Spring Break with 10 teenagers....

Makes for a very very noisey house. Justin and Jessica (our kids) wanted to come out to the house over Spring Break and bring some friends. So we told them yes and now we have 10 teenagers from ages 16-19 here at the house. They are all good kids but after being in a truck with just you and your husband for a year, this sure is a lot of commotion! Right now they went on a "field trip" as they call it to go to the store to get more eggs for pancakes this morning. We are enjoying the quiet. LOL!!

Smokey is starting to fit in really well with us. The first night we left him in the bathroom with the door closed. He did fairly well and only whined a few times, but it was pretty loud. The second night we put him up on the bed with us and he slept the whole night cuddled up there with us. It was so cute! Then last night we put him on the bed again and at some point he jumped off and went into the closet and fell asleep on some clothes. I am really surprised at him because he didn't chew anything up. Actually he isn't chewing on much and when he does I tell him no and he stops and moves on. I think he may be pretty smart. He is also figuring out that his new name is Smokey which is cute. You can call his name and he looks up and cocks his head so he knows. Now we have to figure out what to do with him. I knew I shouldn't become attached to him, but I did and I just couldn't help myself. And it only took J about a day to start verbalizing his opinion. He is hooked on Smokey also. Now, what to do with him.

We can't take him with us in a company truck. So that means that if we keep him, we will have to figure out who can take care of him until we get our own truck. we aren't going to ask the girl that is keeping Bandit because she already has two of her own dogs and she just doesn't have to time to deal with a puppy who isn't potty trained. We are going to have to find maybe a foster family to take care of him or kennel him. It is all just going to depend on when we can get into our own truck. This brings up another delima.

We are really concerned with the way gas prices are going up. In some parts of the country it is up over 4.00 a gallon for diesel. We are wondering if we go with Schneider right now and get locked into a three year lease, is that a good idea with fuel prices? It doesn't seem like a good time to get locked into something. Because of this, we have been seriously looking at going over to Prime,Inc. They have a "walk away" lease. We can lease a truck from them and at any point, if we feel that we can't handle it or if gas prices become too high then we can walk away from the lease and not be penalized. We don't have the luxury with SNI. If we leased with SNI we would be locked in. So we have a lot to consider at the moment. We have talked to a lot of people at Prime and they are all very happy there and are still making good money even with the high fuel prices. They have given us a lot of insight to that company and I think that we may take the plunge and do it. If we do, we can be with them probably in less than two weeks. J and I both have this thing about always giving a two week notice to a job. You never know when you may have to go back and you don't want to burn your bridges. All of that being said, SNI is a WONDERFUL company to work for and it is a GREAT place to start for your training. If we didn't have pet issues and weren't so worried about fuel prices and being locked into a contract starting out, then we would be staying with SNI. But things change and we have to do what is best for us at the moment. I will keep you updated and we will see what happens.

So that is what is going on with us. My Dad is coming to visit this Thursday and maybe staying until Saturday or Sunday. I am really exicted because it has been quite a while since I have seen him!

More later!