Summer of Change

19 Jul, 2005  Uncategorized

This summer is turning out to be the most life-changing time of my life.  I got engaged last August to my lovely fiancee, Erin, and our wedding is rapidly approaching, on September 24th. Getting married has always been “about a year away” but now its “about two months away”, so I’ve got to start getting my shit together :-) . 

Erin and I are also right in the middle of buying a house.  Our offer has been accepted, and now we’re getting our finances together while the seller takes care of some issues we had with the house.  I gotta say, the process of buying a house is so tedious and time consuming, its incredible. We’ve been looking for a house for over two months, and its taxing.  I’d leave work at 6:00 to meet our realtor, we’d look at three houses around Minneapolis and St. Paul, and then I’d get home around 8–8:30 and get to unwind. So now that we’ve found a house, I’m really excited, while the process has been long, its definitely worth the wait.

And the last big change this summer is my job.  I’ll be leaving Digital Array in three weeks to start my new job at Magenic.  Marrying Erin has me the most excited, but between the house and the new job, its a toss up.  I’m absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to work at a place thats so well known and well respected as Magenic, and to boot, the office in Minneapolis is where Rocky Lhotka works out of (when hes not off doing speaking).  I think of all the blogs that I read, if I had to pick a few people to have the opportunity to interact with, he would certainly be towards the top of the list.  I’m hoping to blog about my experiences there, it should be a blast.

11 Comments

  1. jlynch said,

    Wrote on July 19, 2005 @ 6:58 am

    Ben,

    Congratulations on your upcoming wedding! Take your bride-to-be to Lord Fletcher’s on Lake Minitonka. Pull up to the dock and have a drink on me!

    Jeff Lynch

  2. breichelt said,

    Wrote on July 19, 2005 @ 7:17 am

    Thanks Jeff!

  3. rsakalley said,

    Wrote on July 19, 2005 @ 7:25 am

    Congrats Ben, for the upcoming wedding, as well as the Magenic job too. Good luck.

  4. Anonymous said,

    Wrote on July 19, 2005 @ 9:48 am

    Congratulations on the house, and Magenic. I’m looking forward to working with you, as I’m a Magenicon as well :)

  5. Anonymous said,

    Wrote on July 19, 2005 @ 10:59 am

    you just wait ’til you are IN the house!… so much to buy and get done

  6. shebert said,

    Wrote on July 19, 2005 @ 12:06 pm

    Congrats on the wedding, the house and the job!

    -Steve

  7. breichelt said,

    Wrote on July 19, 2005 @ 3:03 pm

    Thanks everyone, I appreciate it!

    Darron, are you in the Mpls office?

  8. Anonymous said,

    Wrote on July 19, 2005 @ 7:36 pm

    Congrats on your wedding, your new house, and Magenic! Wow! Always remember to count your blessings man.

    In what capacity will you be working at Magenic?

    ralphloizzo at sbcglobal dot net

  9. darrell said,

    Wrote on July 20, 2005 @ 6:39 am

    Congratulations dude!

  10. Anonymous said,

    Wrote on August 6, 2005 @ 12:25 pm

    So I start the new job
    on Monday.  I’ve spent the past 3 weeks wrapping up some projects
    and doing…

  11. Anonymous said,

    Wrote on September 17, 2005 @ 12:44 pm

    Thank you very much!

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