We have been here about 5 weeks and it has been filled with adventure and a little drama. Let me see if I can summarize the latest happenings for The Bentleys. The kids and I left Nashville alone and drove the trip because of some last minute planning for getting Samson to Dallas. For future summertime movers and owners of malamutes: Airlines will not let you fly your dog in the heat of summer, and the USDA requires 14 days advance notification for transporting pets via a pet moving service. T was on the road so he joined us on Sunday night June 21st at a Sheraton in North Dallas after driving all day with Samson. We had to stretch the truth about 10lbs on Samson because it was the only hotel that even came close to accepting his size. The movers arrived at 7:30 am the next morning. We received an official welcome to Dallas from the Pfizer crew, Robb and Janice, later that day with food and beverages! 6 weeks later we still have a few boxes in the garage. Tom has been home a few days here and there and still has trouble finding the grocery store.
Will celebrated his 2nd birthday on June 28th. Stella, Will and I had some cake and ice cream, then ventured off to The Wizard of Oz puppet show. Work has been great and I love all of the projects and challenges. Many of you have asked what I do but it is too many projects to explain but my official job description is Sales Operations Manager for Pfizer Oncology: I have 13 states, 47 specialty reps, 1 sales director and 10 managers that I support with a number of projects. I get to use that math education finally to some degree, and find myself laughing and smiling over pie charts, spreadsheets and forecasting graphs. Most of you probably would never know that about me.....but analytics get my fancy and now I get to do it for a living!!
For those of you who wonder about the new digs (Leah this one's for you!). We settled on a typical Texas ranch house that has been remodeled but still needs some work. It has great bones, as the realtor put it! But, everyone knows I love a challenge, and at least this one is an investment challenge. We have plenty of space and it is split with 3 bedrooms & living on one side and a guest room and office on the other side. I have a HUGE kitchen and a pot filler at the stove! Lately, I haven't had time to cook and even let my Gourmet mag subscription expire. Maybe in the fall, life will settle and slow down enough to put my touches on the new digs. Perhaps a visit from a decorator friend (not mentioning any names here....LEAH!) could visit and get the house looking snazzy!
We are members of the Town North YMCA and visit the pool every weekend faithfully. Stella finally passed her swim test last week and received a pink wrist band to go down the slide. Every Sunday, we go to Starbucks and Inwood Donuts, just around the corner from the house, and take a morning snack to our neighborhood park.
I still haven't sent out those address cards, but it IS on the To Do List! Miss everyone and hope to talk to you soon.
~AMB
