Day 124

So here is what happened. Tim and I are driving on our way to our first meeting in Michigan and we started talking about my role and how far I have come in a short period of time. I took it upon myself at that time to talk about my situation and the move back to Cleveland. I told him how much I loved working at Prairie; that I think I have a great future here, and by no means did I want to leave this company. He said he completely understands my situation, but he has to look out for his organization and he couldn’t just snap his fingers and come up with an answer. He needed some time to think about what the best possible thing would be for Prairie with me. I told him that I would do whatever I had to to make this work. So he said he would think about it, he needed to talk to the owners of the company, and it could be a little while before he got his answer.

Within 2 hours, my boss received a call from the rep in charge of the Cleveland/Cincinnati/Kentucky area. She was quitting. Someone must be looking down on me. So we had our meeting which went well and then took the clients to dinner. After dinner, I came back and did a little work, when my boss called and said he wanted to go out for a drink. At this point, I am in no position to tell him no on anything, so I went. We had a couple bottles of good wine and talked. During one of our conversations, he shook me hand and said “you have my word – you will continue to work at Prairie, I just need to figure out in what capacity and territory.” So we are all good. As much as I didn’t want to go out for drinks with him last night, it was a wise move. So now I must wait to find out if my role will change. The tough part is over with. Don’t have much time as I am on the road, but wanted to update all of you.