Life at Home Depot

I love my new job!

 I never thought I could be so content being a cashier when I have a college degree. At work the people I work with are kind and we all get along. When I worked at the hospital there was a lot of bickering and back biting which is totally lame if you ask me. At Home Depot when I ask my manager a question he answers and honestly and if he doesn't know the answer he finds out, that day! That never happened at the hospital.
The biggest battle for me when I first started working at Home Depot was the fact that credit card sales where huge!  As in getting people to apply for one and then use it. I was a little sketchy on the whole thing. I didn't like being so pushy. But a co-worker had told me the way to get noticed and to move up is in credit card sells. So the next thing I know I get a credit sale. Then another and another. Last week I had the most sales for the store. I even out sold the top credit sales guy in the district. The best part of credit sales is the extra dollar on my pay check. Home Depot gives me a dollar for every credit I get. It is cool because they make it so that it is a dollar after taxes. So really they give my two dollars but I lose one to taxes. It is really awesome.
The coolest thing happened yesterday. I was in the store manager's office and I nearly jumped out of my skin when he said my name. My response was how do you know m name. ( I hadn't met him yet.) He had told me that he had heard wonderful things about me and was glad that I was on my team. Then it got better later in the day when a district manager was in the store and she knew my name too. So needless to say work is going very well! And my manager told me that it is looking pretty good that I will become a permanent employee. Which was a sigh of relief. I will have a better idea of that next week too.
Nick is adjusting to life with me working. The laundry doesn't get folded as fast and the house isn't always spotless but he is helping out more and more. A lot of times when I get home from work he has gone out of his way to make sure I have something to eat and the dishes are done. Both of things help so much I could cry some days because I am so tired. I love my poor college student of a husband.

In case you forgot this is a yak.

Oo I have a cool experience to tell you about. I ate yak... as in the animal the other day. It was amazingly delicious. I know it sounds not so good. But it tastes just like beef but it is sooo much better for you. It is super high in protein which I don't get enough of and very low in fat which I get too much of. So in the end it is a win, win. I bought a bunch and it is taking up my freezing. I plan that later this week we will be having a yak roast for dinner and I can hardly wait.
I also spent my days off last week with my mother in law upcycling a old china-like cabinet. It turned out pretty cool. We are half way done. When we have finished I will be sure to up load the pictures we took of the process and maybe you'll become inspired to upcycle something old in your house or storage unit.

Anyway that's been my life as of late. It has become very busy but enjoyable at the same time.
Love,
The Wife of a Poor College Student.