New And Exciting Change

As many of you know, things have been a struggle in our family for many reasons over the past two years. Too many reasons to explain, but the one I will elaborate on is that two years ago Darin was laid off from IBM. IBM was really a perfect job for our family and we were pretty devastated when this happened. Darin quickly got hired by Direct Communications a local company in Rockland, which was a tender mercy. Things did not work out in Rockland as we had hoped, so we decided to give Texas a try again. Things were going well for me in Texas, but not for Darin. He got a job at the Wal-mart distribution center to make ends meat, but it was very clear after getting to Texas that we would not be staying there for long. Being the kind people that they are, Direct Communications offered Darin a job with the company in a different position than he had worked before, so we moved back to Idaho, this time to Chubbuck. Chubbuck is a good fit for our family. All of us really like it here and we were able to purchase a home. We are so grateful that Darin has been able to work for Direct Communications. They have bailed us out twice in our family's time of need. Although Direct Communications is a good company for Darin to work for, it has been very clear to us from the beginning that this was just a job and not a career path for Darin. This local company is owned by a very kind family, but because it is a small company, there is not really any movement within the company, and the pay is decent, but not quite enough for our family of five that relies on one income to support our needs. We are also in desperate need of Health Insurance for obvious reasons. Darin got wind of a company that is headquartered in Rexburg they are an oil and gas company and have been hiring for a while now and Darin actually knew one of the managers from his childhood in Rockland. All he needed was a CDL and an interview. He trained for his CDL with his brother Mark and was hired by the company (IBEX). He starts on MONDAY. What does this mean for our family? Well, we will be making more money, we will have vision and health insurance, and sometime next year a 401K possibly. Darin will be working for 3 weeks and then home for 3 weeks. he will be driving a water truck. All of Darin's living expenses are paid for while he is gone except for food and the company pays for half of his travel expenses. The con is that he will be away from us for 3 weeks and I will be a single mom for that period of time, but he will also be home with us 100% of the time during the 3 weeks he is home. The job is in Athens, Pennsylvania and he and I feel pretty comfortable about the environment he will be living in. Supposedly, these are a really good group of family men, we shall see, but the hiring manager said that they really tried to hire good clean guys, not like the rough characters you hear about working on the oil fields. I really hope this works out for our family, I have a feeling that it will and things are finally looking up for us after two years of struggle (2009 & 2010). Wish us luck with our new adventure!