part two of yesterday and today

so much magic lingers in the air from rent and music and the theatre experience (where are the theatre junkies of orlando?... or the music junkies, for that matter?... or the word junkies?... the creativity junkies?... the love junkies?... anybody?)...

and there's precious who apparently has a short in her car wiring that burned out her battery, luckily i have the autonomy to take time to take personal calls at work... luckily her mom bought her aaa so she called them and learned how cool road service can be as the boost got her to the auto zone where she bought the battery and they charged it while we watched the movie and she's back on the road, for now... i poured a quart of oil in her engine and urged her to get the oil changed asap and have the wiring checked...

and then there's work... with further prodding from me to corporate and direct questioning of the boss, we finally sat down and hashed out the deal... as of sunday i have a new salary, 15% raise (on top of the almost 5% raise at the beginning of august) was about half of what i felt the job was worth at this point, but as he started with 5% and climbed to 10% and then to 15% in the hour negotiation, i figured i pushed enough for this year... his other directors will probably not be too happy, but then, they can negotiate for themselves... i still think it's less than market average, but closer to fair... but it was not just about salary...

he finally signed the application for the risk manager license and paid the $150 application fee (so i can mail it in this week), he finally agreed to a re-title the position formally to director of performance improvement and risk management (dpirm, and nobody really knows what it means), and agreed to buy a laptop for me (for work, but not a shared laptop) which will cost them around $1500... and i get a second part time assistant, which is a big leap forward for the department... i didn't push for a cell phone since nobody has one, but a few other perks and we were done... so as of monday i will go in an hour earlier to take over the risk manager responsibilities at morning meeting and finally have authority to run the department (first few weeks will be cleaning up cases that have been left open over the last two plus years)...

so all in all it was a rather excellent day... patience is rewarded, and all that jazz... i hope your day was even better :)