Federated Insurance, Glendale, AZ

Landscapes, buildings and even parking lots are so different in Arizona when compared to Minnesota! A great example is the parking lot at the Federated Office where DW now works in Glendale, AZ. When we were first here last October on our honeymoon, we drove to the Federated office just to see where it was located and what it looked like. We were there on a Saturday so we didn't go inside but one thing that really impressed DW was the fact that there were covered reserved parking spots! That was just such a funny sight! So today DW took a picture of what she now sees 5 days a week! Apparently you have to pay to park in the shade!









And here's a picture of one of the main entrances into the office. Federated occupies the entire second floor of the office so once you climb the marble stairs inside, you don't go any further without a security badge to unlock one of the doors.









Everyone at the office has been very welcoming to the "Minnesota person". DW gets stopped in the hallway, the breakroom and even the bathroom by fellow employees who want to know how she likes the heat! She just tells them that it's hot but it's so different from Minnesota heat. She's met so many people who used to live in Owatonna but moved to Arizona when Federated opened the Phoenix office 20 years ago. One lady even knew DH's father! There's just no hiding anywhere!
DW asked her fellow 7 trainees and trainers who knew what Tator Tot Hotdish was - not one of them knew what that was and one of the trainers even asked "why would you do that to tator tots?!" Life is just a little different here! We'll have everyone eating hotdishes before they know it!! Ya, you betcha!