Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Bye Bye Rey Rey

This week I said goodbye to Reynolds and Reynolds and started my new job with Insurance Information Exchange (iiX).  It was really hard to leave a place I had been working at for 11 years, but I knew this was the right decision for me and my family.  Tracy supported me with the move.

I will be iiX's new Government Relations Coordinator.  Basically I am a liason between the states and our company working closely with legal to determine if we and our customers are following state and federal laws.  One of the perks is I get to travel.  This year it looks like I will be traveling to: Oklahoma City, Boise, Atlantic City, Saint John (New Brunswick, Canada) and St. Louis. 

I will keep everyone posted to my adventures!  Wish me luck.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Do You Have What it Takes to be a WARRIOR?!!!!!!!!

This weekend several of us participated in the first ever Texas Warrior Dash.  It is a 3-3.5 mile obstacle.  It involved running through lots of mud, walking a plank, going down into a ravine, running through a creek bed, climbing up the ravine, swimming in a lake and having to jump over logs in the lake, more mud, climbing walls, cargo nets and hay bales, jumping fire, and then crawling under barbwire in more mud.  It was a fantabulous time!

Cass wanted to do this for her birthday so myself, John Cobb and Rob Shane signed up for the Sunday leg.  We got to Dallas early on Saturday and visited with Ashley, Brent and Sienna.  Ashley was very very very pregnant and is going to pop at any time.  Sienna and Abby got to play together and have fun.  We then met up with Cass who had done her warrior dash earlier that day.  We went to eat for her birthday in downtown Dallas.  The funniest thing at dinner is Abby apprently pooed and felt the need to put her hand down the back of her pants and come up with a handful of POOOOOOOO!  Cass and I couldn't stop laughing but that just ticked Tracy off more :).  I finally changed her and went on with the evening.

The next morning we went to the Forney place where we were doing this and met up with Rob and John. People were dressed in all sorts of costumes and I totally wish I had gotten pictures of them but alas I didnt.  This race had cool gear...we got a shirt and a warrior helmet! After the race we just relaxed in the big field and drank (free beer) and ate and let Abby run all over.  We finally drove back because I had to get ready.  I start a new job tomorrow!


Abby & Sienna up in her chair!

We'll be coming round the mountain...

Abs waiting for mom to finish


Us jumping the fire pits



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After we had hosed off