Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Award Winner

Every year my corporation gives out excellence awards.  This year, yours truly won one of those awards.
Excited doesn’t even begin to explain the way I feel about this.  That I was recognized for work that my former boss underrated and marginalized only made the award sweeter. 
It does feel a little strange to be congratulated by people who know nothing of what I did to deserve the award.  My new group is full of supportive people, who are happy for me and happy to have an award winner as part of the team.  But they don’t know what I did, the effort and hours I put in to make my former project a success.  The time and effort I spent in creating training materials and training folks to use a new system.  I think about where I was this time last year and how far I have traveled from that point.  It’s been a journey!
With this award comes more than recognition.  I’m also getting a $1000 gift certificate.  I’m really looking forward to that part of the award!  Lest you think I’m dreaming of new shoes, I actually am dreaming of refrigerators, washers and dryers.  Hubby and I are going to start house hunting in March and I think this $1000 will come in handy with a new place!