Franzone Family Blog

I got home from my first day away at work a little after 7 PM. I was greeted by the three most beautiful children in the world all screaming, “Daddy’s home!” That’s a very nice way to walk into your home. They had waited for me to get home before eating so we got to business of dinner pretty quickly after that. Aubrey had prepared a delicious meal and got the table set and kids in place while I changed into some more comfortable clothes.

Of course my youngest daughter, Avery the 14 month old, did not last through the entire dinner. She kept holding her hands up to me and saying, “Da-da!” Then she points her finger down on her highchair tray. So I ask her, “Do you want to get down?” She responds by grabbing both sides of the tray and lifting with all her might accompanies by a little grunting sound. I hadn’t seen her all day so I got her down and… yeah, you guessed it… she lead me right down the hallway and to her bedroom. We did blocks first this time, skipping the book reading. She then got one of her many musical toys and proceeded to perform a little spinning dance for me. When the music stopped she pushed the button to start it up again and went back to dancing. All the while she is watching me to make sure I’m paying close attention.

My first day on the job was… well, as you would expect any first day to be. I spent the first half with the human resources lady filling out paperwork and getting the business of formalizing my employment done. There was also a drug screening for which I was not so prepared. I had the long drive to Fort Walton accompanied by my morning coffee so my first order of business upon entering the facility was to use the restroom. Of course I immediately got shipped off to give a sample for the drug screening. And of course I couldn’t go when I got there. So after the first failed attempt I sat in the front of their little building and read a magazine for almost an hour waiting until had to urinate. It’s funny, the office actually called while I was away to make sure I hadn’t gotten lost or anything else bad had happened to me.

My new supervisor and an entourage of software developers escorted me to Godfather’s Pizza for lunch, their treat. It was very nice and relaxed… good conversation. I got see a little bit more into the lives of the people I will be working with. I found out two of them share my enthusiasm for the martial arts.