Tammi's World

Even Steven

Now that I've got my celebratin' out of my system (for now)......Holy Cow. Yesterday was one hell of a day.

I really didn't feel 100% yet, but knew I had to drag my ass into the office. There is only so much I can do from home, as much as I hate to admit that.

Anyway - the roads were clear as all get out. No ice. No snow. Perfect. That said, I saw the biggest accident I've ever seen on the way in. 27 cars over a 1 1/2 mile stretch. There was wreckage everywhere. It was one of those chain reaction things. This guy wasn't payin' attention and slammed into the guy in front pushing him into the guy in front. The next guy saw it happening and swerved only to cause another car to loose control and spin....well you get the idea.

Thank GOODNESS it was on the other side of the highway! Damn. What a mess. The traffic flow going INTO Chicago was all screwed up since everyone had to rubberneck to see what happened. Yeah, fun times.

Anyway, I get to the office and everything was a complete mess. Every email was a problem. Every voicemail an issue. The term clusterf*ck came to mind. Several times.

Finally had to step away and walk during lunch. I felt kinda guilty for not working though but I promised myself I would give Tammi a break during the day, plus I'm enjoying the walking. It's been a while and it feels good to be back at it.

Well that walk changed EVERYTHING. Came back from that and WHAM got approval on all my new programs. WHAM got promoted. Not a little promotion. A full out BIG ASS promotion. After only 9 months. Holy Crap. You couldn't have gotten that smile off my face if you had tried.

So I came home and decided What The Hell. We gotta celebrate! So I had me a pizza and a couple glasses of wine. My stomach didn't really appreciate it, but for a while there I was in a very happy place.

The best part is this will NOT mean more travel. Well, except for maybe a few more trips to Florida (damn, isn't that a shame....) and more time spent on the East Coast. But - I can fit that all into my regular schedule. I just fly out a little later in the day or maybe fly in a bit earlier.

What it does most is make me feel appreciated. It has been a long LONG time since I've heard "You exceed our expectations daily" or "We are soooo glad to have you here" or even "Thank You". Wow. I just sat in that office in complete and total shock. I forgot how good that felt.

So yeah, yesterday was a pretty damned good day afterall. But I've got a feeling today will just be business as usual. And that's alright too. It all evens out.

Posted by Tammi at January 17, 2007 05:18 AM | TrackBack