Tuff Day

yesterday
was not an easy day
for me….

it was, as they say,
bittersweet

I told my team
that I am leaving
next Friday

which made my friend Tami
cry
which made me cry
which made more of us cry
and resulted in
me crying on and off all day long

fuck eh?

but I told them the truth
I told them in no uncertain terms
that they are all smart
intelligent
ethical
integral people
that they have “skills”
and that they need to believe
in themselves
as much
as I believe in them

I think I even did
a little begging
that none of them be
so resistant to change
that they burn their bridges
cos they have mouths to feed
and mortgages to pay
etc etc

I hope they believe me
when I say
that
should they decided
that the time for greater change
is upon them
I will do
anything I can to assist

even so far
as to go into
the grand poohbah’s office
and beg him
to keep the team together
and give them someone
as strong and smart
tough and wise
fun and humorous
as they need
to keep them together

and if
and when
they do
decide to move on…

I’m a resume writer
extraordinaire
and
will always be their friend

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I feel like there should be fanfare!

I have news!

Officially as of last night at 5:30PM….I have just been offered a position at Royal Roads University and I have accepted and will be starting Nov 13th…..3 years to the day from the start day of my current job…in Hell

I will be one of 2 Learning Associates in the brand new Continuing Studies division of RRU…which pretty much means that I will be sharing the administrative load in an exciting new adventure for the University.

The company I have worked for over the last 3 years has taught me a lot about who and what I don’t want to be for the rest of my life…I’m hoping that this new endeavor will give me a chance to grow towards being the person I can be….at the very least the scenery will improve immensely!

I’m stoked!

I will make about $10,000.00 more a year plus a mondo benefits package that is at about 18% of the wage and there’s room for advancement….and no one will be timing my trips to the rest room any more…it’s a 20 min drive but the campus is beautiful…it’s a freakin castle after all!

Friday Nov 10th will be my last day at at my current job – and the only fly in the ointment is that I have worked with many of the group currently working for me for 2 years – and been able to positively effect change on their behalf – so I’ll miss them terribly…

but for the most part….it’s pretty damn cool if ya ask me… Wahoooooooooo!

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