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Post by wordfish on Apr 13, 2024 22:28:59 GMT
Also. Make a timeline.Add this latest thing to it.
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Post by hop2 on Apr 14, 2024 13:58:50 GMT
mom thank you for your kind words. I was doing alright until yesterday. It just completely hit me and knocked me down. I was in no mood to respond to anything really. This time is hard for me. And mother's day last year I totally lost my shit. I'll be on vacation for mother's day this year so I was hoping that might help. Hugs I am sorry your having a difficult time.
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Post by hop2 on Apr 14, 2024 14:00:04 GMT
Also. Make a timeline.Add this latest thing to it. While your correct, and it’s probably necessary, it sucks that that will add work to jeremysgirl day and that just sucks
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Post by Bridget in MD on Apr 14, 2024 14:19:10 GMT
Sorry. Fireguard definition: A metal screen placed in front of an open fireplace to catch sparks. So a fireguard made of chocolate is useless because it will melt from the heat of the fire. I totally read this as a chocolate LIFEGUARD and well. honestly, the translation works just the same
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Post by jeremysgirl on Apr 14, 2024 18:05:58 GMT
You sound like a really awesome supervisor wordfish. Can I switch you for my boss? What do you know about finance?
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Post by wordfish on Apr 14, 2024 18:14:26 GMT
You sound like a really awesome supervisor wordfish . Can I switch you for my boss? What do you know about finance? Ha thank you very much; you are very kind. I worry a lot that I will let my team down, as I really only want to manage things and not people. I know pretty much zip about finance except my parlor trick of calculating bond rates that I learned in MBA school, which, come to think of it, I've already forgotten how to do. I'm so sorry you're going through this. Hopefully, you'll get to the other side soon. One thing about all of this: You'll have learned a lot about what not to do when you find yourself in a managerial role. I'm sure you will never forget how all of this affected you.
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Post by moodyblue on Apr 14, 2024 20:00:12 GMT
mom thank you for your kind words. I was doing alright until yesterday. It just completely hit me and knocked me down. I was in no mood to respond to anything really. This time is hard for me. And mother's day last year I totally lost my shit. I'll be on vacation for mother's day this year so I was hoping that might help. I wish I could say it gets easier, but it doesn't. It gets different, but even 20 years later, I still lose my shit. I have figured out for me that I *need* to lose my shit about 2-3 days before an anniversary or birthday so that I can let the grief go. Then on the actual day, I am ok. Honestly, it's predictable for me now so much that even DH knows that the actual days aren't what knock my breath away, but the day or two before. Anywho, take care of yourself. I lost my husband, not a child, but there is so much truth in your words. You reflected my experience almost exactly as I would describe it myself. Five years later I still tell people "It sucks." Because that is the truth. It doesn’t get better, it gets different; you just get better at handling it - most of the time. And yes, the days leading up to the significant ones are often the hardest. “They” say the body remembers even when the mind doesn’t. Sometimes when I’m feeling extra emotional or on the verge of tears more often I stop and ask myself if there is some date coming that is a hard one to handle. The anticipation can be worse than the actual day/event.
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Post by gillyp on May 1, 2024 14:09:20 GMT
Dare I ask if there is any progress in any way? I know you might have been out of action with your hand, which I hope is doing well.
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Post by jeremysgirl on May 1, 2024 14:20:48 GMT
gillyp I was out most of last week. I worked for 2 hours on Thursday and 2 hours on Friday. I can't type on my phone well at all, but my computer keyboard I can make do with 9 fingers without hurting my thumb so there's that. But, there is was something that dropped last week that we don't know when exactly it will happen. But there is a report I normally do that needs to be done as soon as possible following. When I got online Thursday, I noticed that the thing we were waiting on had dropped and I looked to see if any work had been done on my report. Thursday morning, nothing had been started. So I reached out to my boss's secretary and I scheduled a meeting with him for this coming Thursday (he was on vacation through Wednesday). I was going to complain hard because this would have involved a whole lot of typing that would be difficult for me to do. So after she scheduled, I put it out of my mind and just figured I would deal with doing it on Monday. When I came in Monday morning, miracle of all miracles, she had done it. I nearly fell off my chair. I have no idea if she was told to or if she just did it out of the goodness of her heart, but I'm trying not to care about the answer to that question and just be thankful it was done. I've been working with that counselor and I'm trying hard to just do my job, nothing more and let the rest go. I've done all I can and I'm just letting the chips fall where they may and trying not to get stressed over it.
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Post by pantsonfire on May 1, 2024 14:26:41 GMT
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Post by gillyp on May 1, 2024 14:42:29 GMT
So it sounds like things aren't any worse and she has actually helped YOU for a change. I hope things stay on an even keel until you can make any necessary decisions.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on May 1, 2024 14:57:41 GMT
I certainly hope she has seen the light!!
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Post by lg on May 4, 2024 5:05:57 GMT
Maybe the taste of her own medicine worked wonders (ie you could not cover for her and therefore it scared her to being a proper employee again!)
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