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Finally, an update!
Sep. 30th, 2004 09:48 amWell, it's been for just about ever since I updated my Livejournal, but I've been very busy. For the first time since we moved here, the pace of life has sped up from a crawl to a run, and a lot of things have been happening! Mike has started his classes, at long last, and has a lot of work and studying to do for them. A lot of that studying involves doing research on the professors themselves so he can impress one into being his thesis advisor. He also has a thesis topic pretty much picked out, but I don't understand it enough to discourse intelligently on it. Not that this has ever stopped me before... =)
I've been very busy in my work with Primerica, finishing my preliminary training and taking my insurance licensing exam. I took and passed the state test yesterday (whew!) so now I'm licensed to sell Life insurance in Illinois, and also qualified to earn commission on the financial services I sell through Primerica. Which is nice. I had my first training appointment as well, where my manager sat down with Mike and I and went through a Financial Needs Analysis, which is what I'll be doing with clients eventually. I think we'll end up opening little insurance policies (we don't need much right now, after all) and start investing a little bit of money in a retirement account. When you're 22, you don't have to put much in each month, since it has a looooooong time to grow.Which is good, since we're not exactly swimming in cash here. I need to do five more training appointments and finish my training class and then I'll get promoted again, which means a higher commission percentage. Woo!
Even more fun and busymaking news: We got a kitten! Her name is Victoria, and she is five months old. She's just adorable, and loves to cuddle. And she's already perfectly litter trained, which is a huge plus. We just have to supervise her with the birds, in whom she has an unhealthy interest. She's only jumped onto the cage once, but when she did I had to pry her off, one paw at a time, while the birds went nuts. It was very exciting.
Anyway, here's some pictures of her, and for good measure, pictures of us in our AnimeIowa costumes! Victoria
I've been very busy in my work with Primerica, finishing my preliminary training and taking my insurance licensing exam. I took and passed the state test yesterday (whew!) so now I'm licensed to sell Life insurance in Illinois, and also qualified to earn commission on the financial services I sell through Primerica. Which is nice. I had my first training appointment as well, where my manager sat down with Mike and I and went through a Financial Needs Analysis, which is what I'll be doing with clients eventually. I think we'll end up opening little insurance policies (we don't need much right now, after all) and start investing a little bit of money in a retirement account. When you're 22, you don't have to put much in each month, since it has a looooooong time to grow.Which is good, since we're not exactly swimming in cash here. I need to do five more training appointments and finish my training class and then I'll get promoted again, which means a higher commission percentage. Woo!
Even more fun and busymaking news: We got a kitten! Her name is Victoria, and she is five months old. She's just adorable, and loves to cuddle. And she's already perfectly litter trained, which is a huge plus. We just have to supervise her with the birds, in whom she has an unhealthy interest. She's only jumped onto the cage once, but when she did I had to pry her off, one paw at a time, while the birds went nuts. It was very exciting.
Anyway, here's some pictures of her, and for good measure, pictures of us in our AnimeIowa costumes! Victoria
