Workin' for the Weekend

I'll update about work now, too.

It is going well. I'm almost done with my 6 month training requirements. I'm hoping to have them all done by mid October! I'm going to really have to push myself though! All I have left are two tests on the healthcare industry, one more immersion trip, and an HIM implementation training project. I'm taking the first test next week. It's been really interesting to learn the ins and outs of the healthcare industry and the history of its development. I feel like I have a much better understanding of the healthcare debate now. I'm not worried about the tests, but it's been hard to get this project finished. I like taking tests better because you set an exam time and have to stick to it. The project is all on my own... meaning if I push back the deadline nobody cares. Argh. But I am determined to have it done by the end of October at the very latest, so I can get my training-completion pay bump!
I'm also scheduling myself for training in other applications. In October, I'll learn all about Access- basically the front desk staff- admitting and transferring patients, gathering info, all of that.

I will be staffed to a customer on Monday! I am very excited but also a little nervous. It is 90% that I will get my first choice location- which Andrew will definitely enjoy. I'll post when it's officical :)

Andrew keeps on succeeding at work. This week we hosted all of our customers for a big conference including classes where customers share what has worked best for them and testing where they can give us feedback on new developments for our upcoming software release.
Andrew ran all the user testing for his application, writing all the scripts they go through and coordinating the entire thing- finding people on his application to staff the room with him and getting users to attend. He was so successful! He decided to hand out fliers during their application's classes, which lead to a crazy high attendance level. Everyone was really impressed with how many people turned up. They also found a lot of things to fix, so now Andrew is working on recording and reporting all of those. He is a star! He'll deny it, but it's true.

Weekend In

I have been fighting off a cold all week. It is a perfect storm in Verona- the past two weeks are no travel weeks, so EVERYONE is on campus, about 7,000 cutomers came from all over the country- and most of them work with sick people, and the temperature dropped about 30 degrees overnight to kick off the second week of September and never came back up.

So, I wasn't feeling too great:

On our way home, we bought chicken, noodles, bread, cheese, and a pack of veggies to make my favorite sick-day meal, chicken noodle soup with grilled cheese!

Yum yum! Also, I got a haircut. Andrew's haircut is way better though. Everyone thinks he looks dashing, especially me :) I think our night in worked because I'm certainly not getting sicker like I thought I would.

Boo, I can't post! But I will after work, and hopefully my computer won't be stupid about it.

It's September?!

As soon as September 1st hit Madison, there was a drastic change. I can't go out anymore without a sweater! It is BIZZARE to realize fall is coming! It's a little exciting, as I'd pretty much exhausted my summer wardrobe, but also pretty terrifying as fall will be a short prelude to our First Wisconsin Winter.

Well, what all has happened since we last updated y'all?
We have been working a bit harder on Wedding planning- we started making lists of songs we want (and ones we will NOT allow- I'm looking at you, Journey)- but then that got into a discussion of whether we want a DJ or a live band, and well, we just don't know. This is tough stuff!

In work news, we had some big accomplishments! I got certified in my application (with a (99% on my final test!) and Andrew has even bigger news--- he got the most bugs per software test out of anyone on his team for the month! It's a really big deal (even though he'll tell you otherwise) because he's the only new person on his team- everyone else has been there years- and he got a late start since he was still in training! Most new QA staff haven't even started doing real tests yet. He is a super star!

I just posted a lot of photos from August on my Facebook. Go check them out! I'll try to post some stories about them.

Tonight we are staying in, playing cards and watching movies.