Has anyone seen a flying pig lately?

Who would've thunk it? I have a cool boss. Me. I can hardly believe it myself.

Today was sort of a mini-review and in the short time we talked, the woman actually told me that she wanted to make sure I knew that she valued me and my contributions to the team. And that she especially valued how I keep our team upbeat-- she actually laughingly called me the ringleader!

In a time of tripling workload, no bonuses, and a constant state of flux, this went a long way with me. No boss has ever told me that they valued me just for being goofy old me. I was floored. Maybe I'm just naive, easily-amused, or just a chump, but it really made me feel good. Of course, finding out that we're getting 6.3% profit sharing didn't hurt, either, but I digress...

And... I sure am glad we had this conversation prior to my royally fucking something up today. Yeah, I totally set 7 people up to attend a career fair on Thursday. Except that it's actually on Friday. They can't rescind profit sharing, can they?