Say What?!?!

I was so nervous. I had a whole speech. I knew that the perfect time was during my Monday morning meeting. We finished discussing my responsibilities for the week.

"Anything else?" I asked.

"Nope. That's everything."

"Alright.......Um......"

I was losing my nerve! I'd been thinking about doing this for WEEKS! I had to do it. I heard my mother (lecture #429) in my head "You can do hard things."

"Hey....there's actually something I need to talk to you about."

I closed the office door. Now or never!

"I need a raise."

I gave my whole speech. I was nervous. And shaking. And spoke fast. Tried to act put together and calm and responsible. I told my boss that I would basically need a FIFTY percent raise to stay where I am. Side note: I've been told over and over and over again by multiple people that they've asked for a SMALL raise and been told no. And consequently had to quit and move on. And I was asking for FIFTY percent.

And then I waited...

"Alright. You're worth a LOT more than we're paying you. We don't want to lose you. So I'll talk to Curtis and we'll get something worked out. We'll make this work."

Oh man. Awesome. But now getting Curtis on board....

I got a phone call later that afternoon.

"Hey I just talked to Curtis. We're going to take care of it."

SAY WHAT?!?!?!?!