Midweek

Just wanted to write a little bite tonight. I always feel a little better and relax after I blog. As many of you know Mark and I work for Kimblery-Clark Corp. Yep the Kleenex company or if you are a mom or dad you may know us a the Huggies people. Trust me I'm not hurt if you do not use Huggies. :) I have also heard about all the negatives and positive about Huggies.

Yesterday was a little stressful because it was end of month and being in transportation the pressure is on to get all orders shipped and if they do not ship then you spend the first half the next day justifying why the carrier did not pickup the load. Thanks goodness I only had one load left out of the 3 facilities that I support. Today wasn't to bad because it only took me 30 minutes to justified my load. However, Mark had few more than me left behind so he was justifying a little longer to his Team Leader. I do feel bad for Mark because he supports the number 1 or 2 hardest (depending on what factors you are viewing) facilities in the KC network. Mark actually is know as the best analyst in Knoxville. I'm so proud of him. :)

Mark and I being talking about transferring to Neenah, WI where Kimberly-Clark's North American Consumer product headquarters are located. Our Team Leaders have given us the go ahead to start reviewing available positions, however we can't relocate until 1st quarter of next year. That's fine with us, but I'm a little torn on my next position. I have always thought that I would go into planning a production line for one of the many consumer products that KC makes, but now I think I might want to distribution. I don't know much about either position, but I do know that planning takes more commitment and can take a lot of your free time. For example calls in the middle of the night, due to a machine going down and now you must direct the facility on what to do next. I'm just not sure I want my personal time to be invaded. I have always thought that once you leave the office, your work does not come home. But I also want to be the boss, and KC is HUGE on the idea of all of their Team Leaders having planning experience. Distribution seem to be the type of job that when you go home, no one will be calling to ask for direction. I know I need to make a decision on what I want to do next and I need to stick with that decision.

Here's the next wrench in my master plan. Mark and I want children. I'm not worried about me, but Mark just turned 35 and not that is old, because it's not, but I don't want Mark to be 90 when his kids graduate from college. I have been putting all these different plans together to find out which plan with give me the most career and family satisfaction. I been doing this the last 3 months and I just haven't figured out the prefect plan. I know that there is no such thing as perfect, but I want the best plan as possible. I also know that things do not always go as planned. I have asked for guidence from Him and I know he will guide me in the right direction, I just need to let go of the wheel.

So keep us in your thoughts as Mark and I start making these life choices for our future.
Have a wonderful night.