Encouragement for Today

  The Big Scary You - Part 3  The last Sunday I worked there; I didn’t even know it until the afternoon. I was at my in-law’s place and it was a wonderful day. As we were leaving, there was an air show taking place that day, and we could see the jets doing their thing in the afternoon sky. They were doing all types of stunts, and they looked awesome. All of a sudden, I had the thought, “gee, I don’t really want to go to work today”. Now that might not mean anything to most, but honestly, the whole time I had been working for Sandra, I had never had that thought. I had never wished that I could just take a day off on a whim, and the thought surprised me. The more I pondered this thought the more it grew in me, and I started to think about the recent events that had taken place. I knew that my time was coming to a close, but I wasn’t sure exactly when. I had told my husband that if things didn’t improve in the next few weeks, that I would be leaving and so we had discussed it....

  The Big Scary You, Part 2   So, one day, I got the dreaded phone call. Or should I say photos. Lots of them. One morning in October 2019, the wheels would finally start to fall off. I saw that Sandra had phoned me and I missed the call as I was out with my Mother at the time. I was hard pressed because I was in a medical centre and there was noise all around me as Mum had an important appointment, lots was going on and this was one of the final times we would be doing this as Mum was ready to go into residential care, just a busy time.   I didn’t want to take this phone call as I had seen all the photos and knew what was coming. That sick feeling in the pit of my stomach, that good old Negan feeling. Like I was gonna get in a whole lot of trouble. So, when she rang, and told me that she had a call from the boss at one of our sites, I knew I was in trouble. She had said that she had gone in and done a general clean. She had seen everything that I hadn’t done of c...

  The Big Scary You – Part 1   Have you ever worked for someone for quite a while, and then left – either you quit or you got terminated (putting it nicely), and afterward you looked back at your time there and thought, “how did I do it?” Well I was in that position. Almost 2 years ago to this day, I started work for someone who I thought I had a bit of a future with. I really thought things would work out with this person, as a friend who I had previously worked with had recommended me to her.   She was looking to take on someone else to work with her cleaning the sites that she had contracts for. Now before I start with my story I will make one thing clear – as a person this lady was great. She was the kind that would do anything for you and would help you in any way she could if she could. But as a boss? Well that was another thing entirely. Not that she was a “bad” boss. However, her way of doing things was a certain way. In the end it became apparent that she...