Changes

My my how things change at the drop of a hat. Let me first say that I got the job at Omni. I had my final interview last Friday and they offered me the job... the $$ offer wasn't what I hoped (pay cut), but it was still enough to make my bills. I accepted the offer over the phone and all was great!!

That night I went to a club for Jess's b-day celebration. My girls were there from work and Jess insisted on me telling them then. Which I agreed - I wanted them to know before I told the cheeses. So - I spilled the beans. I had no idea that they would react as they did. A teared up and was shaking like a leaf. All she could say was "You can't leave. You can't leave me H. You can't leave." I felt pretty low. Then JJ showed up. As soon as the words flew from my mouth, I could see the color in her face change from a pretty shade of tan - to red! She was quite upset to say the least. She couldn't talk to me for the first hour she was there... she just kept mumbling something like "you've got to be kidding... no way.. is this a joke?" Are you seeing the pattern here??

I AM LOVED!!!!!!!!!! :) That is pretty evident now. My girls were completely shocked and couldn't accept the fact that I would leave them. Jess got pretty pissed. When she left 2 months ago, all she got was "Bye - good luck." So - her feelers were pretty hurt.

The entire night was spent with A and JJ attached to my hip - begging me to reconsider. Going over all the pros about work and how much of an asset I am to the company. etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.etc.etc. But I stuck to my guns. I went home feeling terrible! The only way I can describe it is like the feeling of breaking up with your girlfriend/boyfriend. Like you made the wrong decision and can never take it back. It was horrible.

Sunday JJ text messaged me to come out for a drink. Since I'm at Mom and Dad's for the week house-sitting and she only lives a mile away - I agreed. After I got there, A showed up in her PJ's. It was quite cute! Lol This was an intervention.

With a beer in one hand and a cig in the other, I listened to them for 4 hours. I heard every reason why I sould stay and gave them every reason why I should leave. I have to admit - they were pretty brilliant in their planning. They told me that both cheeses had called them Saturday and Sunday completely shocked that I wanted to leave. My girls told them about the intervention plan and the cheeses were thrilled!! I promised them I would think about it and went home to type the most fabulous resignation letter ever!

Monday morning I got up early - copied Mom's routine of taking the dogs out and feeding the cat. I couldn't decide if I needed to throw up or if I needed to sit on the thrown. Either way - something was going to come up. My nerves were shot - but I knew I had to leave 'work'... I just hate confrontation. And the big cheese is VERY intimidating.

I got to work an hour early - head cheese was already there. YIKES! This part would take WAY too long to explain.. so I will just say that I am not leaving 'work'. Every issue I had with the company was resolved. Cheese wanted me to stay bad enough to pretty much grant me everything I asked for. How flippin cool is that!!!! Why didn't I do this a long time ago?? I'm just a chicken at heart I think. When I left his office and told the girls I was staying... you would have thought I had just won the lottery. They ran to me and gave me the biggest, tightest hugs. It was the most awesome thing I have ever experienced. I have never felt so loved at a job before now. At the end of the day, big cheese came into my office, smiled real big, and asked if I was coming back tomorrow :) haha - "Of course", I said.