Alright, y’all, I’m calmer than yesterday. Here’s some more updates from The Restaurant Job:
All y’all telling me to CYA and make sure everything is on camera, etc? Yeah, A.M. gave me the same advice today. Thought that was interesting/funny. He went as far as pointing to the camera and then demonstrating how best to angle myself when sitting & counting so everything is visible.
Also wrapped up the day getting my performance review from A.M. in anticipation of tomorrow’s interview.
… y’all, I did AMAZE-BALLS 
one item was “meets expectations” and all the rest were either “exceeded expectations” or just simply “outstanding.”
I dunno, it’s hard to reconcile the man I worked with today with the boogeyman I’d sort of imagined yesterday.
It doesn’t mean I trust his fat ass any further than I could throw him, but it was good to hear him say nice things about my work. I bust my tail off at this job, and I appreciated knowing it’s been noticed.
That said, he and the owner are tight like friends since childhood tight, so I’m not gonna breathe a single bad word about him to Big Kahuna. I’m stupid sometimes, but I ain’t dumb. But I do have faith that the good things he said to my face were passed up to him, too, so tomorrow’s sit-down should be smooth.
Basically, I have to explain why I back-tracked, having already turned down the manager gig twice. (Boils down to a lack of personal confidence in myself at the time, and lack of professional confidence e.g. I woulda had no f’ing clue what I was doing, back then.)
Otherwise, I have more confidence in my ability to land this promotion than I’ve ever had in my entire work life.
… and that, my dear Mumpers, is a helluva good feeling.
