I love my job

I've been putting off updating this blog for a really long time. I always said there was nothing that significant to report to the whole Internet, so I did not.

I really like my life right now. I have an awesome wife, and a very loving extended family. My job as an Assistant Manager at Walgreens makes me happy. I have so much fun at work and I enjoy it. It makes me feel good to help people. I sometimes joke that all I do at work all day is count money. And really that is what I spend a large amount of time doing, but my job is so much more than that. I motivate those that work under me. I resolve customer concerns. I help customers find what they came for. I train people on effective customer service and upselling. Recently I have been put in charge of more things. The decisions I make on a regular basis are starting to have a significant impact on the profitability of my store, and I am being recognized for it.

Previous jobs have not given me much power to change things, but now I can. I also like the fact that the work I do I can't bring home with me, so when I'm home, I'm home. That means I can focus all of my efforts on Katie and my church calling.

Unfortunately because of my position, I work on a rotating schedule of nights and days, including weekends. So I work on sundays two out of three weeks. On the weeks I work night shifts, I don't see Katie much because she is asleep before I get home, and leaves before I get up for the day. And even on my days off, which are typically during the week, I only see her after she is done at school, and if she doesn't have other evening plans. Eventually, I hope to work my way up the ranks so I can have nights and weekends off so I can spend more time with Katie. Probably that day won't come until after we start having children, but at least I can hope.