If I Did Not Already Believe In A Higher Power...

Galaxy Hunters: The Search for Cosmic Dawn

...before now, then I would surely become a believer today. In the course of all the stress and confusion and hubbub this week, there was a bigger hand than mine at work behind the scenes. What could have been a booger bear of a situation ended up being the proverbial walk in the park. When last we spoke, we were smoking like a chimney waiting for the fates to speak. Well somebody up there must like me a whole lot. Unbeknown to me, a young lady was driving to her part time job when something told her to inquire about a position with us at the hotel. She called upon her arrival and was told to come apply, which happily she did. This is the good part, the young lady had just moved to town, was underemployed, and has experience with another hotel chain using our accounting system in her position as night auditor. Voila, a readily available, minimally training necessary, replacement for me without having to strip Shreveport of their Auditor for use here. This fortuitous stroke of luck helped to greatly ease the pain my departure could have generated without her just showing up out of the blue with the quals to fit the position. As a result, the 11 AM meeting took all of five minutes, with Mr Taj asking why I was leaving. He asked for a simple honest answer, so I told him it was an offer I could not refuse. He countered with "but I offered you the same money. I said not really when you add in insurance benefits and profit sharing. He replied "then I am happy for you. If it doesn't work out, you call me and we will find a place for you". You could have knocked me over with a feather. This could have gone badly and I could have had to play the backstabbing phone call card which I did not even have to mention. The end result is Scenario One from yesterday's post turned out even better than I could have predicted, with the new young lady starting last night and picking it right up. I have a couple more days with her and her first two nights on her own, Scruffy is working security and readily available to answer any questions she may have. I get to exit quietly with the good graces and wishes of the hotel heading off to my new adventure with a clear conscious knowing I left them in good shape. The sense of relief I felt after the meeting just about turned me into a heap of jello, I had been wound so tightly. I was exhausted from the stress of the week so I took some of my sleep meds and for the first time this week slept uninterrupted for several hours waking up feeling refreshed and more like myself. Knowing I do not have the power to command such cosmic coincidences to occur, then surely the hand of some power greater than myself was working in my behalf. My local buddy Will and I were talking about this last night and I was reminded of the quotes "all good things come to he who waits" and " all things work for the good of those who love god". Will agreed saying he no longer believed in "coincidences" either and that something greater than us humans was lending a hand here. So here I am with myriad tasks to accomplish to ensure the smooth transition back to Texas with precious little time to get them done. When next we meet I will once again be in residence in the Lone Star State in my hometown of Fort Worth. To celebrate the move I have included some extra fantasies in this weeks collection of hotties to fulfil your Friday Night Fantasies. Now if none of these hotties trip your trigger, you better check your pulse cause you are most likely dead. Check back on Monday when I will let you know how the weekend went down. Have yourself a fabulous weekend while I am heading to Texas. Until next time as always, Enjoy!