Dan's new career

Poor Dan, just starting out with Sunrae and they're already given him a hard time. He got sent to work out of town, so far in fact that he cannot come home save for the weekends. (VERY TOUGH for me) So he gets up there and finds out his lead hand as well as one labourer is quitting which leaves him and two other guys to finish up the job. He's feeling really overwhelmed and frustrated because this was a huge step for him and now he's wondering if he made the right decision. I'm trying to keep positive because being away from him is difficult but I don't want to burden him with more frustration so I'm trying to be strong and re-enforce him with a positive attitude. I hope he's ok.

Counting down

Dads yearly family gathering is quickly approaching and I'm so excited. Its great to get to see everyone and talk and play. Its a nice break from the norm. I'm excited to see what the "piggery" looks like. Poor dad and Jaana working their butts off. I'm sure it'll be a show stopper.
On another note, Dan and I just got his MRI results back and they've discovered he has a degenerating disc in his spine. That's why he's had so much pain over the last year. Unfortunately there is nothing that can be done about this disease, it'll just get worse and worse as he ages. Right now all we can do is keep him in physiotherapy so that they are working out the pain regularly. So keep him your thoughts as it's a tough thing to hear.

Me

I finally heard back and I didn't get the area manager job. I'm actually relieved. I already work a lot and I am still doing projects on the side here and there so I would've been stressed out and have very little time to work on what I want to do. So in the end everything happens for a reason. I will continue working as store manager and thats just fine with me.