Of Babies & Work Loads One of the girls in our office just told me that she is pregnant. Women get so jubilant about pregnancy. All I could think to tell her was that she was going to be mighty uncomfortable come June/July (she is due in August/September). To be pregnant is bad enough, to be pregnant in the summer heat of Las Vegas is just NUTS.

We also found out this morning that one of our Sales guys got arrested last nite and is sitting in jail. That's super. Nothing like having some of your revenue stream just go kaput without any warning. This particular Sales guy has done this type of thing before and we've bailed him out. The man has talent and he can do what he does very well; its just his personal problems that get him in trouble.

I took the opportunity to draft up an email to our CEO and COO telling them that I want to transfer over to Sales. I don't want to take the man's job, we have lots of room in that department, but I figure his absence (at least in the short term) will perhaps make more offer to move a little more tantalizing. I know that this request is going to sit bitter in the mouth of those two, or at least one of them. It will be hard to convince them that someone else can be brought in here to do what I am doing.

My main motivator for wanting to get out of my current position is due mainly to the lack of focus in our operation. In my entire time with this company my responsibilities have increased but the focus of my department has not been refined whatsoever. I've received compensation for the increase in responsibility, but certainly not enough to pay for what I have to handle. I like this company, so I don't want to just up and leave. I think that I could be a real asset to us in other ways and I think I've earned the right to try that out. We'll see ...
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