Archive for August, 2011

The Blend Air Actuator

Posted by Robbie on August 24th, 2011 | 0 comments

I spent last weekend, well most of last weekend, fixing my car (like 7 hours).  My 2007 Pontiac Vibe was making a loud clicking noise from inside my dash board somewhere when the internal air circulation button was depressed (not circulating air inside the car – fresh air coming in).  I took some videos of this which does a lot better job explaining it all and what not so if you wanna see whats up you can click below. Also, I’d like to give a shout out to this guys website: Pontiac Vibe/Matrix Owners, without this I probably would have never known that I needed to take off the passenger side airbag in order to get the dash up. Lastly, big up to the roomie LC! Carrie helped by holding up the dashboard while I unscrewed the actuator and without her it would have been SUPER difficult.

Just found out my homegirl, Bobbi, is damn near close to going into labor early.  I don’t want drop personal things she’s told me in relation to this but lets just say we are going to FINALLY meet Avery sometime in the next week.   I can’t wait!

I also updated the 2011 album with some random photos taken over the past 2 weeks or so, including my doomed drive to the Uinta Mountains where I couldn’t find Matt for the Diaper Party, although that day sucked, the photos are b-e-a-utiful.










Just a Matter of Time…

Posted by Robbie on August 16th, 2011 | 1 comment

It’s funny, when I started at my new job in January I really thought that making more money and having a bit more of a high-profile job in downtown SLC would really change my perspective on Utah.  Don’t get me wrong, having more money is great, working downtown is okay (meh on the drive), but it’s still Utah.  It’s still weird as hell here, don’t even get me started on the female talent pool – what a joke (same with the overall mind-set of Utahns but this is all another story).  When I was home for Mark and Megan’s wedding in July I barely had any time to see my friends (other than the ones who would be at the wedding) and it really sucked!  Not to mention, making my whole family get together on a Sunday just to see me for a few hours doesn’t seem fair (to them).  It wasn’t long after I got back to SLC that it officially struck me: I’m over Utah.

When I first moved out here I thought for SURE that I would be here 2 years max, of course, I am not Nostradomus and I had no way to predict the ultimate collapse of the economy and thus the ever-rising unemployment rates throughout the US.  At the end of next month it will be 4 years of Utah-life and I have now decided that I refuse to be here another full year.

I hate the fact that I’ve only been at my current job 8 months and I’m already trying to dip.  I know it’s important to stick with a job and learn as much as you can.  I’ve learned quite a bit here in the short time, however, even learning another language (HL7) so I hope that this will allow me to continue down my current health care/IT career path but just in the mitten state.

As of last week I have officially began my search for a new job in the D.  It’s time to go home, save some money, and maybe even buy a house (trying to not get too far ahead of myself here).  I miss everything Michigan and I’m sick of having to use my “vacation” time to go the D instead of like, oh I don’t know, the Caribbean or Mexico.

I know that it’s only a matter of time before I’m gone.  I hope that I’m around long enough to at least play Uncle Robbie to baby Avery for a little bit (only a few weeks to go!).  There certainly are a handful of people, that I know I will miss dearly when I leave, but I FULLY expect that they come visit me in Michigan (cough cough MB&A).

Definitely not excited about driving on I-80 through Nebraska and Wyoming (for the 3rd and definitely FINAL time), especially in a U-Haul with the Vibe being towed in the back, but definitely ready to be in the D for good.