money money money, and stuff

also on Tuesday, even though this is technically Wednesday's entry, I bought two new Meg and Dia T-Shirts... it was to celebrate the correct guess I made that they would be on the Hurley Stage (the big one for the non-headbanger groups)... I also bought another Ligion shirt, and a Rise Against and Spill Canvas shirt... yay for carefree spending! (now that my retirement plan is set, ya know... see the previous entry if you wonder what I mean)...

now you might choose this moment to remember that I recently mentioned that I have a huge pile of T-Shirts on a chair in my room because there's no more room in my closet for them, but you don't have to, right?...

a-hem, and all...

and I completely completed laundry finally for the first time in months... of course that only lasted a few hours as the human body is constantly dirtying clothing... and I cleaned the house... the kitchen, the living room, spaces I generally ignore because I gave up picking up behind my roommates a while back... but I decided somewhat subconsciously and quite impulsively, that I'd clean like I used to... so the counters and tables and everything got scrubbed and dusted and several white clothes turned black and the only thing I didn't do was vacuum because the $200 vacuum I bought sits broken in Raspy's closet because sucked and because they let hair wrap around the beater brush and wheels and just like the rest of the house, they ignored it and continued using it anyway until it burned out... so the carpet rarely gets cleaned... but everything else did...

we went shopping at 3am (fine way to prepare for my first day back at work after my head almost exploded, aye?) and I bought foods... it may be the start of cooking again, sort of, a bit, and nudging the kitchen and space cleaner and maybe considering a social life that involves inviting strangers over... I doubt it, but hey, there's always hope...

and so, with one hour's sleep, I did get back to work on Wednesday... and did almost nothing... I somehow allowed myself to be distracted almost the entire day... after 1:30pm it was easy as it was my supervisor's going away party, but most people were back to work by 3... not me... I somehow found nothing to do and suddenly it was 5:10pm and I felt I had done enough overtime...

my boss helped distracte me in the morning as she pointed out a posting for another position and encouraged me to put in for it... it's the PI/QA job, did I mention it?... well, the Performance Improvement Coordinator (they created the title to make it difficult to find any competitive salary information on it cuz most places call the postion the Quality Assurance Director, or Manager, or even Facilitator... when I searched the net, that's all I found in the area... the good news is, though they can squash salary requirements because I never finished a Masters and it's a "Coordinator" title, it's still doing the job of a QA Director and that title pays an average of about $75 even in Florida...

still, semantics mean everything in private corporations, so I'm going to probably be offered less than half of that and I'll throw something like $50 or more back at them because I am pretty sure I will not enjoy the job as much as I enjoy the one I am doing now... but on the other hand, I can do a whole lot more for the facility and the staff and the kids from that position... and they would be very foolish to put someone who knows nothing about the facility in the position, because that would mean a whole lot of training for the Administrator who likes to delegate and not do much else...

yes, the position answers to the top dog in the hospital... another card to play in salary negotiating... of course the cheapest most frugal one of all in the place is the top dog and they started the previous person in the position at $32 (insane, laughable, and maybe more than he'll offer me)... the person in the same position at our sister hospital gets $50, but with a Master's Degree, of course... and most of the $40+ people in PI/QA positions either have the MA or are RNs and have other credentials I don't have (like Risk Manager) or are in much bigger facilities... stop me before I get greedy and cut throat and go corporate on us...

I will definitely get the Risk Manager license, which they will pay for, within about 6 months and no matter what salary I accept if I accept the position, will not sign the contract unless at least $5 more is automatic upon becoming licensed... that'll be a big leverage point, because the administrator is the only other Risk Manager in the place besides the person in the position now... I'll settle for less for the first six months if they want to talk $10G more upon getting licensed... but the bottom line is I doubt I'll take it unless it's at least $5 more than I'm making now... I be satisfied with $10 more than I'm making not and $5 more in six months upon licensure... and if they went higher I'd consider tossing out the idea of leaving Florida for a few more years and might even consider going back to school to get that dang Masters Degree...

oh sheeet, did I say that?...

well, that's what's in my head today, or yesterday, or whenever, and so I spent the morning talking to the current PI Coordinator and the CNO/Associate Administrator (my boss until yesterday) about the new position and they both suggested I push the envelope when salary is discussed... then I spent the rest of the time before 1:30pm browsing the internet for salary information on my new computer that finally is up and running and where it belongs... and then I partied and went home...

ridiculous, considering how far behind I am and the fiscal year for the state data ends in two days and the Medicaid data is due in two days and the quarterly corporate data is due in two weeks and that's just part of the work on my desk... you'd promote me with a steep pay increase, right? (shhh, don't tell them I'm giggling)...

I won't be able to get away with this in the other position because the reports I'll have to do go to corporate and they are more apt to notice lateness than the state... the position I am in is ideal for it's autonomy and ambiguity... and it has a big window that overlooks the swimming pool, grenery, and blue sky... that's a whole lot to give up... and nobody knows the details of what I do and I don't report anything to anybody in house and those I report to require data later and are months behind themselves... but if the bucks are worth it, I might leap a giant step back into corporate life... we shall see...

hey, at least my BP is down :)