Sunday, November 26, 2006

The Bad, the Ugly and Thanksgiving

Things got worse at work.  I wasn’t prepared for it at all.  I was prepared for a lot of other things, but not what happened.  How could I have been, really?  No 20/20 back lash here.  There was no way to see this one coming.
The man from my previous post, we’ll call him Tiny, was at it again.  This time he attacked me after a meeting.  And by attacked I mean the man came up to me after the meeting and told me that I was not to speak unless spoken to.  He informed me, in his best patronizing voice, that HE was the meeting leader and that by speaking out I caused him to forget to ask for status on something.  Bear in mind the purpose of the meeting it to get status on tasks and by speaking out I was attempting to give status on a task. 
Regardless, I am through with the situation.  How dare he?  Really, how dare he tell me that I am not to speak “unless spoken to”?  What am I 12?  Is this not a work environment? 
Yeah.
I’m still waiting for the fall out – still waiting to see what the outcome will be from this.  I am not a happy camper.  That was last Monday and Tuesday.  I left for Colorado on Wednesday morning still reeling.
The worse part about the situation so far is my boss’ current treatment of it.  Without hearing my side of the story, he talked to Tiny about what happened.  Tiny informed him that I was at fault in this situation.  That I had been continually “stabbing” him in the back and Tiny was just tired of all the “arrows” that I had been flinging at him.
Really. 
The first conversation I had with my boss was about Tiny’s view of the situation.  I quickly informed him that I didn’t care what Tiny thought.  I didn’t care what Tiny felt.  What I cared about what not being attacked for speaking in a meeting.  Seriously.

Onto Thanksgiving.  I feel wrong attempting to include a wonderful experience with something so seriously awful as what’s happening at work.  Ups and downs, happiness and anger, all in one post!
Thanksgiving was great.  The bad drama was contained and fairly short lived this year.  The good drama was FABULOUS and so exciting I can hardly stand it. 
My very good friend that I absolutely adore and her wonderful man are finally engaged.  I heard the news and my heart leapt for joy.  These two people are so perfect for each other, if I wasn’t in love with my husband already they would have me believing in the possibilities.  I’m so excited…I love it!
Thanksgiving was also wonderful.  With hubby around my grandparents opened up in a way I have never seen them, telling stories I hadn’t heard for a long time or at all.  I felt a new relationship growing with them again.  Something absolutely amazing to me, I keep learning from them.  Not that I believed they had nothing more to teach me, they have taught me so much over my life, but this is a new lesson, a new tale.  I have always admired their love for each other, the way they interact and show how they care.  I have said it before; I am truly blessed to have the family I have.  I continually find myself surrounded by their love. 
We had a second Thanksgiving at my brother’s house.  His wife’s family had dinner on Friday night and their house was also filled with loving people to celebrate.  I met my sister-in-law’s sister and her two children, two beautiful girls.  They brought laughter and giddiness into the house for the feast and the next morning.  It was so much fun.
We arrived back in Seattle yesterday. 
I’m not excited to go back to work…which really stinks because I was finally getting to like the work, if not the people.