Oh.my.goodness. Early yesterday morning my male boss sent me an IM and asked if he could call me real quick. I said sure. This was his first day back from vacation; what could he be wanting to talk about? Well, our company has several divisions. But three specifically that we, in our area, deal with. He tells me to 'keep it close to my chest for now, but.,,,, he has become 'President' of all three boards and is wanting to get an executive assistant to only manage all three boards, to do everything involving all three boards.... yeah, including minutes. He wanted me to know before word got out that he wasn't wanting to replace me, just wanted me to know what was going on. I gently and quickly told him...... "I am not interested." He chuckled and said he figured that. I explained that if we were in the office as we were five years ago and we had the board members come in and I knew them by name, it would be different. It's this telephonic stuff that I don't like. I have not met any of the board members; I hear their voices once every three months; I don't know them, and that makes taking minutes not fun. (no, I did not get the minutes typed yesterday either, just in case you are wondering) So we discussed also that the main director in Colorado is retiring in May.... and guess who is taking on several of the responsibilities for that position. And that board. No, not me, my boss.
I tell him all the time he is already on overload, and he needs to say 'no' sometimes. But as we discussed some of the people there, he mentioned one that will be reporting to him, and that she offered to be the executive assistant for the boards. I jumped on that one. I've worked with her before, and she is quite knowledgeable - AND she managed the board there in Colorado when she was the director's executive assistant before she changed jobs within the company. I told my boss that he needed to bring her on as his executive assistant - and reminded him I have two others I support, and there are some other people that do need support but there is no one to do it - and I could help with them. I think I convinced him. For me, it can't happen soon enough. And I told him that I really liked him, and I 'enjoy' (maybe I stretched that a bit) working with him, but he really does need his own executive assistant. Whew. Now if I can just get through to the end of May (and one more board meeting) and he brings her on. It sure would make my job a lot easier.
Especially since for the months of April and May I will be covering also for an executive assistant who will be out two months after back surgery..... and she supports six doctors. Yeah, I will be busy, for sure!
I got my car back yesterday and the receipt for the brake pads, and the old ones, was left in the car. Can you believe this? The dealership wanted to charge me $356 to replace the rear brake pads. I got it done for $100. How much were the brake pads? $23.99. Geez! I don't mind paying the $100 at all.
I had a training last night and our trainer shared what he is doing for hubby. He has asked him - actually made him 'promise' he would go in at least 3 days a week and ride the bike, in addition to the workouts and coming in with me and riding the bike while I work out. He explained to me that what he is doing is building up hubby's strength in his legs and core so that he won't fall. He is also getting after him about his eating. Should I be jealous he doesn't do that for me? Uh, no. He knows I work and I do what I can. Yes, I could go to the gym more than I do (just for training). But, I also do some workouts here at home. And hubby and I discussed my reluctance to workout when he is here, and it is something I need to get over. That's on me. I've got a new workout program downloaded on my phone and I can do these exercises and increase my own strength, lose the flab on my body, and get a lot stronger. If I'm strong, less change of my falling and hurting myself. And the best part? I might be able to fit in to the clothes that are still hanging in my closet from 5+ years ago when I was sent home. If I cleaned out my closet on what I could wear now.... I'd lose 90% of my wardrobe. So - lose weight and I gained a new wardrobe, right? Oh, and on hubby going to the gym every day? It will give him something to do and he won't be falling asleep in his chair every afternoon from boredom.
Galatians 5:22-23 (NKJV): But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
When we follow Jesus, these things are evident in our lives. Some more so than others, at times. That 'longsuffering' is patience. I learned years ago not to pray for patience. You know why? Because once you do, all kinds of things start happening that TRY your patience! But it is in those struggles that try your patience, that you learn how to have patience. Does that make sense? And we are all called to love others, and when we do, we find our joy. We find our peace in the things we do. We are kind. We do good. We show faithfulness to our God on what we are called to do. We are gentle with others. And, we have self-control in that we don't 'lose control'. Some of you will know exactly what that means. Sometimes we DO lose control... I know I have and it is something I work on. And the last part 'against such there is no law' basically means no one is going to tell you not to do those things! Everyone should be kind and loving and gentle and patient with each other - and so much more! The Holy Spirit helps us stay focused on what we need to do to be more like Jesus. When we are around those we love, most of the time it is so easy. But there are times!
Yesterday was busy for the most part with my male boss back from vacation and he will be picking up steam today, I'm sure. The good part for this week? He leaves around noon tomorrow and will be gone Thursday and Friday for a conference he is speaking at. That will allow me to catch up on all he will give me before he leaves, so it may be a busy day today.
So what are your plans for today? Going to get some exercise? Bake some cookies? Do something productive? Whatever you do, do it joyfully, as unto the Lord. He created you for great things. Don't let the day go by without doing good and great things.
Blessings!
