Another Promotion!

[gmack5]

I just got a call from Sandy (LOML) and she told me she had just gotten a call from the District Manager offering her a position as Store Manager in a town about 50 miles away. She's the Assistant Store Manager here in Grove, a position she took just 6 months ago.

We have elected to take the offer (it's a 35% increase!) and we'll be moving (again) to Miami Oklahoma. She has to report to work there a week from Monday. This will be the FOURTH move in three years.............enough already!

Now we can get serious about buying a home and settling down a bit.

[lcm1947]

Well, congrats on your wife's promotion. 35% more income sounds pretty darn good. So what kind of tools are you going to buy now. No, really sounds good. I was in retail for 15 years and yes they do seem to like transferring you around a lot but I guess it comes with the job. 50 miles away isn't much. Most of my transfers were hundreds of miles away if not out of state. I didn't care for that much but hey what else you gonna do, right? Anyway, again congrats I know your wife's pumped about it. Always a rush to get promoted.

[just4funsies]

Yes, you'll definitely want a 35% increase in your tool budget. What does she think you've been letting her work for, anyway?

[TB Roye]

Out here in California 50 miles one way is a normal daily comute. In fact 50 mile is probably not even considered a comute much less normal. I comuter 75 mile one way for 4 years, wanted the promotion but did not want to move because wife had a great job and kids were happy and active in school. We looked at the new town and decided it was not for us.

Tom

[JTimmons]

Those of you not knowing, it's pronounced "My am a" here in Okieland.

Kind of a lateral movement as far as cost of living and property pricing is concerned so the 35% ought to go a long way. More tools as someone mentioned.

Congrats!

[Pappy]

Give her my congrats, George!

[coxy]

George,

Been lurking here a while and seen your address in Jay. I live just down the road a piece in Salina. Now I see your moving further away. I am up that way sometimes as the wife likes to hit the junk stores. Might call you up somtime if I am up that way and we can shoot the bull a little.

Randy

[billwmeyer]

Congratulaions to your wife and to you. I never really noticed how close to me you are. I am probably around 35 to 40 miles away from Miami. I have been known to donate to the local Indian Casinos there. There is a sawmill in Granby, Mo that I buy from. You will be in range of them. Their name is H&H Hardwoods and they are actually between Granby and Neosho, MO.

Good luck on your move and tool budget.

Bill

[DonHo]

Congrats and good luck.

2 things to remember: #1 - It's My am uh not Miami (like the one in Florida)
#2 - you'll be real close to the saw mill in Pryor
Enjoy
DonHo

[crokett]

Hmm... LOML's name is Sandi. Imagine that. Congrats on the promotion. I know the feeling on moving - several years ago I was a contractor and moved 5 times in 2 yrs but I was single then everything I owned filled a rental truck less than half way.