This was just the craziest of days!!! This morning Cathy had her Wake County Orientation in Cary (about 25 minutes away) at 8:30am. This was her first taste of traffic at this time in the morning. She got to the orientation site just on time (she likes to be early to things) and the orientation went well. She got her picture taken for her employee badge and even got to come home with her green card (lol).
The craziness started when she first got to the training. Back in Michigan when she first was offered the job at Oak Grove, a woman named Taffy Moore (yes... her name was Taffy) told Cathy that she needed a physical and negative TB test before she could start working. Taffy told Cathy that she could use something from Michigan from her doctor and just bring it with her. Well... this morning the Wake County lady almost didn't accept it because it wasn't on the official form from Wake County!!
Then... the direct deposit sheet had to be signed by a bank teller at Wachovia... so Cathy had to find a Wachovia and then go back to the training place and give them her completed form.
All was great until Cathy left to come back home. She missed the turn to come south towards our house and ended up getting completely lost and ended up WAAAAYYYY south (Fuquay-Varina) and took about two hours to get home. Needless to say, she was upset and glad to be home!!
Steve had a busy day getting certified in CPR! He had two plant-wide meetings and then a HUGE department one (that he didn't have to sit in on). He got to come home early today (he was home by 3:00!!).
He is excited to see what next Wednesday will be all about. It's the official Burt's Bees "Cultural Day." He's not sure what it means, but he's been told to wear comfortable shoes, shorts and a t-shirt. He was told that he'll be outside for some of it, but mostly inside with the air-conditioning. The purpose is to bring the whole company together. Everyone from the NC facilities and then all the sales people and the Burt's Bees people in Canada and the UK will be coming too!
We're both so glad that it's Friday! We are going to spend the weekend.... surprise, surprise! Unpacking!! We hope to get a lot done and start to get the house to look like a house and not a storage facility!! Maybe we'll even get to hit the pool!!!
Have a great weekend and we'll post more later!
:)
Steve and Cathy
The craziness started when she first got to the training. Back in Michigan when she first was offered the job at Oak Grove, a woman named Taffy Moore (yes... her name was Taffy) told Cathy that she needed a physical and negative TB test before she could start working. Taffy told Cathy that she could use something from Michigan from her doctor and just bring it with her. Well... this morning the Wake County lady almost didn't accept it because it wasn't on the official form from Wake County!!
Then... the direct deposit sheet had to be signed by a bank teller at Wachovia... so Cathy had to find a Wachovia and then go back to the training place and give them her completed form.
All was great until Cathy left to come back home. She missed the turn to come south towards our house and ended up getting completely lost and ended up WAAAAYYYY south (Fuquay-Varina) and took about two hours to get home. Needless to say, she was upset and glad to be home!!
Steve had a busy day getting certified in CPR! He had two plant-wide meetings and then a HUGE department one (that he didn't have to sit in on). He got to come home early today (he was home by 3:00!!).
He is excited to see what next Wednesday will be all about. It's the official Burt's Bees "Cultural Day." He's not sure what it means, but he's been told to wear comfortable shoes, shorts and a t-shirt. He was told that he'll be outside for some of it, but mostly inside with the air-conditioning. The purpose is to bring the whole company together. Everyone from the NC facilities and then all the sales people and the Burt's Bees people in Canada and the UK will be coming too!
We're both so glad that it's Friday! We are going to spend the weekend.... surprise, surprise! Unpacking!! We hope to get a lot done and start to get the house to look like a house and not a storage facility!! Maybe we'll even get to hit the pool!!!
Have a great weekend and we'll post more later!
:)
Steve and Cathy
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I like your new blog, and I will be checking often! I find it interesting that you mention that you guys are Catholic, and a few lines down you have the word "hate" capitalized. Hmmm...Catholics are still Christians, right? Just thinking out loud. :)
Poor Wal-Mart. What did they do ever do to earn your ire? How different do you think IKEA is from Wal-Mart? Sorry; diarrhea of the typing fingers. I hope Holly Springs is treating you well! It must be a beautiful time of the year there.
Ahhh... gotta love comments from my brother!!
:)
I also now bank at Wachovia. :)
random.
Michelle H.
So I was wondering, do you have to be certified to teach in NC the way you do in MI? Is there anything special you have to do for that? I miss you tons! Sorry you had a rough Friday. Things will get better once you settle.
Hi Cathy & Steve,
Hope this finds you well and well you are obviously loving every minute of your new home.
I like your page and I'll try REALLY hard to check it out regularly.
Your mom misses you terribly Cathy!
Take care,
Aunt Margie
P.S. Hi Dave and Hi Scott - just incase you are reading this.