Today was fun at work. I was doing my Ambassador duties with training. I had six people I was working with. One of the persons I trained was from an Island in Micronesia called Yap, google the Island if you are curious. Now we already have one person at work who is from there and that is a guy named Lawrence. I guess he let his friend Thomas know that Amazon was looking for temp employees. But the amazing thing is that Thomas is the third person I have met from the Island of Yap. The second was Lawrence and the First was a guy named John who worked at Amazon about 4 years ago. Lawrence kind of knows him but not too well.
I think I already mentioned some of the other people I have met at work from various corners of the globe. Places like El Salvador, Lithuania, Russia, Romania just to name a few. My best friend Eusabio is one of the ones from El Salvador. We have worked together for 4 years at least. Well one of his brothers came in and Eusabio introduced me to him. Well because I know a few phrases and can put a few sentences together I introduced myself in Spanish and was his ambassador also so the other day Edwardo asked me if I was from South America somewhere. He said I did not have the usual American Spanish accent. I laugh because I have been pegged as being from Mexico based on the accent I can put on my Spanish when I can speak a full sentence or two by a gal who was from Guatemala. I will never consider myself fluent but I guess I do well enough.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
Current News
Hi all. Lisa and I continue to be well. I know this is a bit quick to post but hey I have two items of news to post.
The first news is I had my first interview for the position of Ambassador/Trainer. I call it my first because it was for Ambassador since it is tradition that I do this for the lucky few who get me to teach them how to do various things in the warehouse and survive the Christmas peak. The fun part was It was not just my Manager doing the interview for it. The three people who will be interviewing me for the Trainer position were also there. In did my usual routine where I said OK here are the questions I know you will ask and here are the answers. Big Jim laughed, the two that will be part of the next interview looked amazed and so was Kristy, my department manager. New I was ambassador before I stepped into the interview. I also have the same feeling about the Trainer position. It will be for night shift but Lisa and I are ready.
The second bit of news is the fact that I, Brian Dobkins, am down to a size 34!!! I had to really rack my brain to think when the last time I was wearing a 34 waist and It had to have been back when I was a freshman or Sophomore in High School. Just to make sure I did try several different 34's from different brands and everyone of them fit comfortable. Well that is it have a good one.
The first news is I had my first interview for the position of Ambassador/Trainer. I call it my first because it was for Ambassador since it is tradition that I do this for the lucky few who get me to teach them how to do various things in the warehouse and survive the Christmas peak. The fun part was It was not just my Manager doing the interview for it. The three people who will be interviewing me for the Trainer position were also there. In did my usual routine where I said OK here are the questions I know you will ask and here are the answers. Big Jim laughed, the two that will be part of the next interview looked amazed and so was Kristy, my department manager. New I was ambassador before I stepped into the interview. I also have the same feeling about the Trainer position. It will be for night shift but Lisa and I are ready.
The second bit of news is the fact that I, Brian Dobkins, am down to a size 34!!! I had to really rack my brain to think when the last time I was wearing a 34 waist and It had to have been back when I was a freshman or Sophomore in High School. Just to make sure I did try several different 34's from different brands and everyone of them fit comfortable. Well that is it have a good one.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Lisa's Test
Yesterday I took Lisa over to her Doctors office so she could get a test done. It was to see how her triglycerides were. The last time she had gone tot he doctor she had lost enough weight the her doctor wanted to see how she would do off of her medicine.
Well it worked. Lisa had a blood test yesterday and got her call back today telling her she was doing fine off the medicine her tri's were back to normal. Great Job Lisa. She is also down to 128 lbs so that is good. I am down to 159. This morning I maanged to do 2.5 miles in 30 minutes. My goal is 3 miles in 30 or less so just need to keep working at it.
Well it worked. Lisa had a blood test yesterday and got her call back today telling her she was doing fine off the medicine her tri's were back to normal. Great Job Lisa. She is also down to 128 lbs so that is good. I am down to 159. This morning I maanged to do 2.5 miles in 30 minutes. My goal is 3 miles in 30 or less so just need to keep working at it.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Birthday
Yesterday was my 41st birthday. Had taken the day off from work. Woke up too early but when you consider I usually wake up at 4-4:30 I guess I slept in when I woke up at 6. For my birthday I did get a book from Lisa. Last month mom got me some new clothes. I also ordered a few books from Amazon.
Once I got moving I did go to work out. Did a mile in 10 minutes and 15 seconds. so close to my goal of a mile in under 10. I also managed one pull up and five half pull ups. Felt good to be able to do that.
When I finished that I went up to the house and sat in the hot tub. After the hot tub I came home and cleaned up. I ended up going to Deseret Books because I needed an oil vial. On the way home from that I swung by Supercuts because I had the itch to get my head shaved but when I saw it would cost $15 I thought no way that is too much for what I wanted done. So I came home and did it myself. Yes I shaved my head! Lisa was neutral about it. She figured it was up to me.
In the evening Lisa and I met up with Dad at IHOP. Dad had apple Crisp pancakes Lisa had popcorn shrimp and I had a BLT.
In the weight loss news I am down to 159 lbs! YEA!!! That was my birthday.
Once I got moving I did go to work out. Did a mile in 10 minutes and 15 seconds. so close to my goal of a mile in under 10. I also managed one pull up and five half pull ups. Felt good to be able to do that.
When I finished that I went up to the house and sat in the hot tub. After the hot tub I came home and cleaned up. I ended up going to Deseret Books because I needed an oil vial. On the way home from that I swung by Supercuts because I had the itch to get my head shaved but when I saw it would cost $15 I thought no way that is too much for what I wanted done. So I came home and did it myself. Yes I shaved my head! Lisa was neutral about it. She figured it was up to me.
In the evening Lisa and I met up with Dad at IHOP. Dad had apple Crisp pancakes Lisa had popcorn shrimp and I had a BLT.
In the weight loss news I am down to 159 lbs! YEA!!! That was my birthday.
Vacation Photos
Here are some pictures from the Vacation trip. Thesse are teh things we enjoyed doing.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Update
Hi all I know we have not posted in a while. Lisa and I had a wonderful vacation at Tahoe. It was great to spend a little time with family and getting to play with the niece and nephews. Lisa enjoyed some time catching crawdads (spelling?). Me it was fun to go out on the kayak and cruise the lake for a while. Then when we were together we loved spending time in the pool. It was fun to watch Hunter spalshing water and one day Ansel even had the courage to jump to Uncle Brian in the pool. Overall it was a wonderful time. Sorry we did not post the photos.
Monday, July 7, 2008
Clothes sizes
Well today was kind of a fun day. Lisa and I went with mom to do a little clothes shopping. It was moms birthday present to me since I have been working hard and dropping the pounds. It was such a cool feeling. I know I had lost a lot of weight, and Lisa has been doing good too she has lost 12 pounds. Well we found some good deals on shirts (THANKS MOM!!!) I even fit into a medium. Let me repeat that. IT WAS A MEDIUM!!! If you had asked me even back in march and April when I started the program if I would go down enough to fit in a medium I would have said I was happy if I could get into a large. I also picked up a new pair of church pants that were a 36 and a new dress shirt that was a 16 1/2. It was just a cool cool deal. Even when I was trying on some of the things at Moms I was amazed to look in a full length mirror and going, WOW! I just need to lose about 20-25 more lbs and I am gold.
I also remember a post that Cindy did that had her talking about getting the Cloth grocery bags in stead of using the Plastic or Paper. Well this morning Lisa and I were food shopping and decided to get three. They are bigger then I though they would be and held a lot. Plus when you shop using those bags they give you a discount. Also since it is just Lisa and I we do not need too many bags so it all works out. Any ways that is the news for the week.
I also remember a post that Cindy did that had her talking about getting the Cloth grocery bags in stead of using the Plastic or Paper. Well this morning Lisa and I were food shopping and decided to get three. They are bigger then I though they would be and held a lot. Plus when you shop using those bags they give you a discount. Also since it is just Lisa and I we do not need too many bags so it all works out. Any ways that is the news for the week.
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