Work Update

Everything's starting to come together. I'm not going to just sit here and wait for things to happen. I have to go over there and make something happen and do something about it. Even though nothing comes easy for me these days. I don't even know where this company is going. My boss has done a phenomenal job in the past 14 years doing what we're doing now and as time progresses him and I are trying our best to keep it all together. Even though he had to take another job because this is just not feeding his crazy family and he almost couldn't afford me. I'm going crazy as I'm doing so much for a pay cut. I'm not complaining, I just could see myself doing work else where and be more stable. Perhaps be moving to a different state to work for a bigger company is a possibility if I want to focus on my career. Question: Is that what's in my heart?

Something tells me that there's a bigger plan for me other than going out of state and maybe working 9-5 at some lab and be satisfied having a nice 403b. Great! SBHI lab is existent and I'm getting all the accreditation necessary. That's been the work in progress lately. The lab has done some work, and it has been running since the beginning of spring. Everything is in high gear, but there is not a lot of transactions done so far as far as the projected goal monthly. It used to be quarterly, but I had to break it into months. Things are just going out of control with the boss's family. As an apprentice, side-kick, "robin", friend, I want to make sure that "batman"'s in tip top shape to be in this and to not be discourage even more so than what we've gone through in the past year. I'm now putting deadlines and setting realistic goals for this company. Which could be very frustrating and draining. I'm putting up dates and if by that time things aren't met, then we're closing the lab and I could step down a little bit and work part time for SBHI with doing what we've been doing for 14 years.

Let's stick with what we're used too, if things don't blossom. It's great to diversify, but if to diversify is costing us more than we're losing and hoping on making more and it's not making anything then that's pointless. There were lots of promises when we started doing sound testing, roofing certs, pool certs, insurance claims, etc. And how many have we done? Well not as much as we wanted. There is that "want to succeed", to make this profitable. That's why it's called business. Who doesn't want to succeed? Nobody. It's human to want success, to be able to make something out of nothing. It's okay to fail. We learn from it. Even with success, we learn to be humble. I think this year, if things don't go the right way at least I can say that I've tried. There's other options out there for this company. And we're prideful for our service and our work. It's like having a really nice yacht, and we're competing with cruise ships. An option is to go on board with the bigger ships, and that's what my boss has done last fall. And even that ship is rusting. The industry is just not doing so hot at this point of time.

On a positive note, there's still hope. I sing for hope every morning. There's no way that I'm giving up this easily. I worked hard to build this thing. It just happens that it's in Los Angeles, California. A state that has no money for anything. I've demonstrated knowledge and some experience in these fields such as building sciences, industrial hygiene, indoor environmental risk assessment and microbial investigation, remediation, and consulting. I try to maintain the highest professional standard. I'm sure it'll come handy someday. I cross my fingers on this regards. I have grown white hair and lacked sleep over it. It seemed promising in the beginning when everything looked shiny from the package. And now I'm putting a timeline to this thing and projects to either make or break this deal. The deal of offering more to meet certain financial goals, company goals, and personal goals. My boss wants a boat, and I want to buy a house. We'll see how that goes.

On a side note... I'm sending my father a proposal letter. My goals and plans for the next few months. He's part of the plan. My family's part of the plan. This world is part of the plan. God is definitely in it. I'm just going to be His hands and feet. I'm excited to hear from my father back and see what he thinks and if he reviews it and thinks that it's possible and doable. There is a bright future ahead. There's a lot on the line and there's a lot of sacrifice that needs to be made. I'm up for it. We'll see where this leads. I'm going to be a free agent and I could either opt-out and sign with a different team, or sign back in. Things could get tricky by how this whole crater gets deeper or reachable. It's only a matter of months. Let's see what God has in store for me. There's definitely something awesome at the end of the tunnel and right now I'm just noticing what's around this cave for now. My eyes are focused on the prize, but there's work to be done to get there. I'm expecting bumps and shakes, but nothing's going to stop me because I got God on my side. Something magnificent is coming up....