Interesting Thoughts.....

I tell you what, it definitely has been an interesting week this week. For work, on Tuesday, I needed to go to Columbia, SC for a meeting. Prior to this meeting however, a group of managers from where I worked, had a meeting with the client to discuss a slew of issues. The one issue, which very well could effect me, is what I would like to concentrate on for right now.

Apparently, our client, wishes to have a local point of contact located there in Columbia. The managers I went down with were discussing what type of person this particular individual should be. I found it quite curious, as I'm sitting there with them, that the person they were describing was none other than, yours truly. I was slient during the course of this conversation. However, after we arrived at the meeting location, the division VP, who was there as well, asks me where I'm living at at this current period of time. At this point, I immediately knew what was going through his head. After our meeting, which seemed to drag on forever, I might add, we're all sitting in the car when the same VP asks me if I like it down in Columbia, as there is a whole bunch of open space and everything. One of the other managers chimes in and tells me about the attractive women and all, and how Atlanta is a short ride down the road. Of course, I'm not finding this very amusing, not in the slightest bit, I might add. I'm also not a dummy, so I realized, at that point, that I'm being considered for this particular slot. Today, I found out, talking with another manager in the chain, that they're looking for someone down there to fill the position, but my name is indeed on the list.

This proves to be an interesting quandry for myself. This project, to say the least, has been quite stressful on me. The client, isn't, as we would say, the best clients you could have. Plus, I'm finding the whole moving to Columbia aspect of this quite troubling for me. Now, I have no great love for Washington, but I have spent the last 10 years of my life here, I feel, that after moving around my entire life, I have finally settled down. My family is here, my friends are here, in general my life is here. Perhaps I have grown too comfortable here, that could be an underlying issue in all this. There are definitely benefits to this, if it were to come to fruition. 1. It would be a promotion at work. This is something that I've been striving for for quite some time now, I would like to see a promotion, and this is, obviously, the quick and easy way to that route. 2. It would definitely be more money, which is never a bad thing. 3. A new city. I would have that opportunity to start anew, from a blank slate. I would know no one there. A fresh start, which can sometimes be a good thing. 4. It would get me away from Washington for awhile. I must admit, this is something that I have been thinking of for quite some time now. The traffic is really starting to annoy me, the pace, the number of people. Of course, I have been saying this for years and have done nothing, this is an opportunity to get away for awhile. A sidenote to this though is, I wasn't thinking of Columbia when I was pondering this particular issue. There are some definite cons to this as well. 1. The client, they are quite stressful, I must say, and I don't know if I would be able to handle all that pressure. 2. I do have no one down there, I would be alone, well not totally, I would bring my dog with me, but you get the point. 3. I would have to move. This is the biggest qualm I have about the whole situation, if it were to present itself. Even though I moved the entire time I was growing up, I was never a big fan of it. It's such a pain in the butt to pick yourself up and move. Plus, moving is a major decision that shouldn't be taken lightly.

I know, some would think that I'm over-reacting about nothing, I haven't even been presented with the possibility, but I know, that you aren't asked these things unless you're being considered, and I think I would be naieve, if I didn't think I wasn't being considered, so, in my opinion, the option needs to be considered. I think I might have a pretty good idea of what it is I would want out of a situation like this. I'm not even sure if I want to move, I'm reasonably sure I don't want to, but then again, I might be made an offer I just can't refuse. I would be closed-minded to not consider anything that was offered to me. We'll see.... It's definitely going to be an interesting next couple of weeks, to say the least.