Y11 D205

Before I tell you what happened yesterday, I have to give some back info. B and I decided to take some money from my LOC (about 10k free) to knock down a couple of our other bills. We have a couple of bills that are about $300 which if we paid off/down would give us a little buffer while still letting us pay a little more to the LOC. In the long run, it's easier to have one than 4 going on each month kind of thing. The reason that's important is that one of the things we paid off was the note I had with my company. I had $1300 left (from $6500) and said screw it. Paid in full. Well...

The last few days I have been feeling like a pariah because I stood up for myself and told them I needed a break. I texted the big boss to ask him to please confirm receipt of the $1300 which he did and then said "we need to chat". Not good. Well...

Turns out he was scared I was quitting because I paid the loan off in full. In the end after an hour conversation, all is good. Matter of fact, due to legal changes to our PTO time in 2020, he NEEDS me to take time off or I am going to lose some. They are forcing companies to split PTO into sick versus vacation. As of 1/1 all employees will automatically have 40 hours of sick time separate from the accrued vacation time. The total number comes out the same, but I would have seen 40 of my vacation hours gone. So in the end I am using about 72 hours to get my number down. I will start the new year with about 125 vacation and 40 sick. Okay.

Also he agreed to treat us to a Christmas dinner when we are in Grand Rapids. We made a reservation for Ruth Chris. Yeah. Suck it.

So overall I am feeling better going into these final weeks of the year and as of tomorrow afternoon, I am going to enjoy some needed time off. No emails, no phone calls, no customers. Have some stuff to finish catching up on today and tomorrow still, but that's about it.