Due to Unfortuante Timing, the Cat is Out of the Bag

My boss knows.
This morning as I was making my daily bowl of oatmeal in the breakroom, my boss (Mark) pops in and says "Would you like to hear the bad news or the worse news?". My first thought is that everyone at the Bank is going to be laid off. Then I think I'm going to be laid off. I just stare at Mark and answer "Let's go with the bad news first".... He proceeds to tell me that our other bank administrative assistant (I am senior adminstrative assistant) gave her notice (bad news) and that her last day is Thursday (worse news). My heart drops. This totally ruins my plan of when to tell Mark that I'm leaving. What is the Bank going to do with no admins??
I then proceed to tell him that I was going to give him my notice... He asks if I'm serious... Yes, Mark..... My last day is June 23. I can literally see stress lines start to form on his face. I feel TERRIBLE. Mark is a great boss and an awesome employer. I go into his office and we start talking about my surprise announcement. I wasn't planning on telling him until May 27 or June 10.
Throughout the day, Mark is trying to make suggestions to me to get me to stay a bit longer, each comment is about 75% serious... like chaining me to the desk and building a port-a-potty next to the desk. Don't worry, he'd bring me food. Or hey, don't I want to stay until I actually have a job in California? No Mark.... I'm sorry.
Mark knows that this nothing personal against him or the Bank. I told him that on the bright side that I am here for another month. So he has gotten approval from an EVP (Sallie Mae is on a hiring freeze) to fill my and the other admins position. I sure hope that I am here for the interview process and hopefully can train at least one person.
I must say I have enjoyed my time at Sallie Mae Bank. It was a challenge majority of the time because I felt I was worth more. But I highly enjoy the people I work with and the atmosphere that is there. Mark is someone who treats all his employees with respect and does not act as if he is superior than anyone. Even the plant lady. I hope that wherever I end up in California, I would be so lucky to have an employer like Sallie Mae Bank.

Weekly Happenings!

So.... maybe I'll start a trend of posting things that happened to me during the week?

I saw a huge red spider crawling on the bathroom wall Tuesday morning as I went to go turn on the shower water. What did I do? Moved anything (ie towels) that it could crawl into/under. But I didn't kill it. Mostly because there was no shoe to smash it. But then last night (Saturday night), I was having a hard time sleeping and so I turned on my lamp to pull up my covers and read a book. As I went to pull up the covers that had falled off the end of my bed, what do I see? A huge red spider. Ewwwwww. Luckily, I had a black shoe within reach and killed the sucker. Dad said it probably was the bathroom spiders brother.

I have experienced the joy of lavendar essential oil. It makes me fall asleep quicker and helps me get that more deep sleep that I feel like I so often miss.

I ran for 18 minutes straight on Monday. 15 minutes at a 5.0 mph and 3 minutes at 6.0 mph. I'm not a runner. I never did enjoy running. Go me. I credit this increase due to the two weeks I did of Insanity. That program starts back up next Monday! I gotta get mentally ready for that torture.

I bought a GPS. In California, there are a lot more freeways than Utah has. And the roads in California aren't on a grid system like Utah. So I watched for deals in the Sunday ads and looked up reviews of the GPS systems that were on sale this week. Friday I took the plunge at Best Buy. I purchased a Garmin nuvi 255w. I used it Friday evening for a trip to Lindon (cause we all know how confusing Lindon is). It was great! And I love that you can choose from over 25 "accents" for your directions to be spoken in.

I now have 33 days before I move. There is still a lot I want to do before I go! But the countdown is on! I'm excited!!