Okay, I guess I better catch up on the past couple of months. I'll start with Work.
We got a new computer system for work. I'm what they call a "Superuser". Every office in the state has at least one superuser. All superusers had to learn the new system so we could train the people in our offices. I was lucky and got to spend 4 weeks learning it. The first two weeks I was learning it I was just helping test the system to find bugs. The next week was my actual "training". The week after that, they asked me and another superuser to come back and help train the others. We had picked it up so fast they decided to use us. So at this point I was pretty good at the new system and I felt pretty comfortable with it. I guess me and this other superuser did something right because we were asked to help travel to the different offices in the state to help train them. Among the offices, I got to visit Draper, Richfield, Provo, Heber, and Tooele to name a few. It was a lot of fun and I was glad for the experience. I met lots of new people and made a lot of friends. I'll get back to this subject a little later on.
This year we went to Adam's side of the family for Thanksgiving dinner. We had a great time eating and playing games. We played a game Adam and I had never heard of before called "Would you rather..." It's so fun! You get different scenarios that you have to choose between. For example "Would you rather.... without being able to wash either one ever, use a dirty towel, or dirty sheets." The discussions we would get into were hilarious! Adam and I had so much fun playing it we bought it for ourselves. I highly recommend it to everyone. The food and company was excellent!
Christmas was a lot of fun this year! It was Logan's first Christmas and it excited us. Knowing he wouldn't understand what Christmas was, we just got him three presents. We wrapped only one of them to see what he would do with it. He just picked it up and looked at it, tossed it to the side and went for the toys he could see. He was so cute! He had fun playing with them. Later on we went to Adam's parents house for lunch and presents. We didn't have much time to spend there, but the time we did spend was great. After that, we went to my parents house for Christmas dinner and presents. My grandparents were invited to eat with us and it was great spending that time with them. As much as we love the holidays, I'm so glad it's over.
Logan Looking at his presents.
Playing with his toys.
Logan wearing mommy's hat.
Logan and cousin Cason.
For New Years, we didn't do a thing. We were in bed at our regular time and didn't think anything of it. We're lucky if we can stay up past 10! So, nothing to report there.
Back to the subject of work! On January 1st, a new law went into effect. It has made our lives at work a nightmare! With this new law, everyone has to bring in legal documents like birth certificates, passports and social security cards among the few of them. We've had to start scanning all these documents into our computers and it has taken a toll on all of us. Customers are not happy either. Along with this new law, our new computer system went into effect as well! So we were basically thrown a double whammy! These two things combined has made our wait times ridiculously long going up as far as 5 hours. It has made everybody on edge. All of us are snapping at each other and supervisors are pressuring us to work harder because our numbers have been bad. It will take time to learn the new law and to get used to the new system. I have been running around the office fixing problems when they arise and it's even taking a toll on me! I had to recruit help. We got Katie from our office as a superuser as well and she has been a GREAT help! I would've lost my brain if it hadn't been for her. I am so grateful for her and for the help she has given me. Even for letting me vent my frustrations to her (and her to me). She has been my lifesaver! Now we're BOTH running around the office helping problems, but the load has lightened from my shoulders. A couple weeks ago, the manager of our office told me I was the number one superuser in the state. Meaning I'm the person who knows it the best out of all of them. That really made me proud of myself and made my spirits raise. It feels good knowing people are recognizing my work and appreciate it. Sometimes I feel like no one appreciates me, but I am reminded a couple times a week by various people. Although it may get stressful, I love the new system and it has been quite the experience to be part of something so big.
That's pretty much our last couple of months. Next month, we are looking forward to going to Colorado to visit Adam's sister and her family. We are excited to get out of the state and go somewhere. Even if it is the next state over.
