How Could They?

I am so angry with my dads family right now. Most of you who know me really well know that my grandparents own a restaurant called Skool Lunch. My family has had it for 20+ years and my dad has been there since the beginning. No matter how tuff it was, he stuck by my grandparents through it all. About 5 years ago my Uncle Jeff who left the family restaurant many many years before decided to move back to Utah with his family. When he got here he just couldn't seem to find a job and well Skool Lunch was struggling so my grandparents asked my Uncle if he would consider coming back to Skool Lunch and to help bring it back to where they wanted it to be. So Jeff came and took over my dads job because they said he wasn't doing enough. My dad gladly stepped down and took over the job at the commissary cooking and preparing all the food for the stores. He did that for a little while and for some reason about a year ago they decided they didn't like him being in the commissary so they moved him again. For the last year he has been the manager at our 4th south store downtown. He has also done very good there. His store is the only store that has been doing decent the past few months. However, that store is costing the company way to much money and so they are having to close that store and what are they doing to my dad??? They told him he had to leave. After 20+ years they are making my dad leave. I am so angry. They may own the stupid business, but they would not be surviving now if it weren't for my dad. He does everything for that company and I don't see how they think they are going to survive without him. If the computers crash there will be no one to fix them because no one knows how to do it, but my dad. If the system has problems they won't be able to fix it because my dad is the only one that knows the system well enough. They have treated my dad like this his whole life and I am sick of it. Out of all his siblings he has been the most loyal. He has done anything and everything my grandparents ever asked him to do and this is how they repay him. The worst part about it is they gave him less than a weeks notice. They just called him and my sister into a meeting to tell them that they can't afford my dad anymore and to more importantly tell my sister that she can't leave. They are such jerks. Oh, and you want to know why my uncle gets to stay instead of my dad because he is a JERK and can get whatever he wants out of anyone. He pushes everyone around that is why he gets to stay. I have lost all respect for my grandparents. They have ruined our family. I have not been able to really call my grandparents, grandma and grandpa since I was 14 years old. All they have been is Merrill and Jeanne the owners of Skool Lunch. I hope the restaurant fails. They don't deserve to have success when they will treat their own son the way they have treated my dad!!!!

Vacation!

Sol and I went with his family to Kansas over spring break to visit his grandparents. They have a great farm with like 40 horses. We left on March 17th and drove about 11 hours to get there. That probably was the worst part other than that the week was great. I didn't have to do anything all week except enjoy myself. His grandmother cooked all of the meals everyday and I do have to say they all were very good. We seriously had some sort of meat for every meal. We got to ride a lot of horses all week which at first scared me because I hadn't been on a horse for almost 9 years. It was so much fun. I learned so much from there trainer and it was so relaxing just to trott along on a horse and to my surprise pretty much all of the horses we very nice. I got very sore though after riding the first day. Even before we went to bed that night I could tell I would be hurting the next day. It was just a blast and it was so wonderful to get to know his family better. They are all so much fun and loving. I married into the greatest family. I am so grateful for that. I just wish the vacation hadn't ended so soon. I have been back for like what a little over a week and a half and I am ready for the next vacation.

A New Challenge

Just recently, I got a new calling at church. I am now the Beehive Advisor in my ward. Can I say how nervous I am?! This is probably the scariest calling that I have ever had and I really hope I do a good job. Sol and I have only been in the ward for about 6 months and so we don't know that many people and most people don't know who we are either. Though I know this will be hard and a challenge I am excited. I remember as a Beehive how amazing I thought my leaders were and what an impact they all made on my life. I just hope that I can do the same for my girls. I think the hardest thing for me is being a good example. What I mean by this is the fact that I commute to Salt Lake everyday, so there will be many times when I can't make to mutual. Which has been the case these past two weeks that I have had the calling. Another challenge for me will be the fact that I have to go to Girls Camp. I have to say that I was not that fond of girls camp when I was a young women, but hopefully it will be better since I will be a leader. I just hope that I can help these girls through probably one of the hardest times in their lives.

Succumbed to the Trend

I finally decided to get a blog. Hopefully this will let all of you know more about what is going on in mine and Sol's life. Sol is going to school at the U. He is majoring in math with an emphasis in statistics. After he graduates he wants to be an Actuary. For those of you that don't know what that is, it is pretty much just a statistician for insurance companies. He will be the one that decides what your rate will be for your insurance. Many people call actuaries the people you hate when you get insurance. He is doing really great in his classes and he is loving every minute of it. He even tries to explain what he's doing to me and of course it goes right over my head. (I'm really not a fan of math myself). He is so passionate about it and I am so proud of him. He has one more year left after this semester for his bachelors. After that I know life will get easier, at least I hope it does. Of course money is a little tight right now. I am working full-time at Deseret First Credit Union and I love it! The hard thing is, is that is our only source of income and I really don't make a ton. We are very lucky so have great friends and family to support us. Right now we are living in a house in Lehi free of rent!! I know sounds crazy, but Sol's friends parents let us live here because they didn't want the house just sitting vacant and they knew we were struggling for money. We are loving every minute of life even the hard times. Its great to always have someone there for you.