my boyfriend isn't dead and why i am teh l33t @ 5t4rw00d
my boyfriend isn't dead and why i am teh l33t @ 5t4rw00d
so this morning colin had his long awaited surgery. the screws and plate that were put in his arm a few years ago were starting to become rejected by his body so he's been in pain for the last few months. the surgery was at 6am , so i was going to go visit him in the hospital before work, but i woke up late. he called me to tell me he was alright, which made me feel so much better. i knew he'd be fine, but there is always that unshakeable fear of 'what ifhe jst goes to sleep and doesn't wake up . .??' . hearing his vicadin induced, groggy mumbling on the phone on my way to work was the beginning of a string of awesome events.
so i went in to work at noon cause i'm a workaholic moron like that; i can never settle for a simple 40hr week, no; if overtime is offered, i take it. this week i am doing only 12 hours of OT. there have been weeks when i have done 25 hours of OT on top of my regular 40. it is worth it in the end, though, because i am making mad benjamins yo.
since i became a certified agent as well as an unofficial peer coach, i have earned the two bonuses as well as a raise to $10 an hour. the bonus incentive for this month is insane, for example; last month i made $464, bonus check alone; but already i am at the $600 mark and the month isn't even over yet, not to mention my regular check&&crappy$200 bonus. so yeah, i'm sick nasty at my job. and all i do is sit in front of a computer making hotel reservations.
second awesome event today: out of nowhere, while in the middle of a call, patricia the lady who makes the schedules, called me to the support desk. she told me that after reviewing my stats and given the fact that i became a certified agent 60 days on the floor ((very few agents become certified; let alone before 90 days)) i was offered an earlier shift, basically Starwood's version of a promotion without really changing positions. instead of working 3:30-midnight, i now work 10am-6:30. the weird part is that i never put the request in; i asked my PDL, adam, if the waitlist for an earlier shift was long and he said incredibly but that due to my stats and how i achieved them in incredible time, i was probably going to be offered the shift switch without needing to sign up.
so obviously i took it. tomorrow is my last midnight shift. working OT 12-3, then 3:30-12am. sleeping over colin's mom's house and again on friday and saturday.
ahhh fiddlesticks...my eyes hurt from being in front of 'puters all day, so i guess i'll finish this entry later. . .although i haven't gone over everything yet, suffice it to say that today has been awesome.
ta ta for now, eljay
so this morning colin had his long awaited surgery. the screws and plate that were put in his arm a few years ago were starting to become rejected by his body so he's been in pain for the last few months. the surgery was at 6am , so i was going to go visit him in the hospital before work, but i woke up late. he called me to tell me he was alright, which made me feel so much better. i knew he'd be fine, but there is always that unshakeable fear of 'what ifhe jst goes to sleep and doesn't wake up . .??' . hearing his vicadin induced, groggy mumbling on the phone on my way to work was the beginning of a string of awesome events.
so i went in to work at noon cause i'm a workaholic moron like that; i can never settle for a simple 40hr week, no; if overtime is offered, i take it. this week i am doing only 12 hours of OT. there have been weeks when i have done 25 hours of OT on top of my regular 40. it is worth it in the end, though, because i am making mad benjamins yo.
since i became a certified agent as well as an unofficial peer coach, i have earned the two bonuses as well as a raise to $10 an hour. the bonus incentive for this month is insane, for example; last month i made $464, bonus check alone; but already i am at the $600 mark and the month isn't even over yet, not to mention my regular check&&crappy$200 bonus. so yeah, i'm sick nasty at my job. and all i do is sit in front of a computer making hotel reservations.
second awesome event today: out of nowhere, while in the middle of a call, patricia the lady who makes the schedules, called me to the support desk. she told me that after reviewing my stats and given the fact that i became a certified agent 60 days on the floor ((very few agents become certified; let alone before 90 days)) i was offered an earlier shift, basically Starwood's version of a promotion without really changing positions. instead of working 3:30-midnight, i now work 10am-6:30. the weird part is that i never put the request in; i asked my PDL, adam, if the waitlist for an earlier shift was long and he said incredibly but that due to my stats and how i achieved them in incredible time, i was probably going to be offered the shift switch without needing to sign up.
so obviously i took it. tomorrow is my last midnight shift. working OT 12-3, then 3:30-12am. sleeping over colin's mom's house and again on friday and saturday.
ahhh fiddlesticks...my eyes hurt from being in front of 'puters all day, so i guess i'll finish this entry later. . .although i haven't gone over everything yet, suffice it to say that today has been awesome.
ta ta for now, eljay