Not being left out

So we are on the 4th week of work and I'm adjusting well to life at Progresso. My co-workers are great, they have welcomed me, and are helping me learn all I have to learn and its a lot. 

Not to be left out I have received my first business trip. I will be going to Vineland, NJ, where one of our plants is located. I will be going to Thermal Process School. Basically learning how food is heat processed safely in retorts (so no one gets sick or the plant doesn't blow up). I will be flying into Philadelphia w/ a fellow coworker and hope to have a real philly cheese steak and stop and see some "National Treasure" sites...maybe the Liberty Bell or Independence Hall. I'll have to do some research but as anybody knows I'm all about finding information when it comes to destinations.

Earth's Bounty

Last week we decided to go out and explore our new home state. A coworker recommended we go to a farm and pick some apples.  Lucky enough that the farm we went to also had fall raspberries. We picked 4 pints of raspberries. Picking one raspberry at a time was a little laboring but we had fun. I was really tempted to eat and pick as a I went but we would definitely would have gotten no where. This orchard was not even 25 min from us and I bet we will be going back since by Tuesday morning they were all gone. Though it will have to wait till next weekend since Dan will be gone again to Denver this weekend to do some consumer insight on the product that he is working on. He came back yesterday from Seattle after visiting the "Cascadian Farm". He was there with his team learning about the organic business and thought that the drive up to the farm was beautiful.

The Orchard

Yummy raspberries!!!

Our loot

The biggest chicken I've seen in a while. If the Colonel was still alive he would be salivating. Look at those drumsticks.

A quaint farm house on the way to the orchard.

First Week of Work

At Stephanie's request let me update all on my first week of work. In one word..."overwhelming". The first day was good, we went to the main offices and talked about all the benefits that GM has and they are many including fitness center, amazing cafeteria (sushi yeah!!!), inhouse doctor, dentist,  dermatologist, eye doctor, salon, massage, automotive service center, and daycare, personal shoppers that go to walmart and target, a bank (GM credit union), employee thrift grocery store, dry cleaning, employee club, etc. etc.  

Through out the week things got a bit more complicated including a lot a lot of training.  I was even in time to make it to the Progresso 3rd Quarter business meeting. Making soup in mass amounts is more complicated than you can imagine and I got little taste of the undertaking. By then end of the week I received my first assignment and I'm a little nervous, I even got a deadline. By the end of the month I may be going to NJ. Details to come.

Dan will be going to Seattle tomorrow.  He will be visiting the Cascadian Farm. I never knew it was actual place. He will be there for about 28hrs so no stopping at Space Needle.