what exactly is cory doing for his job?
aside from 3 months of training, and 6-12 months as a junior partner, cory will essentially be running his own hearing aid clinic in which he cleans and fixes hearing aids, tests and diagnoses people with hearing losses and sells hearing aids. after his first year, cory will be placed somewhere in the country with one or more offices to run.
where will you live?
june-july 2014: schaumburg, il
august 2014: merriville, indiana
september 2014 and beyond: unsure! so far cory has had to fill out applications for tenneesee, iowa, wisconsin and california.
personally, i would love to live in minnesota or the pacific northwest, close to my family. cory would like to live in texas (somewhere warm, with friendly gun laws). who is surprised?
what does cory do during training?
the first month, he had to commute an hour each way to work. he's in a training class with two other guys. basically they just learned about ears, hearing, how to interact with patients, hearing aids, the company...all that jazz. he's doing the same thing this month at the company headquarters five minutes away. next month, he and one of his classmates will pretty much run an office by themselves with guidance from a senior practitioner (i think), and basically meet with patients all day. he had homework and sometimes has to watch training DVDS. he has to wear business professional clothes-ties and slacks every day-and his white coat! cory seems to love his job and i'm SO happy because it seems like the perfect job for him. he just loves to help people.
what does ashley do all day?
honestly, not too much! i've done a lot of reading, netflix-ing and walking with sienna. in one way, this confinement has been SUCH a blessing because i had a really sick first trimester. like all day sickness and lots of throwing up every day. it's getting better week by week, but i still don't feel completely normal. evenings are the worst time for me. one of the cons of the hotel is that it is SOOO smelly and i am very sensitive to smells. i hold my breath whenever i walk out of our room. so pregnancy combined with traveling means i haven't cooked since april. and i hope that everything will go back to normal. i feel like the worst person because we have a bag of frozen chicken breasts from costco in our freezer that have been unopened for over a month. so stay tuned for life in the hotel when i actually feel good! p.s. there's no pool or workout facilities. i've been doing jillian michaels shred on youtube. seriously.
pros
cory's company is paying for the hotel costs...so we save a ton of money on rent!
free maid/repair services
you can go to the front desk to ask for whatever you need: free toiletries or linens..etc
there's a room down the hall where we drop off our trash
free wifi and cable
free breakfast
blackout curtains
AC/heating whatever setting you want, for free!
cons
smelly!
we have to walk sienna around on a leash
SO many smokers outside all the time. so nasty!
not really close to anything within walking distance
you have to pay $1.50 to use the washer and $1.50 to use the dryer!
the whole living in one hotel room thing with a kitchenette
neighbors who can be loud at all hours of the night or morning
having to walk sienna out on the leash to go the bathroom...especially in the late night or early, early morning
