history: Last month, I finally received the promotion at work that I had been working towards. It seemed like I had finally got to the end of a very long road. Last month_comma_finally_comma_ after years of working towards it_comma_ I was finally promoted into senior management at my job.
current: Oh that's great! Does it come with a nice raise?
next: Yes it did, and much better benefits. Seems like I finally got to the end of a very long road.