Exciting News!

Denton got a job!

It all started about three weeks ago when Denton went to our school's career fair. He wasn't really actively looking for a job because we still won't graduate for another four months. But he went just to talk with some of the companies and see what they were looking for. He handed out some resumes but much to our dismay, once he got home, he realized he had been handing out an old resume. We were kinda bummed but since we weren't hoping for much, we weren't too upset.

The next day he got an email from a company looking of an intern and they wanted to interview him. We weren't really excited about it since Denton has done both an internship and a senior project already and a full time job would pay much better than an internship. But we figured it couldn't hurt to just see what they have to say. He went for his interview and the IT director really liked him and asked if he could come back and meet with the CEO. He did and the CEO really liked him too and so they offered him the internship. Denton told them that he would have to turn it down since he still had a lot of time to find a full time job. They told him that they would keep him in mind when it gets closer to graduation. We were kind of bummed but we knew we still had plenty of time to find a job.

The next day, Denton gets an email from the same company saying that they switched the internship to a full time job. (!) Now the issue was if they would pay what we wanted. Denton went to talk with them and asked how much the pay would be. They didn't know but they asked him how much he wanted and he told them. Over the next few days, we didn't want to get our hopes up because we were almost positive the offer would  be too low. We kept watching for an email or a phone call but it never came. Then I guess I forgot to check the mail over the weekend because on Monday, he had an offer in the mail for exactly what we wanted! The next day he went in an accepted it. The only sad thing is he won't start until July 25th. 

It sounds like a great opportunity for him. He will be working with C# (programming: nerd stuff) to develop new things for the company and he will also get to help decide how things are done. He wishes he could start right now :)

The benefits for me is first a steady income! second it is a company that makes cosmetics and already I have gotten a ton of free make-up (yay!) and third, I can get a dog! I am also excited that since we know where we are going to be in the Fall, I was able to get my student teaching switched from Boise to Idaho Falls which means we won't be apart for four months (yay!)