Time is whinding down...

I'm really just enjoying the morning today; I have always loved Sunday mornings especially today when we got an extra hour worth of sleep. MM and I watched our favorite show, CBS Sunday Morning, walked down to our local fruit/veg grocer to pick up some breakfast items and now she is in the kitchen making us a big ole breakfast and I'm in the living room lounging around just being lazy. I have so much job-related work to do but I don't want to even think about that right now, just wanna enjoy the beautiful vibe, morning and weather. When it comes to both work and leisure things are getting closer.

I'm my line of work this is always the busiest time of year for HR. All the changes, adjustments, implementations for the following year are always rolled out around this time leading up to the end of the year. So right now I'm dealing with 2007 medical benefits, contractual changes and pay increases for the union workers, region-wide employee survey results (how the employees feel about the yellow & red) and last and most important year end bonuses. Since my area is the largest in the country (headcount/population) you know who has the most work as usual. I have been so buried with work that I've unconsciously let other prospective and more lucrative opportunities go by the wayside.

I don't really know how these headhunters/agencies actually get peoples names and contacts but I've been getting flooded for the last 4-6 months now. During my all important thinking and meditation time while driving and in the shower I've come to terms in what my dilemma is, which was always obvious. I want the money all these other companies are willing to offer me but I don't want to leave the job I have now. I enjoy my job, my company and all the convenience and perks it provides. I love the freedom and the fact that as long as I don't have to have a face to face meeting or conferences with anyone I can work from anywhere including my own bed. It's not even about the proverbial punching a clock but the freedom to what I want, when I want and how I want as long as the work gets done. My brother says I'm an idiot for leaving $30-40K on the table and a better title so he asks (which is a good question) "at what dollar amount would you be considered reckless not to take an offer?". I say I want the money badly but don't want to leave to get it and I've never cared about a title. I believe that a person's lifestyle isn't truly change until its at least a immediate $40K+ increase. Being in HR, I've at times, offered to adjust a person's salary in lieu of a hefty salary increase so titles are bogus to me. I know some of you find out a co-worker's title and say "this person is a ???", odds are they're probably not; they just have a bloated title. So that HR Director position in Los Angeles, I'm probably not gonna follow through, shit I ain't even following through on local offers much less one across the country even though it's definitely the money I wanted and needed. My mother always asks me what the hell am I doing with my money and why I am always complaining with a six-figure salary-stop wasting your money. I tell her it's not like you think but she knows me like a book as I'm sure all mothers do. Even though I have a mortgage, child support and the other regular bills like everyone else I'm sure its my lifestyle that does me in the most.

Now with that said, what I'm I excited about the most right now? My trip to Japan later this month. A $900 dollar ticket (I can hear my mama now, LOL) but I think it'll be well worth it. Since the trip is right around Thanksgiving I'll have about two weeks straight off from work with about 9-10 days of it in Tokyo. That's all MM and I talk about lately our plans and daily activities once we arrive. I know once the time does arrive I'll be super burnt out so I'll be more than ready.

My breakfast is ready so I'm off one and all......