"If we're gonna walk into walls, I want us running into them full-speed."
After many months of being pretty much cocooned in myself, due to the usual loneliness and lack of outlets, good stuff started happening and it kind of came to what I'm sure will be one of many heads.
I am the new General Manager for WIDR.
The official start date is May 1st, but I've had people coming to me about GM stuff for at least a couple of months now, so a lot of the people stuff won't be a big switch. This is but one of the things that perked me up once more.
So what's been going on that pulled me out of my slump? The whole thing started with a Matt conversation, a deep, good, revealy type which I'd not had in...maybe 6 months, but that seems a conservative estimate. It started out as totally normal and ended up with me crying (in the good way) and telling him about stuff I'd hadn't had anyone to tell in as long as I can remember, which was quite a catharsis. In trying to recount things, I feel like I'm going to miss stuff, because so much happened so quickly, but it should be preserved for posterity.
The next day, I found out that the existing directors had unofficially decided that they wanted me as GM, I was given an interview for the station with the US Trade Representative Ron Kirk - it went very well, but I did *way* more prep work that I needed to - I got back into school, my boss got promoted, so is giving me more responsibilities at work and trying to get me a raise, and got two pairs of amazing shoes that were exactly what I'd been looking for for *months* for less than $15. It was a good way to break a two year crapfest.
I still have to deal with everything by myself and could really use a cuddle, but aside from that, everything's coming up roses and it's long overdue. :) Bed now.
I am the new General Manager for WIDR.
The official start date is May 1st, but I've had people coming to me about GM stuff for at least a couple of months now, so a lot of the people stuff won't be a big switch. This is but one of the things that perked me up once more.
So what's been going on that pulled me out of my slump? The whole thing started with a Matt conversation, a deep, good, revealy type which I'd not had in...maybe 6 months, but that seems a conservative estimate. It started out as totally normal and ended up with me crying (in the good way) and telling him about stuff I'd hadn't had anyone to tell in as long as I can remember, which was quite a catharsis. In trying to recount things, I feel like I'm going to miss stuff, because so much happened so quickly, but it should be preserved for posterity.
The next day, I found out that the existing directors had unofficially decided that they wanted me as GM, I was given an interview for the station with the US Trade Representative Ron Kirk - it went very well, but I did *way* more prep work that I needed to - I got back into school, my boss got promoted, so is giving me more responsibilities at work and trying to get me a raise, and got two pairs of amazing shoes that were exactly what I'd been looking for for *months* for less than $15. It was a good way to break a two year crapfest.
I still have to deal with everything by myself and could really use a cuddle, but aside from that, everything's coming up roses and it's long overdue. :) Bed now.