I've been waiting 20 months to send out this news! Dirk is home from the WY project, and for the foreseeable future will be working from home (RC store)!! I should qualify this announcement with the disclaimer that he could accept another rental fleet project-offer, and be going "out" (who knows where?) in the future, depending on what is available... where... and for how long.
Dirk had actually called me last Tuesday to ask me if I was ready for him to come home. I knew he was planning on being home for the weekend... so didn't think much of his question. But then he started talking about logistics for getting the camper back to our house, among all the other work-related vehicles that needed to get back to Rapid City... and I got super excited!!
We decided not to tell the kids, or anyone really -- mostly because we have seen projects (customers) SAY they are done, and then drag things on and on for weeks. (If not months: remember New Mexico? He was supposed to be home in 4-6 months and ended up being there 9 months!)
So Saturday noon Dirk pulled into the yard with the red camper, and the kids went crazy. Anika said "Are we going camping?" -- so we had a little family meeting in the living room and Dirk got to tell the kids he gets to stay home for a while now. :)
Just to give you the "short" story on the "work" front for him: he has always worked for Butler Cat (18 yrs total) for the last 8 yrs - driving a Service Truck out to remote projects where heavy machinery needed repair or maintenance. 2 yrs ago when the economy slowed, there was almost no Field Work available in our area and a position in a different area of the company was available, in the Rental Fleet. He worked as a Project Manager for 2 different projects (NM and WY)over the last 20 months -- providing full maintenance for a fleet of rented (sometimes upwards of 50 machines) heavy machinery.
Now that he is back in Rapid City, he will go back to Field Work, at least as far as we can see for now. It is still good work, and keeps him plenty busy -- and the need for Field mechanics is back to "normal" for our area.
God has GREAT timing as far as I'm concerned!! With baby Lars and "life as usual" it is great to have THE DAD around and an active part of our daily routine! I know none of us are used to it yet -- tonight will actually be our first night of having him come home at the end of a work day!
I've totally forgotten how good it feels to have a parenting-partner back! Not to mention it's just really great to have HIM around! :)
