A blog from Highway 71

I feel like I constantly waiver between nothing to talk about and so much that I forget something. First, remember a couple of posts ago when I was whining about not getting a raise?  And how I love my job and I love my boss?  Here's why, let me tell you a story.

We have been waiting on our tax return which has been delayed at the IRS due to circumstances beyond my control.  We were hoping to have it in time to buy a van before we left for vacation to Alabama.  Well, because we are the Hallock's it did not arrive.  So we decided to try and get a loan to buy the van.  We didn't really want to get a loan, we want to pay cash, but we also didn't want to drive 12+ hours in a Kia Spectra with 3 children.  On Thursday when our tax return did not come, we decided to go to the bank.  We bank at USAA and do not have a local bank so I made an appointment with the SVP that our office does business with and that I have worked with in the past.  I took him everything that I thought he could possibly need, explained the situation and prayed for a miracle.  That afternoon back at work Josh(my boss) calls me.  He asked if I got my tax money, and I said no.  Guess what happened next?  HE OFFERED TO LOAN ME THE MONEY FOR THE VAN!  That's right here's $5700, no hesitation in his voice at all.  That's why I love my boss and my job.  Not many boss's would offer to do that.  It totally made me feel like a dirt bag for being so ugly to him all week b/c I was cranky about the lack of a raise.  I do deserve a raise, however I have so many perks that are not measurable.  Him offering that solidified to me that I am in the right place.  Thankfully, I didn't have to take him up on it.  The bank approved our loan and we got the van!! Now I can't wait to get my tax return so I can pay it off!!

Technology is a beautiful!  Ya'll know I upgraded to the iphone, which is fantastic in itself.  Now I've turned on the  personal hotspot function so the kids get use it for internet while we are on the road. Which means we also have net for the ipad and laptop.  So Jonathan is on his itouch watching a netflix movie and I'm on the laptop blogging while driving down the road!  I LOVE IT!  Poor Jason he's a little jealous, but daddy's are drivers.  Hehehehe!  We had planned on staying in Memphis tonight, but I was totally thrown off by the cost of Graceland!  $70 to see all the sites, and $30 for the half-assed don't get to see everything ticket.  Well, I had not planned on $280 to see the king, that's craziness! So, we  are skipping Memphis and going straight on to Birmingham!  Whoo-hoo!