Adjustments

This has been a big week for us. First of all, Chris started his new job on Wednesday. So far, it has been great! He is training right now and will soon be out on his own. He is very excited to have received his new work truck and I'm glad to save a little gas money. :)

My job has had some changes going on this week. First of all, I worked morning shifts for 4 days, minus the weekend, before doing evenings shifts since Wednesday. A new thing for me, it takes a little getting used to!

And on Wednesday when I came in I found out of Front Desk Manager is leaving. He accepted a general manager position at a different hotel and only has about 2 weeks left. That was a surprise!

I have been debating over and over in my head whether or not I should apply for his job. There are definitely pros and cons.

Pros: better work schedule (days), more pay, desk space, more responsibility, and more challenges.

Cons: salary (read=lots of hours, no overtime), challenging guests, different schedule (could include a Saturday or Sunday and later nights), being responsible for covering any front desk shift if a front desk agent can't make it!

There are a lot of things to thing about and I definitely have some questions I want to ask before I decide if I want to apply. It will also be hard to have someone different in that job - right now my manager has an understanding with most everyone about what hours they want to work and he does a great job with scheduling. I am worried about someone being in that job who doesn't care quite as much and I'm afraid I'll end up with a bad schedule again (working weekends mainly). But we'll see what happens.

All in all, I need to decide how much career work I really want to do in the next couple of years before we start a family. Not an easy decision!