State of the week address

My week has been a busy one, both at home and at the office. I don’t even know where to start. My friend and co-worker whom I previously mentioned was fired on Wednesday afternoon. Leaving me all alone in an office built for four. I got spin controlled placed on most of the tasks he had out there flapping and begin regaining full contol of everything. I spoke to the boss man about my future on friday. He says, if I don’t get promoted then where I am is where I am staying. Speaking of promotion, we should know very soon whether or not I am selected for promotion. By the middle of the month we should know what is going on and what their plans are for me… Keep those fingers crossed.

M love life has been busy this week too. I have met a few people this week. One is the friend of a friend that I mentioned in a previous post. The second is a woman I have been talking to on yahoo for months and we decided to meet on Friday night. We are not interested in dating each other, but we pass advice back and forth on a daily basis. And then the third i met last night online and we chatted for a few hours. She is younger then I normally would allow, but we communicated well so I am going to allow it to move forward for a minute and see what happens. Ms. Slow has pretty much self eliminated from my life. I haven’t seen her in nearly a month. We talk less and less. Last night was the 4th or 5th time she has drove from her place to my area (1 hour drive) and didn’t even think of seeing me. She just can’t manage herself well enough.

Yesterday i drove down to Jekyll Island with a couple of the Minis from around. The Shrimp and grits festival was going on down there. I love me some shrimp and grits!! A friend of mine came along in my car also. Him and I can yap like a bunch of old women at a church social and we did for the hour plus drive there and back. I returned to Savannah in the mid-afternoon so I could attend my god-daughters birthday party. She turned 7. She is already smarter then me by a long shot. Quick funny story on that note, It was her, her dad, her Mom and myself riding in their car. I don’t know where we had been or where we were heading at the time, but her mom spoke up and asked “do you guys wanna stop and get some i-c-e  c-r-e-a-m.” Spelling it out quickly so she wouldn’t go crazy if we decided not to. Her Dad and I look at each other as the wheels in our brains try and figure out what was just spelled out to us (and how to us it in a sentence.. lol). Meanwhile a mere one second later their daughter is going nuts for ice cream. We still really hadn’t figured it out… Ofcourse her Mom immediately begins to poke fun at the fact that we had been out done by a 6 year old. It happens.

I travel out of town on Business on Thursday. I will still be able to post here, it will just be a little less frequent. Have a lovely week.

The summary of the week

This past week proved to be a very demanding week. I was telling the young lady I am talking to (the same one I mentioned a few weeks ago) that it wasn’t physically exhausting, it was mentally exhausting. I watched the creation of the case against one of my best buds, well I thought best buds. Now I am beginning to have my doubts. I guess I’ll go on to side note really quick. I am one of those people that will stand up and sheild my men with all my might when it comes to just about anything. But you must come clean with me. Now I have watched the evidence stack up against my co-worker, the man I have spent the last three and a half years growing to take my place. And yet still he doesn’t seem to be telling me the truth. I know that the evidence will never match up from both sides, but it does not look good.

So, the upcoming week looks to be one were I could find myself alone in an office slotted for 12 men… Four of which should be of the rank of Sergeant First Class such as myself and the rest should be Staff Sergeants. We are spread a little thin these days. I am already hard at work on my plan to refill my Platoon’s leaders. Time will tell. Meanwhile I should know in about 10 days or so whether or not I have been selected for promotion. I have my fingers crossed. I wasn’t nervous about it at all until everyone started asking me about it nearly every 5 minutes. I had myself all calm, after all if I get overlooked and selected next year I will still be a few years ahead of my peers…

So as previously mentioned I am still talking to the same girl. She is very sweet and seems to care. I haven’t seen her in two and a half weeks though. She went out of town to see her parents for 9 days, then came home to work 12 hour days for 6 straight. She works a lot. I work a lot. I am not so sure how I will ever meet and be able to maintain with anyone…… I will continue to talk with her, we have some wonderful conversations. We can easily find ourselves on the phone for hours… We soothe one another. Did I mention she lives about an hour drive away? It makes it even harder. This week I needed someone to sit and talk with, but the position went unfilled. Her and I talked over the phone almost everyday, but I can’t talk about work over the phone. I guess we will have to work something out. I will keep you posted~~~~K