WHAT'S UP

I haven't started training yet.  As I have said before, I'm really not worried about it, because I am already in my classified pay grade.  They can keep me over here for A YEAR if they want to, it wouldn't make any difference to me! LOL 

We found out that they hired two newbies (ACO's) last Wednesday.  Their starting date is April 8.  Karen's first day as a senior is today, but she probably won't start until Monday, since she is still off on weekends until she returns here.  My training will probably start when she returns.  Or, they might have us training the newbies before we begin our training.  Since Karen and I are already familiar with the airport and how everything works in the communications center,  and since we are already being paid as seniors, there is no real rush to train us.  It looks to me as if that is the route that they are taking, but then again, you never know what will happen in this place! LOL

I was thinking about signing on with T-Mobile along with my husband, because they are running a special this month (purchase service and get a free Samsung phone), but he beat me to the punch.  I guess I was taking too long to make up my mind.  He upgraded his handset yesterday.  Here is a picture of his old phone:

And here is his upgrade:

Shucks, it's a lot like my phone, except that it's much bigger, bluetooth-enabled, computer-friendly, and takes video.  I went on ahead and purchased the night and weekend minute package, as well as a texting package for my phone, so that I can keep up with him.  It wound up being a pretty good investment (I can yap with friends and family as long as I like after 9 PM weekdays, and all day Saturday and Sunday).  Even better, since I am a pre-paid customer, my credit didn't have to be checked to obtain cell phone service!  Now, I can build my refill minutes.  I have to re-fill the packages once they expire so that my unused N/W minutes and text messages will roll over to the next month, but that's what, $25, compared to $40, $50, and sometimes $60 a month for cell phone plans?  A great deal for my money all around.  I also shaved some costs from my electric and home phone bills last week by removing some unnecessary features on my house phone and signing up for a one-rate plan with the electric company.  What a difference!  With gas prices the way they are, we must find ways of saving money as best as we can.    

Adrian