It’s an Orange Splooge!!!

Well it’s official! As of October 26th, AT&T Wireless is no more. The former 3rd largest carrier was acquired by Cingular which is co-owned by SBC and BellSouth. Acquisitions and Mergers is what I’ve come to realize that this world of business is all about. Buy them before they buy you! Oh well, makes for an interesting job; which I’m still loving by the way. Speaking of which, my transfer to DC was approved! Starting on the 20th, I’ll be at the new Penn Ave store down on 17th in DC. I can’t wait! Hopefully I can make more money down there and have more opportunities to do what I do. Mike did ask when I had my interview with him for the transfer why I wasn’t a lead yet since I’ve had so much management experience; so maybe I’ll have room to move up in this store. :)

I’m still up in Baltimore until then so I’ll have to make this a great month for Mark. I feel bad leaving because I really like him as my manager. He’s, by far, the best manager I’ve ever had. Not only does he respect all of his team, but he challenges me with situations that need a computer application to do a task. I think I’ve learned so much about Excel solely to him asking me if it can be done. Makes me feel useful. :) I hope he’ll continue to look to me to help him out with that.

Jason called me yesterday from Italy. I was so excited when I saw the country code ‘39′ on my phone! To know that someone from overseas would take time to call you makes you feel really good inside, let alone someone you miss like crazy. 3 months down, 21 months left to go. :(