Full Time!!!

Hey there!
Couldn't remember if I updated the blog and told you guys, and I'm too lazy to look back and see, so I thought I'd write a new post saying that I am officially full-time at Belden's!!!!  Woooohooooo!!  What this means is that I will have to average 30 hours/week over the month, I will begin accumulating paid time off and vacation time, I will have benefit options (including a stock option in Sterling Jewelers, the biggest jewelry company in the United States), and I will have the option to enroll in company insurance!  Pretty sweet, huh??  :D  The reason I really wanted to go full-time is because of the insurance.  Our company offers some really nice insurance and the insurance Michael and I have right now is basically like not having insurance at all.  Here's the difference in the plans, for those of you that care:

Current Insurance
$150/month
$5000 deductible
80/20 after deductible
Maximum out of pocket: $20,000
Beldens Insurance
$185/month
$1000 deductible
80/20 after deductible
Maximum out of pocket: $4,500
Vision and Dental included

So, as you can see, the new insurance will be much better.  After having to have my Gallbladder removed, I'm leary of having bad insurance.  But I just couldn't keep paying $400/month on school insurance when they ripped me off so bad after I did have to get my Gallbladder taken out.  Stay away from Prefered Health Systems!!

Anyways, I got my sales up and have been doing well, so our district manager finally agreed to let me go full-time.  I think he's worried that I don't have much sales experience, but I am learning quickly and am going above and beyond my goals.  So I think I will do just fine in a full-time position.

Because I'll be putting in 30+ hrs/week at the jewelry store, I won't be subbing quite as much (Until March).  I will go ahead and take jobs for people who put them in early, because I can request evening shifts for those days if I know plenty in advance.  Between the jewelry store, subbing, and Pampered Chef, I'm sure I'll stay plenty busy!!  Not to mention, I might be doing a little babysitting here and there....  :)  One of the girls at work has a 4 month old baby boy and her and her husband's schedules vary quite a bit week to week, so they might need someone to watch William here and there.  :)  I can't wait!!!!

March-May is going to be interesting and very busy!!  Sis is due March 28th, and I will be her long-term sub.  That means I'll have to work 40+hrs/week at school, then still average 30+hrs/week at the jewelry store in order to keep my full-time status and my insurance.  It will be quite the juggling game!  So don't expect to see me much during those 3 months, because if I'm not at one job or the other, I plan on being asleep.  ;)

Well, this has gotten way too long, so I'll sign off now.  Hope you all are enjoying 2012.  :)  I know this year is going to be an excellent one!