Travelling Man

This week I have been given the task of conducting audits of our centers. Its been a change of pace from the hectic days in the office. I have the chance to see how other centers operate for a change and see what they are doing right or wrong. Our district manager is very much interested in me putting more of a focus on the business end of the centers as opposed to only the production end. Maybe after this week I can ask him for a week off and then start out fresh in the beginning of the year... NOT!

If I dont get to blog again soon I would like to now speak out my holiday cheer to everyone. Happy Holidays and whatever holiday you will be celebrating, please try to remember how fortunate we are to live in a country full of freedom and also try to remember that some of us are not fortunate to be home for the holidays and that we should think about how they are protecting our freedoms. Cheers!

Christmas Wish

I have but only one wish this season and one wish it is. Are you ready? Here goes.... Peace in the Middle East!

Go ahead and post your own christmas wish. If you have your own blog and if you agree with me please make the same christmas wish. Lets make the post get googled and recognized by our leaders!

fighting in the homefront

I woke up this morning ready to work on a lot of home projects that I've been putting off doing. Dot gave me warning of how much stuff we had to do. Now that I was done. I decided to take a little nap on the couch. All of a sudden Dot starts nagging on me that I should be doing something else other than napping. I reacted my telling her that I am going to take a walk. Instead I drove around and now I ended up at an internet station blogging this. I am a very calm person by nature but when someone pushes my buttons and I feel that I might lose it, I need to get away. Is it right for me to do this or should I face the music and just talk it out with her? Mind you that I have already conducted this with her today regarding to a different topic and now I might have to do it a second time. I guess its all part of being in a relationship and now its soon going to be part of my marriage. I love her, I truly do but sometimes she really pushes my buttons and I hate that. I guess I will need to learn to be more understanding and find out why she is pushing me. Okay, game face off. Time to face the music one more time.

Presentations, Promotions, and New Activities

I made my presentation to a couple of executives in the company about how well the team is doing and how much more we can be if we had a leader. My request was answered immediately. The week after my presentation they immediately placed a manager with great experience with the company. Although I had the idea that they were going to promote me into the management spot, they had other plans for me. I spoke to Larry last week about how he felt about my presentation. Apparently, TPTB feel that I needed more coaching and experience.

Where does that lead me? According to Larry, they have better plans for me. My job with the team is complete. I needed to transition to the new manager all that I have achieved and I will be moving on to a new position in the company. Its not a promotion where I will be getting a raise in pay far from it. Actually, I have been appointed to a new role that will ultimately bring me the management position that I so desire and will also almost guarantee me to bonus every month provided that I conduct myself and my new team accordingly.

Sigh, its so hard not to talk about details here. Unfortunately, its extremely difficult to say anything too precise here. I guess if you really want to know the real deal, just hit me with an email okay?

Anyhoot, I miss the old blog and I wish that I could again say a bit more stuff that I would otherwise.

Cheers