New Job

Friday morning I was feeling the frustration of not hearing anything back on the promotion I had been interviewing for. I had actually given up on another job within my department that would have given me a small promo but still left me in a hourly position. I told myself that my next job was going to be management but had the quick opportunity of taking this internal job. I made it all the way to the final interview for this internal position but decided to drop out thirty minutes before the start of the interview, because the day before I received an email about a management job in HR, the email was from the hiring manager. I would had regret it for the next year had I not dropped it, received the internal job and wondered...."what if". Three weeks later (Friday)I am sitting at my desk thinking "What do I need to do to get this promotion." I decided to call the recruiter just before lunch and see if there was an update and if anybody is reading this that works at Wal-Mart HQ you know trying to get a hold of any recruiter or their coordinator can be difficult. So with no answer I decided to take a quick stroll to the cafe and get a bite to eat. As soon as I got back to my desk I started rapping things up because I needed to leave early because my baby boy at home was sick and needed to go to the Dr. Thirty minutes before it is time to go I get a call and noticed the recruiting coordinators name on the ID. My first thought is she saw me call earlier and is calling back or is calling me to let me know I didn't get the job. Yet when I answer it is the actual recruiter asking if I have a few minutes to talk. She then proceeds to tell me that I have been offered the job, goes over the pay, benefits and asks me to come and get the paper work to accept, fill out and go take my drug test. Needless to say I couldn't get the smile off my face or drop my heart rate down. I was pumped, on cloud nine, and felt like I am actually going somewhere. I left a great company three years ago because I felt like my oppertunities were limited. I even took a pay cut at my own expense. Almost a 3.25 pay cut. And in less then 2.5 years I have not only made up that pay cut but will increase it by 32%. Wal-mart can have its negatives, but in my opinion, they are far out weighed by its positives.

Family Update

Well its been three weeks and my new born son is healthy and happy. My two oldest are happy and proud, and the one year old is trying to be the mommy for her little brother. And to top it off I now believe my wife has super powers. Her incision looks like it has almost healed and she has opened the daycare back up with little help, she got on the treadmill tonite and shows no sign of postpartum. I think its fair to say that I would probably be sitting in the corner with a box of bonbons crying my heart out, watching the Notebook over and over again while trying to make since of things. Fortunately there is a reason I call Melissa my rock....because that is what she is to me. I love you Baby.

Latest addition to the Frank and Melissa family

October 21, 2008 7:51 am
Aden Garrett Welch
7 lbs
18.5 inches
Well, my youngest son has arrived and is healthy. He has ten fingers, ten toes, good eyes, good hearing, good response, and a great set of lungs. He is doing what all babies should be doing and that is eating, sleeping, messing his diapers. Melissa is recovering nicely and trying to take it easy with the exception of the every three hours feedings, I would help out with that but our creator did not design this half of the species with that ability. And as for the other three children, they are loving their new little brother though none are willing to help change a diaper yet. Marcus, I believe, can hold Aden almost all day until he falls asleep, or needs to play a video game. Natalie wants to hold him, show him off and brag to everyone about her new little brother. And Bella, well Bella definitely loves her brother but we still have to remind her that he is a real baby and not one of her dolls that she can drag around the house. This is going to be a short blog but with four children in the house I believe I will have plenty of more to come.

My Impatience

I have to admit that I have always had an issue with impatience. As the years have gone by I learned to either control or mature it. I’m not sure which one it is because I can still look back at things and think “oh damn, I shouldn’t have done that” or “well, I just missed my window of opportunity”……six one way have a dozen another. Anyways, let me get back to what this is really all about. I have two items of annoyance on my plate, scratch that, make it three. First one is the biggest and that is the arrival of our son, Aden. We have until the October 28th for the C-section however Melissa has started to have contraction and Aden has positioned himself so that he is ready for entry into this new world. But the contractions aren’t consistent or hard enough for Melissa to go to the doctor until then. And if anybody has spent any time in the Bentonville Hospital ER you know that going there means you need to bring some food, a book, mp3 player, pillow and blanket to tide you over before you can even see the triage nurse. So it is pointless until Melissa knows that she knows. Below is a pic of Aden.

To some my first issue up. It has been a long nine months for my wife and me. And I know, I know there are only two more weeks left but they are feeling like another nine months.
Second Issue. My Job. The opportunity has arrived for me to look at other positions within the company. Anything I look at will be a promotion. However, there have been a couple of positions that I know are out of my reach and I applied for them anyways. I thought, “what the heck, the worst they can tell me is no.” That was until I remembered three weeks later that the hiring process at Wal-Mart’s mother ship can be very slow. It took a complete month for them to tell me “You have a great resume and a great interview but we offered the position to someone else.” Telling me no doesn’t bother me, but having to start over with the whole applying and waiting. That begins to break my boiling point of time intolerance. I guess this just gives me more practice and knowledge for the future. I think I will finish this one with a standard for all men in overwhelm………………whatever.
And last but not least, drums roll please, my goal for a better fit me. This will be hard for those of you that don’t know me. But for the last year I have been working hard on weight loss and physical fitness. I have made great strides, for example, ran three 5k’s and improved my over all time by five minutes (28:32), I have lost 50 pounds, my weekly routine schedule consists of waking up at 4:15 every morning, lifting weights and cardio for 1.5 to 2 hours and at least a 3.5 mile jog on the weekend, and to top it I have gone from wearing a size 38 paints to size 32. This all sounds good compared to a year ago but my goal was to have lost 65 pounds by this point. I know that it is only fifteen more pounds, but I didn’t finish in the time frame I wanted to. And these last fifteen seem like they are taking forever. This last one might be more of a complaint of idiocy, okay, so it IS a complaint of idiocy, but it is my idiocy that requires fifteen less pounds of gravitational pull to get over.

Lord, grant me the courage to change the things I can and the PATIENCE to accept the things I can’t. Amen

Something New

Blogging.Well my wife has done it, my friends have done it, I guess its okay for me to jump of the bridge too. My name is Frank, I am a dedicated husband for 10 years, a father of 3 and soon to be 4 children. My wife is the high school girl I fell in love who has been by my side for all the ups and downs of this great adventure. My son is the soft hearted/hard headed one slight replica of yours truly. The oldest daughter is turning out to be the social princess/ future heart breaker (I can tell already that she is going to hate me once she reaches that age of needing independence.) The youngest daughter so far has the personality of a future mom that wants to take care of everybody while at the same time would have no fear of jumping into a no holds bar cage fight because it might look fun.

For those of you reading this and don't know me I will explain a little bit about me, myself and I. I get told that I am easy going and laid back from most of the people I have encountered in this world. Me, personally, I don't get to exclamatory about things unless it has to do with or effect those that are the closest to me. I've kind of always liked the motto "Akuna Matata".

My personal interests are to be involved with my family (whether participating or spectating) , my general interests is fitness, more importantly seeing results. I enjoy weightlifting, running, biking, hiking, basketball, and some backyard football.

I currently work for "Binky and the Brain", who every night plot out how to take over the world.........also known as Wal-Mart Headquarters. Pushing aside the joking, bad media publicity, and war ready labor union gossip this company is good to work for and can give you countless opportunities, I am blessed to be here.

Unfortunately I started writing this a little to late and must now retire from my fist encounters of blogging. I hope you enjoyed and have a good night.