Ugh, what a day. A negative day, but as always I had the sweetest moments at the beginning and the end of the day when I was with my adorable, tiny minion. Those precious moments of my day make up for any negative thing.
To keep the negativity of this post to a bare minimum I'll give you the very much abridged version. As mentioned in the prior post, I got a promotion. With this promotion I am taking over the accounts of a partner who is moving into a new department. Said partner is supposed to be training me over the next three weeks, well two and a half now. For the past three days I have been biting my tongue and going with the up and downs that are this person's moods, and attitudes. I sat quietly listening as she told me how sorry she is for me, and how sorry she is for her customers. Considering the fact I had to notify some of my favorite customers this morning I would no longer be managing their accounts, and was met with several sad and heartfelt emails of gratitude I was kind of touchy about this as the day wore on.
I am the type of person who becomes very attached to their job; not in the sense of working 56+ hours a week or anything, but I tend to build great relationships with my customers. So hearing the negativity repeatedly as the afternoon wore on got under my skin. Those who know me personally know I am a non-confrontational person, but lessons of the past have taught me not to be a doormat. We hit a point where she was telling me one group of accounts she thought she could just dump on me now, I told her I still had questions, but would be fine taking on this particular chunk after we go over my questions. She proceeded to get indignant and rude about the fact I wanted to know more. And began rambling about how no one listens to her and she feels bad for her customers and on and on and on.
There were fifteen minutes left and I was at my limit for her attitude. I pretty much said I was done and that this was not helping to train me. I went off about how I was tired of her saying she was sorry for me, and that I was sick of her saying she was sorry for the customers. I said I have handled more than this, and if she needs references I can forward her all the emails from my customers. I told her I was done with her for the day, and I would talk to her tomorrow. I wished her a nice relaxing evening to adjust her attitude and we would get back into it in the morning. I grabbed my stuff and went back to my desk with her dogging my heels the whole way. Saying that's not what she meant and how sorry she was. I said that's fine, I'm done. I kept my tone even, but I could feel my face was flushed; I am no good at hiding my feelings when I am upset. My hands were shaking. I IM'd Collin that I was going to the restroom then headed his way. When I got back from the restroom and was gathering my things, my "teacher" came back to my desk and apologized again, on the verge of tears. I told her I forgave her but I won't put up with that anymore. I am excited about this new challenge and she is ruining it with her constant negativity. She apologize again and went home. The department leads were all there and heard at least parts of the ENTIRE exchange. They asked if I was okay. I told them yes, I had just hit my limit of her attitude for the day.
I have no doubts in my ability or capability, and I know the leads and my boss have no doubts or they wouldn't have asked me to do this. To make sure I am confident in having the training I need I will be making a list after I am done with this post.
Well, shit. That went on longer than I meant to and it was still not all of the nitty gritty. Oh, well on to the good stuff.
Wee one now has six teeth poking through, and is totally lopsided. She has the two front and center on top and bottom, and in the last couple days the next top and bottom on the right have come through, so now we are waiting on the left side. I love this little weirdo.
This past weekend was wonderful, even with the bittersweet tinge of mom's (in law) declining health, and the fact that monster baby didn't want to sleep.
Saturday, Collin had a dentist appointment in the morning that went on longer than expected, but the timing worked out kind of perfectly. We headed to the facility that mom is in and met with Collin's aunt, sister, and cousin (plus sis' boyfriend and someone who might as well just be a cousin). We discussed the details of the final arrangements, plans to try and track down mom's good for nothing husband, and so on. Collin and I did get to go and visit her for a few moments, leaving the tiny one with his aunt whom adores her to pieces. Mom was talkative but it was difficult for her to speak. She kept telling us about things that happened long ago, or not at all. Lucidity was not in attendance for our visit. After we were done the whole group went for pho at this little place on Powell. It was great and I let my demon spawn try some of the broth from my pho. (soup is like juice... still juicing and all)
From here we went out to my family's "Thanksgiving" dinner, and I got to reconnect with some of my family from my dad's side that I hadn't seen in years, and in some cases decades (a couple I had the good fortune of seeing last year at my shower). Everyone adored the monster and her speedy crawling skills. We had a great dinner, and plan to make sure we are in more regular attendance of similar events. It was very uplifting to get to see everyone and it helped finish our Saturday on a very positive note. We drove home and immediately went to bed.
Sunday morning was a lazy time where we slept as much as the teething beast would allow, and then had a pajama morning with pancakes and playtime. Then as afternoon rolled around we headed to Collin's aunt's house for a trial run of leaving the heathen with her Auntie while we ran some errands. She has agreed to watch the little one on moving day (should it ever get here), and we wanted to make sure it would go smoothly. And it did, no crying, screaming or whimpering. She got to help her Auntie feed the birds and squirrels and crawl all over the place. We went to a couple stores and got coffee before going back to visit for a bit after an hour. I was happy to hear how well she handled it, and this also gave me hope that the transition to the new daycare will go smoothly. We had a great visit with his aunt talking about what's happening at work, and the house, and such. It was a great day.
I'm not going to lie though, it was weird being out on the weekend without my tiny minion.
There was something else... What was it.... Oh, yes! It was the moment this afternoon that made me forget all about the crumminess of the end of my work day.
When we get there to pick up the tiny human and we always say hi to our friends' little one if she is in the same room. Today, at first ours didn't notice we were there because she was playing. I say hi to our friends' daughter who then turns around to get our little monster's attention and went to touch her face (she had noticed by now). The teacher tells her to be gentle, because most times when one baby goes at another baby like that it's to attack (makes them sound vicious right? They are...), and apparently that was too much for her. She got the pouty face going on and started to cry. The teacher scooped her up right after I picked mine up, and we are both trying to comfort her and let her know she wasn't in trouble. Then my little angel leans in and tries to give the other little girl a hug. Totally melted my heart and made my mind push the work crap to the deep reaches (for at least until after she went to bed). The two of them are so nice to each other; another point that makes me sad for moving her to a new daycare, but 30 miles one way is excessive to take her to daycare.
Okay, now I am going to finish an episode of the Vampire Diaries on Netflix (don't judge) and continue to unwind/type the list.
Have a wonderful night full of sweet dreams!
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