AWOL/The DECISION

Sorry it's been pretty quiet here on the blog this month. It's not because there hasn't been much going on. It's the opposite. SO MUCH GOOD STUFF!! Everyone in the family has been so busy so far this summer with activities and fun stuff and adventures that there just hasn't been time to capture it all on the blog. So get ready for a lot of review of the past 4-6 weeks. 

For me personally, the month was dominated by a huge decision with my professional life. I know I don't talk about work much here anymore, mostly because it's all the same, day after day. All that changed at the end of June with Frito dropped a bombshell: they would be getting rid of my route in Greeley. In fact, they were getting rid of all grocery store routes in the Ft. Collins area and replacing be with a $16 an hour person. My choices were to either bid on a small format route based in Ft. Collins or take a severance package and leave the company in November. 

It was an awful decision to have to make. Stay? Leave and begin a new adventure somewhere else? I didn't realize how much the decision was weighing on me until after I decided on July 14. There was a dramatic change in an opprotunity during bidding, and I decided to continue my career at Frito. 

So, beginning November 2, I will return to a daily commute to Ft. Collins, picking up my little frito truck, and delivering to small grocery and convenience stores in Loveland/Ft. Collins/Windsor. My days off will be Friday and Saturday finally for the first time in 15 years! 

Whew. Thanks for reading all that. Onto more fun blogging.