  *sigh* &nbsp; just looking at all the available work out there, and what a similar job is paying at other companies, is starting to upset me. there are only a few things that are holding me back - i have a greater potential for career advancement where i'm working now.
plus, i have a great bunch of friends here that i would be sorry to leave. don't get me wrong - i love my job, and i consider it a tremendous blessing.&nbsp;but after being spurned the last couple of promotions, it sort of disheartens you. &nbsp; so this is the pact that i've made with myself: if&nbsp;i don't get the promotion by the end of the year or end up at a more respectable salary mark, i'm outta here.
that leaves me five months, a period in which i've already applied for another position within the company, and also where i'm due for another increase. &nbsp; things don't sound too bad. but considering the recent restructuring in my own company, maybe a change in scenery will be a sort of pre-emptive strike against future unemployment... 
