Tuesdays Thoughts

I was so busy today at work! The company I had worked at for 18 years decided to sell off their Atlanta market to an independent dealership back in May. Part of the package deal was that the dealership had to offer all the employees a job. So while I had a job, it wasn't what I was used to (I basically ran the office, made the majority of all the major decisions and assisted both the sales and service departments). So for 6 months I've pretty much been bored out of my mind!! The first month I swear that I cried driving home every day. But now that I'm sorta used to not thinking, not having any responsibility and not having a stressful moment in the day (which sounds nice, but I actually like a little bit of hectic in my life!) they've finally given me a project that makes me think! I've basically got to set up a system for checks & balances on the commission payments that my old company has to pay us each month so that everything can be easily reconcilled. As a branch office, I never realized how the dealerships were paid and there are so many different areas that we're paid commission on!!! We've just been setting copies of the check and the statements that came with it to the side for 6 months. I'm sooooo happy!!!

On a sad, deeply disturbing note - I maintained again this week! Ok, it's not that sad and it's not that disturbing but I need to get a grip on it and figure out how to fix it. I know a maintain is better than a gain. I also know that if I have any more weeks of this that I'm going to get discouraged. But I'm not there yet! It's just that my first instinct when someone says they maintained or gained especially right after a holiday is to think "well maybe they over induldged a little (or a lot)". That thought is immediately followed by "not necessarily" but I still worry that others think that I just over-ate....which I didn't!

And back to happier notes....I got my first blog comment!!! Thanks Liz!!! - your words helped me a lot, but the fact that you posted at all means even more.