The Good News Is....I'm NOT Moving to Bentonville (Again)

SO. I had quite the earthquake in my life this week. On Monday, at 430 PM, my boss called me into her office and said, "First off, Congratulations, you're getting promoted. But we also just wanted to give you a head's up, that the position is in Bentonville, Arkansas." At General Mills, the idea is that you get promoted after a year if you're doing well. It's not a given, but they usually WANT to move everyone up and have them keep progressing. They have been asking me about what I want my next position to be for about six months, and I had indicated that I wanted to stay here in AZ for at least one more year, but just change teams to get a different perspective. (That is usually the norm)

From what I understood, they were completely clear on that. We even filled out a form where I very clearly stated that. We had to rank all of our offices and I had indicated Arkasas was 5 out of 7. PLUS, the move would be in like TWO WEEKS. Talk about quick! Needless to say, my head was spinning.

The funny thing is, I LOVE Arkansas! I moved there for the summer two year ago to intern with Wal-Mart Corporate and had the best time. It was probably the best summer I have ever had because of the experiences I had and for how much I grew. Plus the people are SO kind, it is beautiful and green there, and it has a great small town feel. The only problem is, for a single LDS girl, the pickings are not too plentiful of boys to date. It is a great place to raise a family, but that's the thing - I don't have a family to raise yet.

SO, I thought for a second that maybe this was Heavenly Father's way of saying that I should move there. So I prayed about it, but it really came down to that I just didn't want to move. So I spoke with my manager and said that for personal reasons, it would not be the best move for me right now, and if there's any positions available here, that would be best. My manager and my boss asked if it was because of church, and I explained that it has been my support system here and it is just not very big down there. And she said, "well of course we don't want to move you somewhere where you'll be miserable. We'll see what we can do to find you a promotion here."

So thankfully, I am changing to the Safeway team, focusing on our Refrigerated Baked Goods business (Pillsbury biscuits, cookies, etc.) I'm EXCITED!!! My team is going to be great.

Here are some pictures to show why I like Arizona so much. I am truly blessed to live here and I know that this is where Heavenly Father wanted me to move after graduating, and where I want to be!

My House! Right behind the Mesa Country Club
My messy room right after I got home from a trip
My Vanity
Our Family Room looking into the Kitchen
Our Family Room from the kitchen
My massive Backyard - yes that's a hammock next to the wall :)
I know it's weird - I don't drive a momma mini-van anymore! My Pontiac G6.

And I thought it was appropriate to include some pictures of my summer of Arkansas
I heart the mid-west :)
A bunch of interns at the Rodeo