Monday, March 14, 2011

Since I've Left Rexburg

Because I haven't had a laptop since I have left Rexburg, I haven't been able to post any pictures as to what I have been doing. My phone is now my "camera". All of the following pictures have been taken since I left Rexburg on January 12th.
What the heck is that you might ask?
Oh its just 8 deer hanging in the garage of my brothers co-worker. I stayed a few extra days at his house in Sydney, NE. The day before I left we went hunting and he shot a doe. We went by his co-workers to see if Matt could process the deer there. His co-worker said that there wasn't room. This is why. So we skinned the deer back in Matt's garage.
Stockton, Kansas. My father grew up Stockton, California. I was intending to send this to him saying that I went through Stockton on my way to TX. I never did it.
A SWEET car that I saw while I was driving. This was in Oklahoma if I remember right.
My cube. I took this to send to Kalee to show her where she was positioned in my cube.
Giant Jenga! We played this during "Intern Happy Hour." I was drinking soda. It ended up being a really intense game and everyone was surrounding us to watch. Just as you thought you made the last possible move, someone behind you was able to make another. It was awesome.
My sisters old house in Coppell, TX. I drove by to see if I remembered where it was.
Dallas Mavericks! A co-worker of mine has season tickets. His wife had to work late and wasn't able to go, so he invited me. It was a lot of fun and ended up being a really good game. Thanks Odell!
Love Field. This is where we fly in and out of in Dallas. We have 15 gates here and are the only airline in this wing. Southwest is always decorating this for any kind of holidays. This was particular week was just before the Superbowl. Notice the colors for the different teams.
I tend to send pictures to Kalee of myself when I think she would like what I am wearing. This was one of the days. Kind of a goofy picture.
The mall closest to my house. The Galleria. It is REALLY nice. Tiffany's is here along with some other ridiculous shops. This ice rink is there year around.
My outfit I got from work to try out for WIPEOUT!
Hollywood CA. The night before I tried out for Wipeout. This place was ROCKIN even at midnight.
I was the 17th person in line. All these peeps are behind me.

Kind of a ghetto little alley that the line went down.

Me and some of the others that dressed up. The "Oscar" had a form of autism that he could remember all kinds of things. He could name any Oscar award that had even been given in all the years the Oscars have been awarding things. The guy in the right is like 5% Aztek, so he tries to live some of the ways and do the dances.
Waiting in line for 5 hours.
All of us made it past the initial cut. We sat in this room until we were called to interview. The guy on the far right called himself "Sexy Robot". Ha ha
This is fairly early in the 4 hour wait. We still had some energy.
Yes. 5 hours in line + 4 hours in a room before I got interviews.
At least I we watched "Wipeout" for those 4 hours! We just had a 5 minute filmed interview, I am sure to see who looks good on TV. If they liked you from there you filled out some really detailed paperwork. I was ready to get out of there by the end.
After I was done with Wipeout I flew to Phoenix and spent a day with Tyler and Mary. After church we went and had a BBQ at a park. It was a really nice day and I even got a little color!
I am wearing my sweet sunglasses with a camera in the bridge.
This was a very cute dog that sat next to me on the way from Phoenix to Dallas. She had just gotten groomed so she hadn't pulled her bow out yet.
Valentines day at HDQ's. It was a HUGE celebration. At Southwest Airlines, we are located at "Love Field" in Dallas, our stock symbol is "LUV" and one of our company values is to "have a Fun LUVing attitude". Here they were announcing the department who did the most behind the scenes work and customer service. Its called "Heroes to the Heart". The CEO made the announcement after which the department gets dinner with the CEO, their name painted on one of our planes, and a few other goodies.
This is Ginger, our head PR spokesperson starting the event
Our CEO, Garry Kelly.
Close to work is Bachman Park. A lake that I go to after work sometimes. All these birds are following me because I have bread. The big guy is a swan. He gets right up next to me and is as tall as my chest. Kind of scary. I went back and forth between different areas to feed the different ducks so that the Swan wouldn't be so close to me.
I told my co-worker Crystal about this, and she said ya, his name is "Felix!". She has named him.
I wore this to work one day in Celebration of "Gold and Yellow". A member of our team LOVES the Pittsburg Steelers. After the superbowl, it was her birthday and we all wore gold and yellow for her.
This is back in Phoenix the 2nd time I went. At Tyler and Mary's apartment.
I am modeling a shirt that Kalee sent me for Valentines day.
Me at work in my cube. Again, sent to Kalee to show her the yellow jacket that I she sent me.
Herb Kelleher. He started Southwest Airlines. No longer officially part of the company, but he is still very involved. He comes to our training classes often to talk about the comany and have a good time with those in Leadership or new hires. Yes, he is smoking in class. Totaly illegal in the state of Texas. But in his company he can get away with it.
Back at Bachman park. These eggs (three of them) were on a small island. I don't know what kind of eggs they are. They are fairly big. Maybe Goose?
They also do the row-boating with team members here, kind of like I've only seen on TV.
This is Message to the Field. It was a rockin company party. This is the tailgating. Lots of FREE food, dancing, games, and TONS of drinking!
Inside the Verizon theatre. A lot of big bands play here. They were playing some really good music and everyone was really exited. I have been to concerts that have less energy than this building had.
They passed out the noise makers that you get at NBA games. TONS of noise and fun.
Band starting the show.
Our CEO Gary Kelly addressed the crowd and gave kind of a "state of the company" address. They also gave out lots of prizes, they had a Q&A where the employees put the VP's and CEO on the hot seat and asked some hard questions. It was awesome to see how they all worked as a team to find an answer.
One of my many free flight passes. This was one I took a picture of to send to Kalee because I was going to see her with this one.
More of Bachman park. Sunset is beautiful here. The planes fly REALLY low of this because this is right next to the runway.
The thing in the middle, I don't know what it is. It kinda looks like a beaver but without the tail of one. It has a narrow tail like a rat.
This is a one-legged pigeon I saw out the window in the Alberqueqe airport as I was on a lay-over.
Flew into SLC and met up with all my friends in the area at the Sparhawk Manor. 5 couples in total with 3.5 children (Brittany is pregnant)

The next night Kalee and I went out with her friends. We went to Comedy Sports Club in downtown Provo. A great club that I highly recommend. I sent this pic to Matt Hartvigsen as I had gone here with he and his wife about two years ago.

Kalee and I sharing a shake at Coldstone. Ya know, got to start building up some pics of us since we both don't like taking them.

1 comment:

  1. You've been busy!! What a great adventure and we're glad to see pictures!!!

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