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Aww that does suck, but you absolutely made the right choice. : ) We all give serious side-eye to those people who bring the germs! LOL We're recently back from our summer outing and one of the women had a bad case of pink eye and basically spent the whole time hiding in a corner, I felt so bad for her. But I admit I did keep a germ-safe zone away. I'm a bad friend sometimes! LOL I admit my fear of eye drops made me careful about that buffer zone. Eye drops are just horrifying to me. So is eyeliner, I once ran around a table away from my stepmom like some kinda crazy sitcom becuase she was so NOT coming hear my eyes with a freakin' pencil, even if it was mean to be used around the eyes. On the way home from work we drove into what must have been the aftermath of a pretty good storm, and there was a GIANT rainbow, we both enjoyed it immensely. Made getting home from work extremely late again worth it! Speaking of ailments, we're trying to find time to get Nikki to the doctor(well, I am, but as usual Nikki's putting it off), broken out in a lovely rash that looks suspiciously like the excema I deal with, but it's behavior is different and despite Nikki wanting me to, I'm so NOT an armchair diagnostician and said 'get thee to a doctor who went to school for this stuff!'. Not the desired response, but it's the best Nikki's getting. Rashes are the most common sympton in the world, it could be anything from an allergy or a plant to a stress condition. And I have an inherent dislike of home diagnosis vs. professional ones. That emotional response and internal push to seek medical attention has saved both mine and Nikki's life over the years, so I'm sticking with it. I'm so close to the weekend! WHEE!

Thanks as always for your comments. I am a hotshot at making appointments, but like we've discussed a while back, it's the quality of the appointments that make a difference. I am spending more time up front to make sure we have some quality. It's been hard to get the employees to buy in when they have to pay for it themselves. My coordinator and I are working to make sure I have better enrollment conditions and more chance to actually sell policies. I've done it before; I can do it again. In the meanwhile, I have been gradually assuming the role of Coordinator-in-Training, and we'll probably make it official in the next month. Since I'm already training new recruits, I might as well get paid for it. I'll keep you posted on how my move goes. I'm starting to purge--what a job! Hard to know what to keep, but If I haven't used it or worn it for a long time, it should probably go.

Hi Michelle, Sorry to hear that your AFLAC work is paying off so slowly for you. I'm sure your supervisors just love your work ethic, perseverance, and attitude. I suggest taking a step back and try to objectively consider what's going on, why you're not making more money, enjoying more success. It's unfortunate to have to say this, but it's quite possible that your manager(s) are already very aware of how small a chance it is for anyone to make a living in your role. They may very well see you as quite unique, who, if anyone can, ought to be successful. Let's face it, it's hard to find good people like you. The situation reminds me peripherally of companies like Uber where sure, you can quickly become a driver but unless you consciously and adequately stash funds away for car maintenance you'll soon not be able to earn anything when your car breaks down. So, by objectively looking at your current situation at AFLAC you may decide that despite your best efforts your territory just doesn't have prospects with sufficient interest to make the insurance investment. Or, you might think of another plan of attack to approach prospects. (For example, about 35 years ago I was responsible for selling a $250K piece of manufacturing equipment, and was having a heck of a time getting customers to appreciate the benefits they'd accrue from using it. My manager and I came up with a compelling way to get meetings with CEOs and presidents: we'd set our watch on the table and ask them to give us 60 seconds of their attention. We then presented a simple (but credible) economic analysis of the benefits and, lo and behold, that turned the corner for me, and I sold about a dozen machines!) About renting the mobile home: excellent idea, especially to rent. I lived in a smallish Class C RV for about six months last year and in the end didn't care for it. I'd purchased it for what I thought was a very good price and assumed that, like a car, I could resell it later with some relatively minor depreciation. Au contraire! I ended up losing a fourth of what I paid for it only one year later. Live and learn, no? Best wishes, Emma

I'm sorry I'm MIA so much, my life has been crazy with the hectic. I wish cloning was a thing at this point. But right now I'm sorta hiding from the world, Saturday night our much loved and very spoiled bearded dragon passed away quietly in her cage. :( So I have plenty of time to linger on line as I just don't want to go out and run errands right now. And in my favor in the desire to sit here and mope for a bit I think I've done everything I need to do to at this point and have FINALLY reached the point of just quietly waiting for the bank people to finish whatever it is they do and announce a closing date to start moving. So I'll take the lull when I can get it! I hope things work out the way you want with your new friend! :) *throws lucky turtle sparkles at you* Nikki has been lovely dealing with me slowly unraveling. On paper abandoning house to get the work done and it on the market with immediate possession as an option was a great idea, and that part worked out beautifully. However, I basically moved back into my childhood, which you may remember didn't work out so well for me the first time. It hasn't gone any better this go around. But things are better nowt hat I'm working full time and hardly here. And hopefully the staff changes at work will increase our ability to get out on time in the future. Nikki's getting a small team. : ) So I'm putting myself back together and just quietly counting days until I'm outta here. I'm sure Nikki is really excited to move, as he's not out to his family at all so no female time here.