Wednesday, August 29, 2007 | by nathan

I’m Grateful For My Awesome Problems

My boss just walked out of my office. He had come down the hall to sit and talk to me about everything that’s been going on around here, developments about which I am largely out of the loop.

I’m still the Milton of my office. I’m still getting moved to a too-small desk in the hall, next to the copy room, across from an office that’s being VACATED (and that has a window!), but which I cannot have. I’m still only inches away from people whom I’d rather avoid, I still have nowhere near the room I need to spread out or the quiet and privacy I need to conduct the endless telephone interviews I have to do. I can’t play music like I like to do while I work.

But.

My boss came to me today and went on and on about how everyone around here enjoys working with me, that I’m valued, and that, after months and months of my position being up in the air, I’m to be brought on at the salary I requested (at least, if not more), which is approaching $10,000 a year more than the Tourism position. Um? What? Me? The loser who got fired from the worst clothing store job in America and spent six months on Funemployment? I’m valuable? I do a good job? I’m NOT going to be dragged into the main lobby and shot?

WTMF?

This is probably the single best problem I’ve ever had, but it’s got my stomach all tied in knots and my brain-gears grinding furiously against one another. I really want the Tourism job, but all this praise, all these promises of money - they have my head swimming. I’m still going to apply for the Tourism job, because I really, really do want to work there. But it’s good to know that if for whatever reason it doesn’t happen, my future at my current job looks bright and shiny.

I’m shaking my head in blessed bafflement. Maybe that’s what I should change my blog name to - blessedbafflement.com