Hello!!!
Waiting for the T-train
These past few days have been semi-eventful. Well, some of you may know that..... I GOT A JOB!!!! I am so beyond excited about it. I will tell you details in a bit. I guess I should catch you up the last couple days first.
So, the weather here has been anything but nice. For the last 3 days it has rained! I told Teej that I felt like we were in Oregon again because of the consistent lousy weather. I thought it was SPRING! Well, apparently Massachusetts hasn't got the memo yet. I don't know how Oregon weather has been but I hope it has been a little nicer then here. Anyway, with that said, Teej and I haven't been able to do much outdoors. However, when we did decide to go outside, we wanted to make it count. Teej had an interview in Boston yesterday so we took the T-train in again. BUT this time, we actually went in the right entrance!
His interview wasn't until 4pm so we had some time to explore a little bit before heading over to Faneuil Hall. Eva, my cousin had told me about this park that had statues of the ducks from the book "The Ugly Duckling" that we had to see. I read that book several times as a child so I told Teej that seeing it was a MUST! Plus, that was the same park that the famous swam boats were located in so we obviously had to go see them too! It was a bit of a walk but it was ok because we got to explore some new territory along the way.
On our way there, we took a stroll through the Boston Common Park and saw what looked like a ceremony was taking place in the center of the park. There were about 100 people all dressed in different military attire. There were cannons exploding during the ceremony (which scared the daylights out of me) as well as men dressed in uniforms from the early 1900's all the way to the present. We watched the ceremony for a while and then went and saw the ducks and swan boats. As we were walking out of the park we noticed all the men walking up the street. We honestly had no idea what they were doing or what they were celebrating. It was a cool display but we were very confused.
After the park we started to toward Faneuil Hall. By the time we got there I was so thankful because the weather was starting to pick up with not only rain but also WIND. Teej went into his interview at 4 and I walked around Quincy Market, which is located right next to Faneuil Hall. I guess I should clarify something. I keep saying Teej went to his interview but it really wasn't an interview. He was meeting with a recruiter who's job is to help individuals find jobs based on their skill sets. So, Teej met with this nice recruiter who was going to try and contact this company who was in need of someone to do some computer support. The recruiter thought that would be a perfect job for Teej and so he is really hoping to hear from the company tomorrow to set up an interview.
During his meeting, I decided to give Latitude gym a call. The guy from Latitude told me that he was going to call me sometime last Friday to let me know what he had decided and never did. So, I took it upon myself to email him Friday afternoon to thank him for meeting with me and to let him know that I was looking forward to hearing from him on his decision. Well, it was Monday afternoon and he still hadn't called. My mom told me to give him a call and check in and see what was going on. I was kind of nervous to do that because I didn't want to sound too pushy but I decided I might as well. I called and left a message on his machine. About 10 minutes later he called me back and this is what he said. He told me that he met with another girl on Friday and apparently she went through the same program as me so she had a very similar workout for him as well as a similar personality. With that said, it made it difficult for him to choose who would be the best fit. However, he said that he got my email on Friday and then my message today and really liked my persistence. He said that anyone that showed that much persistence obviously shows passion for the job and a desire to really want to work for his facility. He said he really liked me and how I presented myself during the interviews as well as my personality and knowledge toward overall fitness. Then, he OFFERED ME THE JOB!!!!! I immediately took it! I was so excited and blessed that he was going to give me the opportunity to work at his facility. He asked me to come in the next day (today) and fill out some paperwork. I thanked him and hung up the phone. Teej was in his meeting so I couldn't tell him right away so I called my mom to tell her. She was very excited and proud of me for getting a job so fast. Then, of course, I had to call my dad. By that time, Teej got out of his meeting and before I could even ask him how it went I blurted out "I GOT THE JOB!" He was really excited for me and told me that we needed to celebrate with some ice cream! We ended up getting frozen yogurt at this really awesome place in downtown called Ufood Grill. Then, we headed back to the T train and went home.
Today was pretty great too! I went and filled out some paper work this morning at Latitude. I am going in again tomorrow for about 5 hours to shadow some other trainers, work on sales a bit, and practice first time assessments with clients. My boss, Rusty is really awesome and is going to be there to help me the entire time tomorrow. He told me that his goal is to help me succeed and teach me so that I can be the best trainer that I can be! HOW AWESOME IS THAT?!? So blessed.
This afternoon we went to Foxborough, MA so Teej could interview with the Revolutions at Gillette Stadium. The Revolutions are the major league soccer team in Massachusetts and Teej was interviewing to hopefully get a paid internship with the marketing team there. It took about an hour to get there so it was a bit of a drive. Nothing we couldn't handle though :) The stadium is BEAUTIFUL! There is a mall called Patriot Place located right next to the stadium so I walked around there until he was finished. The interview only lasted about 20 minutes so I didn't get to explore much of it before heading back to the car. Teej said that the interview didn't go super well. Apparently, the man who interviewed him told him that there weren't any positions available at this time. When Teej had sent them an email 3 weeks ago there were opportunities available but since we got to the east coast later then we had anticipated all the positions had been filled. Teej wasn't that upset just because he knew that unless it was a full time position he probably wasn't going to take it anyway. It wouldn't have paid much and it is an hour from my job. NOT.TOO.PRACTICAL!
The trip wasn't a complete waste! After the interview we met with this amazing Pastor and his wife from this CMA (Christian Missionary Alliance) church called "Church of Emmanuel" that is located in Foxborough, MA. Teej had been emailing the pastor, Dan, for about a month before we left to come out here and he seemed really interested in talking with us. The church there is affiliated with Salem Alliance, which is where Teej went to church most of his life. It so happened that this particular pastor is closely affiliated with Salem Alliance so he knew a lot of the people that Teej knew from Salem Alliance. It was nice to talk about people from Oregon because it made us feel like we had a little piece of home with us just for that split second. Dan and his wife, Erin, took us out to dinner at this lovely restaurant called Bertucci's. We had great conversation and I think we really hit it off. They were so nice to take us out and take an interest in both Teej and I. Then they took us to their church and Dan gave us a tour of the facility. Right now, there is about 500 regular members coming every Sunday morning. Apparently, in Massachusetts, they are considered a big church because most christian churches are very small. I can attest to that because Teej and I tried out a CMA church in Danvers this past Sunday and there were only about 30 people there. Not our cup of tea but they were all very nice people. So, when Dan said they were a big church, I believed them. We loved the church and the way that it was set up. The only problem is the location. They are about an hour away from where we are living. However, we did love it and are definitely going to go one Sunday morning and see if we like it as much as we think we will. :)
So, there is is a couple days of catch up for you! Thanks for following! Teej and I really appreciate it!
Tomorrow? Off to my first real day on the job! SO EXCITED!
Love to all,
Always be humble and gentle. Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other's faults because of your love. Ephesians 4:2
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