Hello everyone! I started off with a full and busy week at the senior center then I rushed home to welcome guests into my home for a Galentines party. We laughed, we ate, we laughed, we drank, we laughed, we played games, we laughed, we commiserated and then we laughed some more. It was so much fun and the next day my phone blew up with happy texts messages with my gal pals still smiling after such a fun night. I’d say Galentines 2026 was a whopping success!
After a
very full and busy week I gave myself permission to take the entire three day weekend
off and it was glorious to just relax and take it easy. Recovery mode engaged! I had a few leftover pepper steak sliders from
the Galentines party to reheat so that made a couple meals super easy. I had made them using a chuck roast and a big
pan of homemade dinner rolls. Not to brag,
but they were so good. I had served them
with a cup of au jus for dipping.
OMG!!!! So good!
We have
been enduring a bumpy ride at work in the past few months as we are strategically
dealing with a toxic co-worker issue. If
you have ever been involved in a situation like this you know that it is an
unpleasant process and very stressful.
As a retired person myself, one might think, and it has been suggested, it
would be better to just quit and enjoy my retirement or move onto something
else, rather than have to be involved in any of this nonsense. However, after a forty minute meeting with
the HR department this past week, I do feel the potential exists for this issue
to be remedied so at this time I am willing to ride it out and see what happens. I have prayed a lot, and I do mean a lot about this. I do appreciate that no one wants me to quit
and that I am a valued employee and as long as this situation is resolved and doesn’t
dramatically affect me personally I am willing to hang in there and see it
through.
I
worked all day on Tuesday and had Wednesday off so I decided to bite the bullet
and get my Costco shopping done that morning as I’d already put it off a
week. I like Costco, but it isn’t
located close to my home, although it really isn’t all that far either, and it
is always crowded and busy which tends to overwhelm me. Nonetheless, I got it done and now have crossed
that task off my list.
Did I need this pretty shirt? Um, nope, but I bought it anyway 😄
I
finished off the week working Thursday afternoon making it out of there
relatively unscathed which is my goal these days. Thankfully the patrons I serve (as well as my
other fellow co-workers) while I am at work keep me fulfilled and lifted. That is what truly keeps me coming back.
Sunday dinner - porkchop, green beans & homemade dinner roll
My prayer
for all of you is that you enjoyed a wonderful week and Valentine’s Day and
that you feel loved and appreciated.
Please enjoy your week ahead and if possible do something nice for
someone. Take care of yourselves and do
something nice for you too.
UGH - one bad apple can really spoil the whole bunch. It seems like this has happened at every job I have ever had. I try to keep my head down and my mind focused on what I came to do.
ReplyDeleteOverall, I would say it was a good week. I am very slowly making tiny steps towards getting comfortable in this new phase of life. I had a long to do list and felt good about crossing off most of it. When I left for work this morning, everything was clean and neat and sorted. Its a good feeling to come from work to that! Happy Weekend!
I know there is always that one person at work. Ugh, is right. Like you I love coming home to a neat and tidy home. Very calming.
DeleteSo much fun hearing about your Galentine's party--sounds like a wonderful time! Those cookies are just too cute!
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about the toxic co-worker. I don't know why some people just can't just focus on their job, stay in their lane, and mind their own business. Shouldn't that person be far too busy to cause angst? Maybe they need to be assigned extra duties like latrines or floor polishing, LOL.
I know what you mean about Costco being nerve-wracking when it's crowded. I feel the same. And yet I don't feel the same when Sam's Club is crowded. Must be the layout of the store (which I find much less intuitive to navigate than Sam's...) that makes it that much harder. Just a guess.
We are enjoying a small break from the zero-and-below temperatures, and I am so grateful I can't tell you. Mother Nature is not sparing the paddle this winter!
I am thinking about treating myself to a new lip color this weekend. And waiting for my amaryllis to bloom. I wait until after Christmas sales to buy them. I need their beauty far more in February than I do at Christmas which is already so pretty and festive. February really needs the cheering up.
Hope you have a restful weekend and a grand week ahead!
Thank you Sue. The party was SO MUCH FUN!! The toxic one, less so, but I believe in karma. I hope you got your new lip color. Have a great week!
DeleteUgh. I did once encounter a toxic coworker. For a good while, I felt I was the only one who was experiencing the discomfort, and figured she just didn’t like me personally. Honestly, my stomach would sink when I saw her car in the parking lot. After about 12 weeks feeling isolated, a comment in passing to another coworker stopped her cold. Further discussion led to us realize we were experiencing the same thing. Days later three other coworkers approached us at different times with the same issues with this individual. Of a faculty of ten, 6 of us were experiencing difficulties, and considering leaving, (and that’s not counting complaints from student assistants and their parents.) We were able to air our concerns with our director and come to a sort of resolution, but what struck me was how each of us had been feeling we were alone, yet each of us had almost identical experiences with this person!
ReplyDelete-Meg B
I've had difficult co-workers before. I think they exist in every workplace to a certain extent. This one however, is on a whole other level. I've never experienced anyone quite like it before. And! I've worked in HR. Sheesh!
DeleteSorry you have to deal with toxicity at your happy place of work. Hope it resolves without undue stress on your part. Life is too short to deal with unpleasant crap in the workplace. I recently left a wonderful place as a volunteer where I had to deal with a narcissistic volunteer Executive Director.
ReplyDeleteAgreed! Praying for a resolution that benefits all of us.
DeleteToxicity anywhere is difficult, but in the workplace it is the worst! I am sorry you are having to deal with this.
ReplyDeleteI love all your photos. Thank you so much for sharing, and warm greetings from a retired lady living in Montreal, Canada.
I'm not giving up yet on a resolution at work. Take care and enjoy your week!
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