I received my new Kindle-2 and it couldn't have come at a better time. Oh, it's been one of those godawful weeks that culminated this morning with waking up to at least 3" of SNOW on the ground! I'd heard it might "flurry" last night, but I certainly wasn't expecting it to stick. My car pretty much skidded sideways down our steep driveway to the busy road below and my heart lived in my throat throughout much of the day as a result of that trauma.
Thankfully, I met a daunting deadline yesterday (it wouldn't have been so bad if it hadn't been for one egotistical, passive-aggressive, condescending prick for a lame project manager whose inability to make decisions and stick with them throughout the entire process made me fantasize about murder). Today was our quarterly in-person marketing meeting with all the marketing staff from all our offices, and my beloved boss, Ms. Jodie Foster, was the facilitator. She was great! And in the course of this meeting, I'm thinking I was sent a "sign" of sorts. That corporate position that I'd been agonizing over and ultimately didn't pursue? (The position would be responsible for the bimonthly corporate online newsletter, working with the corporate graphics designer, and doing fill-in proposal work across offices as needed, plus assist the company's communications director with preparing for trade shows and the company's collateral materials — the proposal work itself would be quite minimal compared to what I'm responsible for in my current position). Well anyway, they'd been interviewing for the position since December and they have not found anybody who fits the bill. Once again I sat next to our marketing director who I believe gave me a furtive-but-pointed look when she announced this situation. And after the hell of this week? I realize I do need to go for this. If I don't get it, ah well. If I do, I think it would be a very good fit for me. Don't think I could find a job that would be more up my ally. And all things are pointing positively to our company's stability — we do infrastructure engineering/design and the stimulus package will provide us with a lot of opportunities. (We're the ones who make it all "shovel-ready!") So I don't think now that this would be an expendable position unless things got really really bad. They are definitely serious about filling the position. So...hmmm. I sure do like my boss, though. But this is a change that could do me good. I think. Who knows? And not actually being "under" Ms. Foster might actually allow a friendship situation to flourish that is difficult when you are boss/subordinate. I sense that we really do connect.
So...no Harstine this weekend (weather's supposed to suck). And I'll be updating my resume. For sure!
