Blogger 365 Day 150 - One week left

     Just 7 more days, and really only 5 work days, until Dee's last day with us on Friday and I am handed the keys to the empire.  I will only be working with her for 4 of those days since I am heading off for the GFS show in Monroeville on Tuesday.   The time is fast approaching yet I am strangely calm about the whole thing. 

     Don't get me wrong, I like Dee a lot, and going into this process I was unsure come June whether or not I would be able to handle everything that would be thrown my way, but between us selling the one store, cutting down on my need to be in two different locations, and some changes that have come at the other store, I am thinking I might be growing into this job just a little bit.

     I had the opportunity towards the end of the day today to ask Ed what all he wanted from me once Dee does leave and he mentioned that he wants me to do he same things I do now as well as what she does.  I tend to be a little more hands on on the floor than Dee is, I can hop on a register if need be or run the lottery.  I am also not afraid to get my hands dirty, whether that be climbing under coolers, or catching trucks or what not, pretty much whatever needs done I can, and if needed to, do.  He doesn't want me to get away from that aspect of the job. 

     But he also did say that I would be doing her work as well, which is more time consuming than hard for me.  I can do the numbers, and I have no problem starting earlier in order to get a jump on them.  Recently I have been starting at 8:30, I can easily move that to 7am and get myself an extra hour and a half to do nothing but numbers.  There will also be some things that will have to change, for starters, next week I am going to have to break with my years long struggle of being a Luddite and spring for a cell phone.  It is one of the concessions I am making, though Brian offered to pay for the phone, I think it is better if I do that.  Ed also said we would talk about my salary, with out me bringing up the topic.  I have a number in mind that I think is fair, I have no intention of turning this into a get rich quick scheme, which I will bring up when we have that conversation, but rather it is an investment for both parties.    By the same token, I am taking on the responsibility of a store that does a significant volume in business, kids stitching soccer balls in Third World countries should not be making a wage competitive with my own. 

      So next week should be a fun one, let's see what happens.