I was quite apprehensive when my manager called me at 5am giving the responsibility to take over someone else’s team and that was three weeks ago. That’s when my life started to spin 360 degrees.

I was in the middle of a dream when suddenly my phone rang. like a dedicated Phone Advisor, I picked it up before the line gets disconnected. The first time I said hello there was no response on the other end so I disconnected the call. I was supposed to doze off but a few seconds later my phone rang again. This time I answered quite rudely. I was pretty ashamed when on the other end came a familiar voice - it was my Manager! He asked me if I was disturbed from sleep and like a good kid I said “No, it is okay.” He gave a quick introduction on the reason for his calling. He asked me if I’m ready to take another challenge and I said “Yes, I love challenges.” He proposed that I’d taking responsibility of someone else’s team and it’s gonna be in less than a week. wohoooo! there. I got the challenge.

Now, after almost 3 weeks taking care of the team. I wonder how long would it take me to tame my super “pasaway” representatives. Knowing that my team is composed of tenured representatives, I should’ve expected their reactions, problems, and demands. I was caught off-guard. The fact that they’re “somewhat” disrespecting me is too much. I sought help from my manager to sort things out and I believe it’ll turn out fine. This morning we just had the weekly Ops Meeting and my reps’ issues were discussed  and we’ve come up to some solutions. *Sigh*

Now, I feel what my Team Leader felt when I was kinda “pasaway” 2 years ago. It’s like you want to poke them with needles until their bodies become dry from loss of blood. Brutal. Haha. But I guess I’m doing alright. I know I can manage this. I’ll make it through. I just know.

I can now breathe. I can now catch up to the things I love. Like uh, blogging? bloghopping? hmm…. what else… oooh yeah… shopping and I almost forgot - the beach. Oops… I just had my Bohol Escape last weekend. Lol. *Sigh*. Life really is amazing.