Claim Me!
Hello ladies and gentlemen! Well it is my 3rd week in now back at CSAA and I must say that I am having fun. I have had 3 weeks of intense training. I am basically in a classroom right now from 7:30am to 4:30pm Monday through Friday. The last time I was in school this much was probably in Jr. High (counting that I really never completed a full year of HS). I don’t think college kids even go to school this much every day! All day I am having insurance info pounded into my little pea-sized brain. I am doing well but the thing I am really getting into and grasping the best is the car parts. I love the car parts! I always wanted to take Auto-shop when I was in HS but my mom said it wasn’t for girls, instead I took the cooking class, which was not bad at all… we made lots of pot brownies and always substituted Pot for Oregano. LOL! Good to know where your tax dollars are going huh? LOL! But just a year or two ago I was telling Gordon how I wanted to go to school and take Auto but then I chickened out… but here I am now learning about something I really want to learn about for free! God is so good isn’t He?Everyone in my class is telling me how good I am at knowing the car parts and even a couple of guys in my class are commenting how I am making them look bad! LOL! We have a tuition reimbursement at my company and I am actually thinking of going ahead and taking that Auto class at Golden West College when I finish my Claims training and get on the floor. The reason why is because I eventually would like to be a field appraiser or estimator or even in the Material Damage Department. We actually spent some time today and yesterday out on the floor only taking Notice of Loss and we will be doing it for the remainder of the week. Next week I think we should be getting into Handling the Loss which is gonna take a little more brain power than what we are doing right now.
I did have a funny thing happen today while taking a Loss. An insured called in to report her accident; she was old and gave the phone to her daughter that was actually driving the car when the accident happened. I asked for the party’s information that had hit her vehicle, I asked for the license number and then I asked for his Date of Birth… she said 10/21/14, I told her, “I think that may actually be his expiration date.” She said, “No, his birth date is 10/21/14, as in 1914.” I almost died laughing, my friend Veronica that was listening in on the call took out her calculator just to figure out how old the guy was… 94! I think at that age someone should take the keys away from him!
Gordon and I are so happy though to finally get back on our feet. I get my first paycheck on Friday and when we pay rent and car payment this week we will actually have money in the bank to live off of until next pay period. Because of the job now though, our weekends have been filled with to do stuff. The weekends just slip by so fast now. On another good note our friends Joe & Monique had their baby girl Brenna on 01/06/08 and the day after our friends Jack & Darla had their little girl Chloe on 01/07/08. I got to go over to Jack & Darla’s this weekend and see Chloe and it was such a trip to see my buddy Jack with a baby… I mean I have seen him with our friend’s kids but just to think of him as a dad was so strange. As for Darla it was just such a natural thing it seemed for her that it didn’t seem that weird. I have never seen such a quiet baby in my life though, she barely cries! They said that she only cries when she is hungry or needs changed and it’s actually more like a squeak than a cry most of the time. We still have to get over to Joe & Monique’s to see little Brenna, hopefully soon.
I am glad to say also that football season is almost over. I feel bad for Gordon that the Packers didn’t make it to the Bowl but it will be nice to have my husband back on the weekends. Now we can start having fun again and not have to schedule everything around his games.
Oh yeah! Gordon and I got a new bed on Monday… and thank you Scott for helping us with it! I had saved all my gift cards up for Ikea that I got as presents and we got ourselves a new bed… headboard that is, but it really makes a difference on our mattress, its real sturdy. I felt like I was sleeping in a motel bed the other night and slept really well in it.
I just noticed that I have written so much so I am just gonna end the blog on that note.
