A only has a couple weeks left of school and I am so so so
looking forward to less hectic mornings.
Lately, the boys have wanted to take showers/baths in the morning. While I’m happy that they enjoy bathing, it
really adds a lot of time to our morning routine. We’re almost always late for school, I have
to remind W to eat breakfast fast, I’m scrambling to finish getting ready and
get my things packed up. It’s just
crazy. A will have to get W to “summer
camp” so I’m curious to hear what he’ll think of mornings – lucky for him, he
doesn’t have to work after school drop off.
On a related note, I’m dreading next school year when I’ll be dropping
off BOTH boys. :P
We found out this week that our tenants will be moving out
of our rental property. I’m absolutely
dreading having to clean up the townhouse and find new renters. Uggh.
We’re considering replacing carpeting and appliances… I don’t even want
to think about the cost. We have a super
busy summer and I was really hoping the current tenants would stay another
year… no such luck.
I hate asking for donations so when it came time to raise
money for Great Strides and sell tickets for a raffle at the boys’ school, I
posted on FB. It seemed like the
easiest, non-confrontational way to let people know that we were participating
in these fundraisers. My colleagues
don’t know that A has CF – it’s a long story, but the short version is we’re
both private people. A gave me his
blessing to share his diagnosis recently, but I’m not ready. As a result I hid the Great Strides FB post
from my colleagues. Anyway, I was so
amazed by the support we received from our colleagues for both
fundraisers. A’s colleagues supported
our walk team and several of my colleagues bought raffle tickets. Our families also generously supported both
campaigns. On the contrary, I was
surprised (and disappointed) by the lack of support from friends. Only one friend contributed to the raffle. She’s a friend I’ve only met in person once,
but feel connected to and I’m very thankful for our friendship. I’m trying not to read too much into it or be
upset, but I will say I’m even more grateful for our colleagues – many of whom
have become our friends through the years.
This week has been incredibly stressful and frustrating and
I’m ready to move on. For starters,
we’re all still sick. Well, maybe A is
better. S has a double ear infection and
hasn’t been sleeping well. I’m pretty
sure I have a sinus infection and when I called the doctor, he told me to wait
it out. Great. W is still congested. I’m sick of being sick. Heck, I’m sick of someone being sick nearly
every day for the past month? 6 weeks? I don’t even know anymore. And then my department went through a massive
reorganization and my bosses moved into a completely different section/area,
but somehow, I stayed behind. I was
essentially in limbo for a few days, not knowing what group I was in and who I
was reporting to, but knowing that my job was changing without any regard for
my interests or goals. I’ve witnessed
colleagues who I greatly respect being treated incredibly unfairly – especially
strong, intelligent women. I was being
considered for a promotion and that went out the window. My title changed to what it was three years
ago so I feel like I was demoted (though I’m assured I was not). I’ve lost a lot of faith in my company – a
company I was once so proud to work for.
The one positive in this abysmal situation – I now report to my original
boss. Someone who’s always had my back
and who I do respect. If things had to
happen the way they did, I’m happy to have him as a boss.
Sorry, for such a depressing post on a Friday! Bring on the weekend!
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