but it has since escaped me. I actually gave it some thought this morning as to what to write about, and selected one, but from the time of getting ready for work and driving here, I have forgotten. So then, what shall I talk about? Let's see....
Yesterday was an interesting day. It started out well, and after that, it seemed to bounce all over the place. My day here at work started slow as I didn't have any work to do. It took my co-worker until 9:40AM to pass some work over to me, even though I had asked. Shortly after 8AM I asked another coworker to give me some other work to do so that I didn't just sit here. My work, currently, depends on others routing to my inbox and I work out of it. Everything is done electronically now, so if it isn't in your inbox, there isn't much you can do.
When I finally got some work at 9:40 from that coworker, I set to work on it. On one I needed more information on so I emailed one of our nurses to get the information. She came back with a "WHAT?!!! and another comment. It disturbed me; her attitude. It appears she had already discussed this with my other coworker, but had left me out of the conversation. I turned to my coworker and told her that if she was going to discuss a facesheet with the nurse, then I suggest that she keep that facesheet and not give it to me so that I could ask the nurse again. I couldn't believe she started making excuses for the nurse. AND the nurse, when I confronted her, said she was having a 'bad day'.
I'm sorry, but you having a bad day does not give you permission to be demeaning and rude to other people. I very calmly told my coworker, after she started making excuses for this person, that I was the one who was to do all this type of work, it was being assigned to me. However, I will not permit any one to speak to me via email or in person the way I felt I was being spoken to, and I will not hesitate to go to my director and tell her I will not do this assignment and to give it to my coworker. Immediately my coworker sends me emails that it was all a misunderstanding, that she had worked with the nurses for 2 1/2 years and that she had learned how to deal with them, etc. I turned and looked at her after reading it and said, "I worked with nurses for over 20 years, and none of them had ever spoken to me the way this one had. You treat people with respect, regardless of what is going on in your life."
THEN I get "invited" to a meeting set for this Wednesday in which the nurses are to come in for. There is no reason for me to attend this meeting. My coworker set it up for me to go (and her) so that any issues the nurses have - or we have - can be discussed. Uh Uh. I sent the meeting notice to my supervisor and asked if she was aware of this meeting and that for myself and my coworker to be away from our desks for two hours without her knowledge isn't the way I work as an employee. I suggested that perhaps she also needed to attend this meeting if two of her employees were to go, and I really did not want to go and would prefer staying at my desk and being allowed to work. She told me she would get back to me; she did not know anything about it. No, I have not discussed "my issue" with my supervisor or anyone else. It doesn't need to be discussed. I am not going to keep rehashing it but choose to realize, as this is the second time this nurse has 'gone off' because she had a bad morning, that I need to tread cautiously in dealing with this person. It's not open for discussion; I try to always treat others with respect regardless of what is going on in my life, and I expect to be treated with respect as well.
Then last night - this is actually kind of funny. We were to meet another couple for dinner last night at Outback at 6:45PM. Hubby had confirmed it yesterday afternoon. We arrived about 6:30PM, surprised to find half the parking lot blocked off for repaving and people parking on the street. We wound our way around and found a parking spot and went on inside to wait. They wanted to go ahead and seat us, which was fine. We waited. And waited. Kept looking outside, the other couple was not there. Not having their phone number with us, I finally googled DexOnline and found their home number. We called, but didn't get an answer and they didn't have an answering machine. Finally about 7:30PM we went ahead and ordered our food. Around 7:45PM we get a phone call from the couple. Seems they left the note at home on which they had written where we were to meet, and somehow got to thinking it was Texas Roadhouse, so that is where they sat for 45 minutes waiting for us. They don't have cell phones (remarkable in this day and age!!) so had to way to contact us until they went back home. The good part of all this, hubby and I had a nice dinner at Outback.
So after stuffing ourselves at Outback we went home and watched The Biggest Loser program we had taped. I know some people say they don't like to watch fat people, but for me, it inspires me. These men weigh 300+ and 400+ pounds; the women are usually in the upper 200's. Over the period of time spent on the ranch it is inspiring to watch them work out and see the inches fall off of them. True, people get sent home if their weight loss for that week is the lowest, but they continue to work out at home and continue to lose. They get that 'spark' to keep on. And it gives me that 'spark'. Ok, I've watched this show for years and I'm still fat. But it still inspires me. I have my own excuses, as do you. But I need to get refocused and put myself first instead of last. Instead of sitting and watching television with hubby in the evenings, I need to be on the treadmill or doing a workout video. I can do that. I will do that.
So there you have it. My ramblings of my day yesterday. It was definitely an unusual day, thank goodness. I'm trusting today will be a better day. For one thing, it is my grandson's 7th birthday. I've written a note to myself to call him when he gets home from school this afternoon. I hope he has a good day.
Nothing else going on today that I'm aware of - and it's about time to get started on it. I have leftover work to do so need to get busy. Hope that you have a good day - enjoy it!
Each day is what you make of it - with all the bad stuff thrown in - you can still make it good. Rise above the ugly and see the beauty of the day.
Blessings!
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