Another great week ahead

This upcoming week has a lot in store. Most importantly could be the new job I'm starting. I've been working on campus since January (excluding the summer) and I've really enjoyed it. But, I've been feeling a change is in store, so I sent out a few resumes and had a few interviews, and ended up agreeing to go work for a company called Doba.

Who is Doba? Good question. They are a drop shipping company. What Doba does is offer a service to people who are trying to start online businesses with eBay or Amazon.com. The idea is to give access to 1.6 million products at wholesale price, which they in turn can sell on Amazon or eBay or whatever for a small profit. The cool thing is that they make it super duper easy to post products on eBay and other sites, and Doba doesn't require users to pay for products until the item has been sold. Then Doba will ship the product, the user pays Doba, and whatever is left after the wholesale price and shipping is the small profit that the user keeps. I hope that makes sense.

So how do I make money? I call people that have signed up for a free two week trial of Doba and offer them a membership for either 40 dollars each month, or 400 (or something like that) dollars each year. I do get a base pay, and then if I can get sales, it boosts my pay more. So there is potential to make a decent amount of money.

I'm excited if it all works out. The hours are better, the pay could be much better, and it's good experience. In the end, if I end up finding that it's a lame place to work, I can quit, and my boss on campus has told me there is a return policy, that they'll take me back. So I don't have a lot of pressure on me right now which is a definite plus.

At any rate, that's my new job and we hope it works out well. Also, we have quite a bit of school work due. I have 3 tests this week and a small paper due, and Becca seems to have quizzes or tests every other day. I've also got an ultimate frisbee game which will be fun.

In the end, I just wanted to get on here and say life isn't too shabby right now. Becca and I are enjoying BYU, we've got a sweet apartment, a great ward, a fun calling, and overall no complaints. I'm a lucky guy.

Six Months!

Ben and I hit our six month anniversary last Sunday. Pretty hard to believe if you ask me. We were trying to decide how long we'll be considered "newlyweds". I think a year is past the newlywed stage, so it has to be sometime between now and then, right?

We celebrated it on Monday, because on Sunday it's hard to do anything. Ben surprised me with these beautiful flowers, which I am still enjoying immensely. We hung out all day and went to Olive Garden for dinner that night. It was great.

I talked to Mom on our one month anniversary and she asked if we still liked each other. The answer was yes. And just so you know Mom, six months later...that answer is still yes. We still like each other a whooooole, whole lot. We couldn't be happier.

It's nice to have a little pick-me-up every so often...

My anatomy teacher emailed this video out to all of us today because it has been a particularly trying week for the class. I thought it was so good. Elder Holland is always able to speak so powerfully, and he gets his point across so beautifully.

It is so important to always remember to trust in the Lord. To remember that he is always there for you, and mindful of everything you're going through. He understands what you're feeling because he's felt it too. His hand is always outstretched for us to grab onto. No matter how small (like a very busy, stressful week of school) or how huge the issue may seem, he wants you to come unto him, and put your trust in him. He will never leave you comfortless.

catching up...again..

I hope to one day be a great blogger, where I don't have to cram six weeks into one post every single time. One day it will happen. But today is not that day. So here we go again!

It has been an excellent few weeks. Here are the highlights:

1) I FINALLY GOT A JOB!! WOOOOO!!! I am working in the X-Building (ASB, Administration Building, Abraham Smoot Building, whatever you prefer) in the assessment and analysis department. They are in charge of all the major surveys that have to do with BYU. My project is to input everyone's answers from the Alumni Survey into the computer. All 2000+ surveys. Sound a little bit on the boring side? That is because it is. But I tell you what, I have never been happier to have a job. I'm so excited.

2) We hiked the Y together for the first time.




3) We gave up on trying to decorate our house without using nails. So our apartment is slowly, but surely starting to look more like a home.


4) I got a haircut by a beginning student at the Paul Mitchell School. I was going to post a picture, but I don't think I'm quite ready for the world to see it just yet. Suffice it to say, I will not be returning to that sweet young lady for a haircut ever again.

5) We made caramel apples. p.s. - i love this picture of Ben.


6) Ben and I got a new calling. We are the Family Search and Temple Committee chairs. So we help the ward along with learning to use new family search, indexing, etc. We got to speak in Sacrament meeting on Sunday about temples, and I really think this is going to be a cool calling. We're both pretty excited for it.