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So I gave my two weeks at the salon this past Wednesday. It was a pretty straight forward note I left. All it said was " My last day will be July 28th. Thanks, Amber". Around 3:00 I get called back into the office ny my manager and she says to me "What, is this all I get?". It was really funny to me considering that she had an hour long meeting with me on Friday. Basically, when I was hired it was with the understanding that the company was planning on opening another location later in the year. I was to be trained to be an assistant manager for the entire salon, but mainly concentrating on the front desk. Well, those plans fell through and they hired a front desk manager and told me that I needed more management training. The general manager left in March and I expected to get some sort of promotion. During the time before she left I had successfully taken over the inventory and was acting supervisor of the front desk. I had a meeting with my manager and the salon owner about a possible promotion. I've done the best I can do, but have not had a clear idea of what they are looking for in a manager. I've asked several times in the last couple of months and all I've been told is to be a model front desk employee and to keep the other front desk personnel productive aka busy. I've been doing this job for close to 7 years now and am proficient at it. I could do it in my sleep if I needed to. On top of the fact that I have made sure that all of the customer service standards they have implented have been done. So, I finally ask my manager to tell me exactly what she wants from me and she still doesn't tell me. Then she tells me that corporate is hiring and that I should check into it. So, after much frustration I apply at corporate. I've had 3 interviews with them, one by phone and two face to face and I'm still waiting to hear back. So, this meeting on Friday I am told that they are looking for someone to implenent new policies and incentives. I was so annoyed. I've been asking for months what they want from me and now that I am ready to quit she finally tells me. Of course, she also tells me how valued I am and all that crap. I told her that I feel like I've reached my maximum potential at this company and that it is time to move on. I think my manager is upset because she didn't think I'd actually quit and now she has less than two weeks to find someone. If she didn't want me to leave she never should have kept telling me that I don't fit what they are looking for and that I'd be better off somewhere else. So, yea. As of the 28th I am jobless. I am going to write corporate tomorrow and try to touch base with them. I had an interview at another salon on Wednesday that I need to touch base with also. I turned in an application at a retail store on Friday as well. I will hopefully be selling my house in Colorado Springs within the next 2 weeks. If nothing else I will have money to pay rent in advance for a couple of months. That is, if my house sells soon. In car related news, the guy I was supposed to get most of the parts I need has fallen off the planet. Zac has called him several times and he has not returned any messages. I guess I need to start hitting the junkyards on the weekends. I've painted most of the inside and am ready to lay carpet down. I tried to help Zac swap an engine this weekend. I'm really good at lifting and pushing and going to get things. Every little bit helps I guess. The lovely Miss Marj gave me a dresser so I finally have someplace to put my clothes. I am so excited!! It's funny, you never really think you'd miss having something like a dresser until you don't have one. That's it for now, I get to put clothes away...