It's been a while! June 17th was the date of my last post - but thankfully Heidi has been doing a commendable job kueeping a record of our goings and doings so far this summer.
She hasn't outright stated it, it may well have been inferred, but we've been rather busy so far this summer. Every weekend has been filled with trips to visit downtown Chicago (or that one in which we visited Nauvoo), and we spent three weeks in a row entertaining either one or both of my sisters. Having them here was a great experience, but, since we wanted to give them a good showing of the city, that meant there was little rest for us. And then this last week, which may have provided some respite was instead filled with dozens of work hours outside of the standard 40 hour/week model.
So that leads me to attempt to fill you in or catch you up on my job with Sears Holdings Company. Within that conglomerate, I work for the Kenmore Craftsman Diehard-Brands Business Unit, which, like all other business units within Sears Holdings, essentially operates and competes as its own business, in loose harmony with the other business units in the company. Within KCD (Kenmore Craftsman Diehard), I work for the Strategy and Business Development Team, working directly for the Director of Business Strategy, who reports to the CFO of KCD - which means I've had lots of senior management exposure already.
My project has been to analyze both domestic and international expansion opportunities for the KCD brands, which has left me doing a lot of market research and competitive analysis. It's been a lot of fun and a fantastic opportunity. These last couple of weeks have been especially busy, leaving me with roughly 60-70 hours per week of work (sorry, Choi's, I know that's still nothing when compared to Ethan's schedule...), but I really don't mind as I thoroughly enjoy what I'm doing and the experiences I've been gaining. I've also been using a lot of what I've learned in school, which is always nice validation that I'm not wasting time or money. :)
In our free time, Heidi and I have been watching Master Chef on Hulu (Heidi loves it, I'm kind of enjoying it - I just tire quickly of all of the over-hyped drama in reality TV), and we've also been spending several of our Sunday evenings with a wonderful couple in our ward, Mike and Camille. Finding couples where Heidi and I both like both spouse and husband equally well is always a tricky thing, but we think we've found a great pair in those two (and their adorable two year old boy). Mike is in the same business analyst program as I am at Sears - but he started full-time in February. We're also looking forward to dinner with another young family this week. They're another great couple who moved into our ward the same time we did (he also works at Sears).
So that's about it for the updates from my end. Sorry for shooting out so much at once, but there's just a lot on my mind! Now it's time to go wake Heidi up from her nap...
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