YoungHeart1980!

I hope everyone is doing okay.

As usual I have had plenty of busy days. I can’t think of a time recently where there has been down time. I keep going from one thing to another and once I’m done the books have closed for the following month. It’s okay I’m no stranger to working, I like the work, but sometimes I have to wish to reach my goal because I have to rely on others to do their part so I can complete mine. I’ve never had to wish so much to reach my goal due to reminding, updating and following up with others. That’s the challenge I no longer want.

Today I spent about 5 hours trying to tie back to a number previously reported to a donor. My responsibility is to be able to tie back to donor’s previous report, the system’s number and my manual entries. I’m playing plug-in numbers and hoping it matches or comes close to the previous report. The piece that I’m asked to do more work doesn’t even phase me any longer. Today is a new level of shock of coming up with the magic number. I kept going back and forth with them about where the previous report was. Regardless it wasn’t a large amount that I had to account for, it’s equally important to me that I am honest.

The charges are legitimate, but be honest about delay in starting your project or the charges didn’t come through on time, maybe something went wrong, but don’t make up a number. Even though I worked on it, they are lucky I was able to come up with the magic number. It would’ve saved a lot of time if they were honest from the beginning. I’m uncomfortable. All the Best!