the job, then we are going to move to Harvey. We have been thinking about it and all the pros and cons that will go along with moving there. But since I wouldn't be working, if it's easier for Darren's job then we will do it because it's not really going to effect me a whole lot because I would be home with Cassie. This is really great because Schwan's pays their employee's weekly and there is a start base pay of $600 per week plus commission of what he sells off the truck. So at the minimum, he will make $1200 per two weeks which is double what he makes at the Plant right now. There is also better insurance. Darren pays close to $200 from each pay check at the plant for a family plan but Butch from Schwan's has one of the highest plans and he only pays between $50 to $60 so will will save $100 there. Plus he also gets dental and vision which he doesn't get at the plant. There is 401K and Profit Sharing too. They will also pay Darren 29 cents per mile for driving to and from work. Schwan's pays for his lodging and food when he is on the road so there is basically no expenses there. Schwan's will also pay for a hotel room (up to 5 weeks) while Darren finds a place to stay. I am just as excited about this new job as Darren is. It will provide our family with so much more than what the plant is right now. It gives us an opportunity to relocate to a small town that has everything from a pool, clinic, hospital, dentist, optometrist, 3 grocery stores, a Pizza Ranch, Ben Franklin, and even a swimming beach on the Sheyenne River without a big city scene and we still have that small town feel. We have been looking at homes for sale around Harvey and on the web. We found a house that we want to give pics of to April to see if she can do that color thing to it like she did with their apartment. I am not sure what we are going to do with the horses but I can always sell them. We won't move right away until Darren knows for sure if this is a job that he wants to keep for a while because there is no point in moving if we are going to move back to York in 5 months. Darren starts the new job on June 6th. The down side is that there are a couple nights a week that he will be overnight on the road, but that's better than him working nights all week long right now. Now Darren just has to tell the manager of the pasta plant that he is putting in a 3 week notice. I just hope that they give Darren the two and a half weeks of vacation that he has saved up...either that or his 3 weeks are going to be really easy to put in!