Twerk - we got the $150,000 grant that I wrote in a day for more COVID testing. Got a virtual shout out from the director. Not bad for something I never even heard about 6 months ago. Yesterday, they put me and my staff in charge of an exposure at a large wedding. Why was there a large wedding, I have no idea. When they told the director I was on it, he was all, well that makes me feel better.
It is nice to be appreciated, but when the dust settles, are the ones of us that rose to occasion and showed our worth going to be recognized for our capabilities or will it be status quo. Because it seems to me you can just roll over and do absolutely nothing and they don't have much recourse either by regulations or they can't get decent people hired for the starting pay. (For some reason the state has control of the start pay, we have been compensated over the years to bring us up to a decently competitive wage). So are we going to burn out and just put in our time until retirement? I realize these are weird times, but the same things still bring morale, even more so.
Post by mustardseed2007 on Jul 17, 2020 8:00:00 GMT -5
rere, a friend of mine is a wedding planner. She worked a 200 person wedding the day before our mask order went into effect (indoor facility could hold 500 so it was legal b/c it's half capacity). The only people wearing masks was her and her staff working the wedding. Guests were coming up to her and her staff coughing on them, cussing at them, and making fun of them for wearing masks. When I think about it I shake because I'm so angry.
My mom called me and was talking about how she was going to the county fair to see the bands and then a wedding next weekend. I told her she shouldn't be going especially since she has some kind of cold going on. She is high risk, etc. She called me back the next day to tell me that she told her friends she wasn't going to the fair and blamed it on me because I wouldn't let her see the grandkids if she went. Then proceeded to tell me how her friends think I'm going overboard. I should've hung up because I didn't need to hear it.
I had miradry done yesterday and my armpits are so swollen and sore. I really hope it works to go through the pain of it.
My 72 year old dad just joined a 65+ softball team. I absolutely love that he decided to do it. I’ve spent a lot of time with him over these COVID months, and he’s definitely been feeling his age. He had one knee replaced last year, needs the other one done. He has neuropathy in his feet and gout. He has arthritis in his hands, and noticed he can no longer snap his fingers. He was getting down about it. He’s always been big, strong, an athlete. He played softball all the time when I was a kid. He quit 25 years ago because he shattered his wrist refereeing a basketball game and he couldn’t catch the ball without pain while playing first base. He hated to quit.
I’m so happy he found this. It’s a great low-risk activity for him.
I had the most "boomer" interaction at work this week, it's still got me shaking my head. We're doing this lengthy, months long leadership communication course as a management team and it involves one on one private sessions with the consultant. So far, I've enjoyed it and picked up on a few things that seem helpful. It hasn't been earth-shattering new information, but I generally love professional development and nerdy stuff like this regardless. One of my colleagues refused to collaborate in a break out session the other day because he thinks the one on ones are too much like therapy and he refuses to do any self-evaluation because he knows he's great and would hear feedback from people otherwise. He thinks the whole thing is stupid and went on a rant about how there's no need to do any of this, we just all need to suck it up and do our jobs. My other colleague and I just stared at him like "Wait, is this really happening?" and no idea what to say. You're in a course about bettering yourself as a leader and a communicator to make people feel more comfortable working with you, and that's your reaction? Unreal.
mae0111, That's amazing. I am glad he is active. I am impressed. Even with my running and volleyball, the last time I played softball around 4 years ago, I spent the entire next week falling backwards into every seat, including the toilet because I was so sore.
DD is being a handful lately. Yesterday one of the older boys made fun of her at daycare, and she went crazy on him - yelling, screaming, hitting, punching, and kicking. And then she lied to me about it.. and has continued to lie about other things.
We have taken away all friends until Saturday, TV and kindle for a week, and iphone for two weeks (for lying).
She's pissed because I now treat her as though everything she says is a lie. ("but mom, I already brushed my teeth!" "well kid.. I didn't see you do it, and I don't trust you, so brush them again while I watch.")
I’m super annoyed. We hired a company to do a retaining wall. It needed to be done for a long time but it was an extra issue because DH took it upon himself a few years back to put tons and tons of dirt in the yard basically only held up by the fence. I didn’t think a fence holding in dirt was a good idea, but he thinks he is a brilliant landscaper. They were supposed to start Monday and now they are starting today.
I’m supposed to host our first play date with a family today that we haven’t seen since March, and I don’t think she’ll be comfortable with a bunch of landscapers around. They are on the other side of our fence, but our backyard is not that big. I can’t ask them how long they will be here because I know they will just be here until the work is done. I’m just really annoyed because no one told me they were starting today. The parent is one year out from recovery from breast cancer and is being super careful. I think she did say that she is ok with patio dining and they are farther than that, but it’s just like the one time I host (besides neighbors) I have workers here.
Also my kids are annoying me today but that’s normal I guess. DS is still floppy I probably have to take him back to PT and spend tons of money. His heart appointment is already $800 In OOP costs. But I can’t take him because Covid. He always talks in this high pitch screech. And DD is just very entitled with food, screen time. I’m like go entertain yourself like kids are supposed to.
Update: DH asked the landscapers to leave at the time of the play date which was nice of him. I wouldn’t have thought that was something we could ask since they delayed it already by a week.