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My boss, Bill, is great.  You know the type, bends over backwards for his employees, doesn’t bull shit (and, if he does you can totally tell), and is cool as long as I have good numbers.  (I work in Marketing and Sales, EVERYTHING is based on numbers).  I mean, I asked for full time hours, and not only did he do that, he made it so I got to pick my schedule (indespencable to a single mom!!)!  Seriously, I may not LOVE my job all the time, but I LOVE where I work and who I work with.  A lot of that has to do with having such a wonderful boss.  (Yea, I know I am totally kissing ass, but how am I supposed to know he will NEVER read this….)

Sadly, I am still gonna have to wipe the floor with him.  No offense to him, but when I enter into any competition, I HAVE to win.  Just another addiction of mine, along with the gazillion others that I have or have had.

This is what happened:

Two weeks ago, when I started this, I told people I work with that I am trying to lose weight.  He was like, ”That’s awesome, I am trying to lose weight, too.”  I was thinking, ”We can encourage each other!”  

NOT! 

Fast forward to today.

When I found out that I had lost 8 pounds in 10 days, I was estatic.  Sadly, no one noticed because I cut my hair and wore it down….it’s usually up in a pony tail.  So, yea, I was walking around like, ”I lost weight!  I lost weight!”  Everyone was like, “Okay.  Nice hair!”

Stupid hair cut.

I emailed Bill the new hours I could work (I am a REAL employee now, after all!) at a different store.  I also added in the email what I thought was my amazing weight loss.  Went to talk to him in the office.  Some “higher up’s” are learning from him,(he’s a GENIUS when it comes to selling), and was introduced, and they talked about my job and how well I do.  (Not to brag, but I am the SHIT at my job.  *Bill, if you ARE reading this, you KNOW it’s true!)

Then, after meeting everyone, I asked if he got my email.

He was like, “Yea.  Good job.  Go talk to Susan about your hours.”

I was like, “Good job?!?  Bill, I have been busting my butt for the past two weeks, and all you can say is good job?!?”

He gave me one of his smiles.  You know the ones, like, “I’m humoring you right now, get out.”

Then, damned me for doing it, I asked, “Well, how much have you lost?”

He SMIRKED and said, “Twenty pounds.”

Are you freaking kidding me?!

Of course, I can’t keep my mouth shut, and said, “You don’t even excersize!  That was all water weight.  I bet I will lose more than you next week.”

Bill laughed and said, “That will be the day.  Why don’t we put a scale in here and each week weight in?”

My cop out was that a lady never reveals her weight. 

Okay, it wasn’t a cop out, cuz everyone in the room laughed.

So, now I have to work even harder.  I have to beat him!  Partly because it’s my nature to compete and partly because he is (almost) always right, so much so that it can be really unnerving and frustrating. 

Then, I was looking to buy an XBox for my friend, took my co-worker with me, and was told by the guys at Best Buy that there are no more XBoxes in Wisconsin!!  Like, all of the good ones are gone and NO STORE HAS THEM!!  Only the crappy Arcade ones!  I didn’t even know that there are different kinds!!  So, as a thank-you for comming with me, I invited my co-worker to lunch.  He suggested Olive Garden. 

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!

What is it with people around me and pasta?  Am I cursed or something?  It’s because I’m Italian, isn’t it? 

I ate salad, a breadstick, and two meat balls.  YUM!

On the flip side, I got a full time position, money, and can put off buying a $500 video game system until whenever the manufacturer decides to make more and ship em’ up here. 

Oh, and I guess I have a cute hair cut.  At least, that is the general concensus. 

Hope everyone has a happy Thursday.  I have to go to bed to prepare to face Bill tomorrow….

Stupid bet.