my life improves again

So, things have improved for me the last few days.

And, considering that this year is already a million per cent better than last year was, that is a great thing!

Stuff is still up in the air at work. Our General Manager is reportedly on pins-and-needles, wondering if she is going to be let go. Rumours abound that we are NOT going to be moving into a new building in May of this year, and that the company that bought us (all Gateway casinos, and Lake City Casinos) last year is complaining that they paid too much for us and they want to get us back to making money so they can sell us all off; but this is all unsubstantiated right now, just rumours, it may mean nothing at all. There are also lots of union grievances being launched against our casino from staff who have lost hours, seniority, and positions. There is some talk being voiced that they may strike at some point, to get some job security – who knows.

On the good front, my computer is now picking up on the virus that I have when doing scans, and is working hard to delete files that are compromised, so things seem to be getting under control here.

Also, I had my yearly evaluation with my boss David on Wednesday. We sat down and went over my last year. David kept telling me I was being too hard on myself – I responded by reminding him that I had resigned last fall over everything I had gone through at work and in my personal life, and that I take these things very seriously, I do not pass the buck and blame others for my own mistakes and I take personal responsibility for what I do. Anyways, we had a good talk. There was really only one issue he had with me, and it was minor (and actually had more to do with this calendar year than last one). David says he has no worries with me, and thinks I am learning well how to be a Supervisor, considering I never did anything like this before. We went through my eval, through all the different sub-categories that I get marked in. I actually successfully argued to have him LOWER one of the marks that he had put down, as I told him that my personal difficulties last year definitely affected the work atmosphere and that I should be marked accordingly. All in all, it was a good talk, and a decent evaluation. David was very nice to me, considering how disastrous my last year was in so many ways. I basically got a mark of 800 out of 1000. The same as I got last year. Actually, if it had not been for my personal difficulties last year and how that affected the department I work in, I probably would have got a perfect score, which I have only done once before in my 5 and a half years here. So, that should get me a fairly nice bonus check in a few months – IF we still get bonuses, which we may not be. We’ll see. And, it should net me about a 29 cent pay raise as well. Hey, something is better than nothing! My evaluation, to me, isn’t about the pay raise or the bonus check, it is about evaluating honestly how I am doing at my work and finding out what I need to improve on.

Anyways, that is it for now. Not doing much right now, just playing video games and growing in my relationship with God. And praying that God brings that special woman into my life, when the time is right.

Slainte!