kevin's new job and no gene for leif

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leif finally called about his celiac gene results, and he is the only one of my kids that does NOT carry the gene. i’m sure that made his day just a little bit. we first learned about celiac disease because years ago, when he was very emotionally upset, he had thrown up and had the runs for a year—pretty ironic that he is the only one that can’t get it. (there is an extremely small % that are biopsy proven without either gene)

AND……..kevin is starting a new job in a totally different field than where he has spent the last 30+ years of his life. i’m not into astrology or anything, but if i was, i would say that the stars were lined up just right for him when this opportunity came up.

a friend from the ward (LDS church divisions) that we used to attend started to ask kevin about tires, when kevin told him he had lost his job. he told kevin that he might have an opportunity for him—but it might not necessarily be the job for him. we decided to hear it out and we are very impressed with what we have heard. it is in an area that i NEVER would have dreamed for kevin to go into—-financial planning and insurance sales—and this man was in the process of trying to find someone in this area when he and kevin started to talk. they will do all his training and we get payed during his training. he will be subsidized financially by the company until we can build up enough clientel to be strictly commission. kevin has been in sales for years and years with tires. he has had a strong base of customers that really like him. in fact, he had a sales and service route that followed him TWICE when he changed tire companies that he worked for—-this route covered most of one of our rural communities in the area. i guess what i am trying to say is that kevin knows a lot of people in the area that really like him, so he has a lot of names to start with.

i have to admit that i was just a little apprehensive about him doing this, after all, tires and financial stuff are different ball games, but the man that approached him seems to feel like kevin could really do a good job, and kevin’s dad, who usually doesn’t say much, told kevin that he thought this was a really good opportunity.

the company had kevin take an assessment test to see how well he might possibly do in the business and also a test to see how well he might possbly do when it came to testing for his insurance licence. he scored HIGH on the test that showed his likelyhood of doing well and he scored 91% on the test that showed how well he might do with his licence testing—and we were making jokes about being dumber than a post because there were only 3 math questions (story problems) and i think he probably got all of them wrong.

there is so much more potential for us in this business—socially, financially, with family time and with community service. it is different than any other financial company i have ever heard of. plus, they have alot of perks if you can meet certain goals—monthly, quarterly and yearly. sounds like a fun challenge.

we have just decided that we are going to jump in to this and be one of the best at it—i think that is the only way to look at it.

kevin will start training on the first of march—i think he does some locally, then some in a town several hours away, and then he flies to the home office for a little more intense training—-i think it is in rock island, illinois.

the company has been in business for over 100 years, and our own insurance man (with a different company) tells us that the company kevin is joining has a good reputation—-and get this—they start their meetings with a prayer and the pledge of allegiance.

kevieb2008-02-21 15:33:27

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Oh my gosh, what a fantastic opportunity!! I can tell how excited you are by the whole thing. I hope he loves it and it is an easy transition for him and your family! Congrats!

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That’s great Christine! For BOTH Leif (love his name) and Kevin. I hope things go really well for you guys in this new line of work.

[hellbennt]

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Great news!!!!!!!!!!!

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Wow! That sounds like an awesome opportunity! I hope it works out and is something Kevin enjoys doing.

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What great news. I am so happy that things are going in the right direction for you all.

[Anonymous]

that sounds great! I’m so happy for both bits of news!

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well, i wish i could say things were going well with kevin’s new job—but it has actually turned out to be almost more stress than he can deal with. i have actually been having to give him some of my stress meds—-and he is not big on medication. he has worked with his hands for his entire life and this is just such a drastic change that i am not sure it is going to work out for us.

i wish he could find another job working with his hands that would pay as well as what he was making before. he was making pretty good money for someone with only a high school education—but he put in a lot of time and hard work to get there.

i still find it really difficult to not be angry at his former place of work. they lied to the unemployment office about why he was fired and also lied and said that they had warned him that he was in danger of being fired.

because he started the new job, we lost our unemployment benefits, but since he had faltered about staying with the new job, his training has been set back a month—-and we won’t get the check in march that we were counting on. i find myself on the verge of panic—feeling like i’m just hanging on by my fingernails—and they are pretty short!

sylvia had to have more dental work done recently—i think i mentioned that she had become aware of her dark front tooth and wanted it fixed. well, she has now developed an abcess and will probably lose the tooth. she is on antibiotics and we will see the ped dentist on monday. yesterday she didn’t seem to feel well, but she seems better today after starting on the meds. she still has another tooth that needs work. i had our family dentist call in fluoride drops for her in hopes that her permanent teeth will come in ok.

sorry for the whining, but i am really feeling overwhelmed these days—just needed to vent a little.

kevieb2008-03-21 22:42:04

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I am just now seeing this entire thread. Congrats on kevin’s new job, but I am so sorry it’s not working out that great. How are things going now?

you have every right to feel overwhelmed with all that you have going on.

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