Coming Up Roses :)

I was nearly finished writing this post and all of a sudden, I got some news that changes it, so I guess it's best to just re-write the post, so here it goes.

As some of you had heard, my job at Kiddie Kandids was suddenly in a bit of danger. The studio manager, Alicia, took over the studio where I work, right before Christmas. A bunch of the staff had left when they heard she was taking over the studio. Don't take that the wrong way, she's an absolute sweetheart, but she expects things to be done to her standards (which are high) and she makes her associates work, and I guess they had heard about her reputation for doing that and they pretty much all quit. So of course, she had to staff the studio, so she hired about nine people. About two weeks later, she had a visit from the regional and district managers who informed her that they plan to switch our studio from having three camera bays to one, and that she also was waaay over staffed and they told her to fire seven people. So, needless to say, I was a basket case about it, because I really really need this job, or at least "a" job, and since I really do enjoy working there and it pays quite well, I really didn't want to lose it. She did tell me that she wasn't going to let me go, but then it seemed like the demands from the district and regional managers seemed to be getting more insistent, and after all, I'm still not finished training on camera. I thought "How can I compete for a job I'm not completely trained to do?" As far as I could tell, I couldn't, so I had a bunch of sleepless nights where I just couldn't turn my thoughts off, and I finally told myself that if this is where I'm supposed to be, I'll be staying and if not, then there's something better waiting and that one way or another, we'd be alright. So I kept going to work, doing the best job I possibly could (turns out I'm rather good at creating different things with the pictures and selling them)and I waited it all out. So anyway, last night, Alicia says to me, "So do you want to hear the bye-bye list?" I said "Am I on it?" to which she just started laughing, and then told me who is going to be leaving us soon. I said "You'll never know how scared I was that I was going to go." She said "Are you serious? Kim, I told you in the beginning, I wasn't going to let you go." So basically, all that worry was for nothing, but I guess I showed her something in the way I was doing my job, because when the district manager asked who from her staff she could see being a manager eventually, she gave my name (mine and Hazel's, who is currently the assistant manager), and now they want us to take a leadership assessment. So that's sort of exciting. I don't really think it'll happen anytime soon, but it's definitely something to be proud of. So, needless to say, I'm pleased with how that all worked out.


So basically, things are definitely looking up. I feel a million miles away from where I was just a few days ago, and hopefully with that, I'll be more in the mood to post. I didn't want to scare you guys away. Who wants to read a bunch of whining, after all? And right now, I just feel so good. But as to the blog itself, I'm wondering about how blogger is making people sign in to comment now, because someone commented on the previous post and said they could only sign in as "anonymous". So please, if there's something different, let me know what it is. The way I sign in now is essentially the same as is was with the old version of blogger, I simply have a different sign in name now. But I'm wondering if switching to the new blogger made it more of a pain in the butt for those who don't have blogger accounts to sign in. So if you could please let me know what's different about it. I don't want you guys to stop commentating on my blog. I have an idea for a game we can play, but I have to find out how to make it happen, and I'll keep you posted as to the details.

Oh, and the other great news... Mike S. (not my brother-in-law, the other Mike S.) is buying a house here in town, after living away for quite awhile. I can't tell you how excited I am about that. The house is right near R's school, so it's really only about a half a mile from here. Yay!!! I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that it will go through attorney review alright.

Anyway, I'm going to go because Princess K is sleeping, and it's coming up on time to pick R up from school.

More soon....