The skeleton crew’s skeleton crew

Oh how life can throw you curveballs. Opportunity does knock, and you’re supposed to seize it! But it’s not that simple. What if the opportunity to seize was not to face the challenge, but to know it’s best to pursue over endeavors? I mean putting your heart and soul into overcoming a great challenge is quite the feat, but was spending the limited resources of the human body worth it in the long run? I mean we’re not superheroes, we have family at home to provide heart and soul to as well as a good living

I say this because the Senior Accountant resigned today. She gave her two weeks notice though, so that’s nice of her! When I was promoted to this department around 3 years ago, we had a full staff: The Comptroller, the Senior Accountant, and three accountants. The last couple of months we have been doing that same workload (actually increased workload due to expansions/upgrades to the hospital), with only a Comptroller, Senior Accountant and one acountant (yours truly)

She’s been hinting at leaving for a while now, but she’s been up and down on that idea for so long that it was hard to believe her. One day she’s the model corporate employee, the next day she locks herself in her office and won’t talk to anyone and threatens to leave. I couldn’t blame her though, considering the high demands of her workload (and always increasing) and the personality of the CFO. If you read my last entry, you’ll see one small example of the extra-curriculars he’ll demand from the staff

And that’s not working with him directly. Conversing with him is another story, no matter how logical your explanation is he’ll brush it off and say "No, that’s not what I’m looking for. I need you to do this" no matter how illogical he’s being. Yep, her personality clashed with his

So this is the "opportunity" (If you want to call it that) I face. Do I want that Senior Accountant position? Do I want the long hours, added pressure and responsibilities at work? I mean I have no choice regardless since we’ve lost 33.33% of the work force, haha. But keeping the staff accountant title means I have a built-in excuse: "I’m not the senior accountant!" 😛

I always believed that God’s timing in life is perfect. Regardless of any obstacle I’ve had to face, I never questioned why I’m having to face it. In my mind it was always a lesson to learn for the next phase in life. And when that’s been overcome and life is good (and right now it has been), I wait until the next challenge/burden to endure. Never once in my mind thinking there won’t be another one

The timing in this situation definitely has a lesson to learn. Maybe I’m coasting too much and rely on my ‘built-in excuse’ to claim "I’m not the senior accountant!", so I’m put in the position where I have no choice but to be. Kind of a kick in the pants to push me to the next phase (I’ve had many of those in my life, some featured permanent physical side effects! haha)

But I have a child due in approximately 4 weeks. Could be in two weeks, could be in 6 weeks, who knows? I’m already overwhelmed and slightly unhappy at this job, maybe I’ll learn not to exhaust myself here so I can fully enjoy being with my son at home. Plus this is my first kid, I have no idea how the challenges ahead will put tax on my body. Maybe better to work closer to home and with less stress

There’s a knock at my door, but I don’t know what opportunity it’s opening. In 2 months from now, we’ll see what I’ve learned…

moral of the story: I already told my wife this, but if they expect me to step up my game to the Senior Accountant level, then they better open up their wallets proportionately 😛

Have a Nice Day!