It’s So Close I Can Almost Taste It

After working way too long on Friday, getting too little sleep and then hanging out with some friends on Friday night (gotta keep my sanity, you know), sleeping in way too late on Saturday and not getting into the office until dinnertime, I spoke with the operations director regarding some ideas I had to make at least part of the place run more efficiently. He suggested I write it up as a formal proposal and if it’s good he’ll bring it to the owner. I stayed there too late writing it up and put it on his desk before I left. He also had heard that I had expressed an interest in the vacant director’s position. I don’t recall actually expressing an interest, but I am interested in a full time steady job that pays me enough to live on.

Anyway, here’s what I know about working at security place:

• I’ve been getting quite a few pats on the back this week for jumping in and keeping the standing room going while the director is on vacation
• They like me, they really like me
• I’ve developed a decent rapport with the guards that I have had contact with, which goes a long way since good rapport = happy workers = happy company
• I’ve only officially been employed there less than a month, yet a director position seems very likely
• My proposal for co-directors in the standing guard room will make that room run much more efficiently (read: increased revenue) than two separate directors doing their own things

So, assuming the proposal I wrote up in my severely sleep deprived state makes any sense and is coherent enough to sound like a good plan, then I will know by the end of the week (how many times have I said “end of the week” lately?) whether or not I will be getting a promotion at work – at a job that was only intended to be temporary until I found myself a full time day job. But, it would be a more challenging position and a huge step up, which is what I said I was seeking, right?

Anyway, while I may not know exactly what I want as far as a career goes, I do know what I want right this second: sleep. I need to get a few winks, because I have to get up early for church in the morning before heading into the office to make sure payroll is done, because with the director on vacation, that’s about 150+ guards who won’t get paid if I don’t get that done. Gosh, I love having that kind of power!

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