Dec 01, 2007 12:20
couple of things
1. i just went to get a soy chai late and accidently locked myself out of my house. no biggy, except that i had major cleaning/laundry to do before really launching my day so i woke seth up to help me out. you see, the only way into my house if the door is locked, is to climb the balcony and test if the slider is open. this climb isn't necessarily something i think i would complete successfully, so i asked seth to do it, and he did. once he opened my door, he told me it was unlocked. LOL i am lame.
2. i've been busier in sales at work than ever before. i still feel like i have no idea what i'm doing, but at least now i'm at the point where i sure sound like i do, where before it was a bit more obvious that i was inexperienced. the problem is that, with each serious sale that comes up, i still need a lot of hand holding and i worry about being a burden on P. who is my new "mentor" since i stopped agreeing to work with R. I still work with R. sometimes, but for the last 2 months i've kept my distance and that seems to work out better.
My job is so weird because everyday i feel like i have so much to report. Which is good in a way because it means a lot is happening throughout my day, however i feel like all my work talk, though interesting to me, is a total bore to everyone else. for example:
yesterday a lot of big things happened.
1. i lost a sale to someone i barely even had a chance to talk to.
2. but then i won an upgrade from someone i've been talking to for several months.
3. the previous day, i had trouble helping someone install their demo cd, so i rescheduled an overview for the next day, and then they cancelled that appt. which was a huge loss for me.
4. but then a different sales lead called in and scheduled an overview with me.
5. and another sales lead called in to confirm they were mailing in their check from a previous sale
6. and another sales lead emailed me site plans to draft a proposal from. and then spent 25 min discussing his vision of security with me.
and the day before that:
was just as busy, and i'm doing a lot more correspondance with people than ever before. and as a result, though each day im totally overwhelming i'm starting to enjoy my job and feel like all my hard work of constant calling with no calls backs, and no responses is paying off.
today i get to pick up my new glasses so i'm really excited about that
and did i mention that i've lost so much weight that i cannot wear any of my clothes anymore? everything hangs on me, and i'm swimming in all my pants.
oh and i'm going to costa rica for christmas. :)