Not a whole lot has been going on recently, but we did want to get you caught up on a few things…
First off, Sam is doing quite well in school – currently straight A’s. The welding teacher did say that he needs to be a little more “neater” on his work but overall he has made really good improvement. See the photos below of his latest masterpiece.
Mom, threw her back out at work and has had to take a few days off from work. She did go to a chiropractor and is starting to feel better now but probably won’t be able to go back to work until next week. Since Mom moved over to the meat department at Publix, she has mostly been helping to unload the trucks and move product around on the floor, which is probably what has caused her back problems. That being the case, she decided to apply to Target to see about getting a new job, hopefully doing more merchandising than running freight. The only problem was that she had to complete an online video interview first. Luckily, Best Buy also started using this format this year, so Dad was pretty familiar with it to help her out. One of the drawbacks to the video interviewing process is that about 40% of the people will apply online, but never complete the video interview. Mom knows why people don’t complete the video as it was kind of stressful, but after much hesitation, a couple of false starts and some hilarity, she did get everything completed. The next morning, Mom got an email for a phone interview and was pretty excited, but then a few minutes later she got another email telling her that she had the job. After some confusion, she called Target and found out that they didn’t even need to complete the phone interview, and they wanted her to start next week working on dot.com orders. So apparently, she will be starting at Target next week as well.
Dad went ahead and got his Covid booster shot on Thursday. He received the J&J shot back in March and since they finally recommended the booster shot for everyone who receive the one-time J&J, he went to Publix and got the 2nd Moderna shot. Other than that, he hasn’t started any new house projects as work is keeping him quite busy.
Alex hasn’t been up to much lately… working, playing video games and sleeping. Alex did however have to go to a funeral last week. Virginia’s brother was killed in a car wreck – drunk driving, (Virginia is the girl he went to Homecoming with in HS) so he went with another mutual friend, Zak, to the funeral. Virginia’s brother went to the same school as Alex and Sam and they all played basketball together. Alex seemed a little upset about it as it was his first funeral. Alex is planing on going into to talk with his advisor at PCCC. He is trying to get into a medical coding program next year. The program was full this fall, but he is going to see if there are any additional classes he can take in the spring. Most of his credits from his previous degree will apply to the new program.
Finally, Halloween is almost here and then just a few short weeks until Thanksgiving. Dad has the T-Day off, but needs to be to work at 4am on Friday. Alex will probably be working something similar and we don’t know what Mom’s schedule will look like yet. Sam will be relaxing at home and yes we are all jealous. He will, however, be going to VA to help Nana over the winter break, probably just a week or two before Christmas to get some stuff done in preparation to put the house on the market.
Well, that’s about it – hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween.
Flashback 2003, a pumpkin and Aquaman
The Payne Chronicles 