You know that saying "Good things come to those that wait"? The more I think about it,this saying gives the wrong message. It tells you that you must wait. It should simply be "Good things come". This version gives you more control. You can decide to wait, or act now. Either way, something good is on it's way. And today was full of a whole lot of good...
This morning Elizabeth, one of my best friends and a co-worker, informed me that there is a news story out today stating that the state of North Carolina has recovered $53 Million from fraudulent Medicaid claims. One of my jobs at Myers and Stauffer is to review Medicaid claims from different health care providers to find fraudulent Medicaid payment requests. That means that I actually made a difference. My boss estimated that I personally saved the state millions. I can't take all of the credit though. I work with a great team. Lori, another one of my best buds, also reviewed claims, Elizabeth reviewed our work, and Rob (my boss) did the final reviews. We all did it together. I can't tell you how good that feels. I actually helped to save North Carolina tax payers money. I always knew that I was doing good, but the idea of Medicaid just seems so huge to me. This time my accomplishments were put into perspective. Man, I love my job more each day.
Here is another interesting tidbit. Back in November our parent company, CBIZ, had a company wide food drive. Each office not only collected food, but had to create a display. There was a little friendly competition going on between the offices. One for the average pounds per employee in the office. The second for the display. I work specifically for Myers and Stauffer. We have 13 offices through out the united states. (Yes! I am very proud of my company and must brag...at least a little)
As admin, this project was mine. Go figure. Lori, being the fun friend that she is, volunteered to help. I then expertly recruited our new receptionist. I did this during her interview. Let's just say that she was very enthusiastic about helping out with this. (insert evil laugh here) Note to self: Remember that for the next interview.
The CBIZ theme was "Fill 'er UP!" Lori came up with our office theme - North Carolina Race Way. My job was coming up with the details. Jennifer helped us both during the whole set up wich took the entire day. The basic design was this: We have an oval shaped conference room table that we turned into a race track. We created stands for the fans and covered several hundred cans with different smile faces that I downloaded and printed out. Jennifer graciously spent several hours covering those cans while Lori and I started construction. I am sure you figured out that the cans were the fans. (Sorry, I had to say it) We created a race car out of a macaroni box, a sardine can, and Hotweels yo-yos for the tires. Busted Bob, the winner of the race, had several lovely smile face groupies with big red lips. There was a news truck made up from a saltine cracker box and an entire paratrooper news crew present to record it all for posterity. It was Awesome! I have included our entry description and some photos below.
Well, we heard the results for the pounds per employee last month. We all figured we either didn't rank too high for the display or that they just forgot. I sent several emails with requests to know if there were any results and never heard back. So we Ho Hummed for weeks and finally let it go.
Today we all received an mail. "The Myers and Stauffer Raleigh office has won third place in the whole company for there food drive display! Great job promoting Myers and Stauffer nation wide!" We were all raising the roof and boasting about how truly awesome we are. We giggled like little school girls. Even my boss, Rob. (No, not really, but that would have been pretty funny. I think I would have had to stealth-fully turn on the voice recorder on my phone for that one. Drats!) My boss was extremely proud to have his office win such a prestigious award. However, we were all a little puzzled by the "whole company" statement. We only receive results for Myers and Stauffer. So I sent an email asking for a little elaboration. The return reply stated that we won third prize for the whole company, as in CBIZ, not just Myers and Stauffer. CBIZ has 153 different offices all over the country. Yup, that is just how truly awesome we are....
Oh, one more note. She also mentioned in her company wide announcement, that they should all see our Halloween displays. Guess who does that? Hey, why are you having to think about it? Why hesitate? Of course it's me! Duhhh! I have a small obsessing with Halloween. LOL. People from other offices in our building and all of the delivery people take the tour. I am a pro!
I have some additional interesting news concerning waiting for good things to come. Remember the post from new years eve? I mentioned two drawings I had entered that day? One at Best buy for a Sony television, and the second at Rooms to Go for $1000 to put towards new furniture. All day long I kept telling myself, "I won! The prize is mine!" I was so excited because I just knew I was going to win. Both kids thought I had a screw or two loose by the end of the night.
Before going home that night, we stopped at the gas station to fill up the tank. I did not pay too much attention to the numbers. What I did notice was the screen flashing a new years eve message saying you won! It didn't register at the time because I thought it was an ad, so I ignored it. Sunday morning I checked my bank account online. There was the charge for the gas I pumped. Now, wait for it...., it was only $1.00. No, I did not go into the gas station to purchase a lottery ticket, it was the bill for a full tank of gas. So, I did win. I just didn't win the television and furniture money......YET.
Today, because I am always ever so patient, I called Best Buy and Rooms to go. I informed the very nice people on the line that I was calling to inquire as to when I would be recieving my phone call confirming that I had won the television and the $1000 prize. Seriously, I really did. They both laughed, but took the time to speak to their managers to find out.
When the Best Buy employee returned to the phone he told me that the drawing will be held on Friday, Jan 7. I will receive my call from an employee a few days later. Again, yes, he really said that. "You will receive your call a few days later". See, the tv is already mine! I knew it.
The girl from rooms to go came back to the phone and told me that the entries were sent to their corporate office and the drawing will be soon, but she didn't have an exact date. She then said to me, "When they tell us we can call, we will call you to officially inform you that the money is yours". She actually said that. LOL I told her I already have the furniture picked out. Yes! (goofy arm pump) the prize is mine!
So you see, it doesn't matter weather you wait or not. Good things come.
FOOD DRIVE ENTRY
You said to FILL'ER UP, so we did. We re-created the Lowes Motor Speedway in Charlotte, NC and filled the stands with canned food. The News 13 Paratrooper reporters were on the scene to announce the winner of the race as Busted Bob in a beefed up Kraft Macaroni & Cheese box and canned sardines for the cockpit. Busted Bob was, of course, sponsored by CBIZ and Myers & Stauffer PLLC of Raleigh. The sardine fumes alone acted as extra strength Nitro to lead him to victory. Either that or the other drivers couldn't stand the odor and drove right off the track, who knows.... While Bob may have a few bumps and bruises, he is happy as a canned clam with his trophy and fans surrounding him.
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