Vegas.. so close yet so far away.
Last week I called the radio station and won a CD. They also put my name in a hat for a drawing, with the prize being a trip for FOUR to Las Vegas. So, I'm sitting in work last night and I hear "We have a winner for the Vegas trip, but we haven't been able to get a hold of her. The winner is Lisa Bonolis". I about freaked out!! I called the radio station right away. Of course, he recorded our conversation and put it on the air. Saying that he couldn't find me, but I found him. But while I'm talking to him on the phone, he says the trip is for Nov. 17th-21st. That's less than 2 weeks away. My boss happens to be scheduled for vacation and we're losing an employee to another department. So, we're going to be short-handed. Nevermind the fact that we knew our person was leaving all the way back in SEPTEMBER, but we STILL haven't hired someone!!! There's no way I can take off work. :( :( I went from being really really happy to being really really pissed off. I think I do so much for this company and yet all I usually get is a measely 4% raise at the end of the year. Sometimes I just wonder why I put up with it. Of course, then I remember all of the bills I have to pay. I might start looking for another job though - one with more flexibility. I'm going to at least look and see what's out there. I've been here for 6 years, but I feel like since I moved to this department I've started all over again. I didn't get the day shift because I don't have seniority in the department - even though I have seniority at the company as a whole. I have a feeling that any promotions would be looked at the same way. I don't know what I'm going to do at this point. All I know is that I'm pissed off that I can't go to Vegas. I'll probably never shell out the money to go there, myself. This trip has to be at least $2K or more. The only thing I can do is wait for the radio station to call me and see if anything else could be worked out.