Old Friends

I cannot begin to tell you how elated I am to have had a very old friend find me.....

Gayle and I met in North Bay about 1992 or '93. I can't ever remember how we met, but we became fast friends. Who, I might add spent a lot of time together. We also, may have gotten into some trouble together too! There are very few people I actively search for on Facebook, Gayle was one. In the end she found me.

We may have only been friends for a short time, but we shared soooo much. Good times, bad times, some really funny times. Our physical friendship ended when she moved back to America. We kept in contact for a while, but as life often does, life itself, got in the way. She was such a support for me. I actually cried when I got her message on Facebook tonight. I can hardly wait until we have time to catch up.
There is so much I want to tell her and ask her. I want to know how life for her has turned out. I do know she got married about 10 years ago.

It will be hard to get this smile off my face......

And who says "Nothing Good can come from Facebook."?

You Asked For It......

For some time now, I have been thinking about leaving my job in search of a new career. Like everything else I do in life, I've been procrastinating about it. But when I sit down to think about my job, my chosen profession, it isn't the actual work that I do that is the problem, it's a number of my co-workers that are the problem.

People don't seem to respect the job they do. By no means is it glamours, but do your job well, have some pride. I am not a model employee, but I arrive for work on time. I punch in properly, I park in our designated parking spots. I do what is asked of me. I don't take advantage of my co-workers and take extra long breaks, or leave them with majority of the work.

Sometimes it is just the simple tasks, like, turning on the hall lights, signing checklists....no, they all leave it for me, because "Wendy will do it". News flash people...Wendy is tired of doing it and as of right now, Wendy is going on a silent, but deadly strike. I will no longer do the tasks you so conveniently forget about. I will no longer keep my mouth shut to my Nurse manager, Director of Care and Executive Director that you have been late every day for the last 5 days, that you leave early, take extra time all the time for all your breaks, and so on.....I am done being the nice guy...you want a bitch to work with...you got one.

If people would just follow the rules, things would go much smoother. Things would get done, and most important Wendy would be happy.

Now, my coworkers are not solely to blame, but management for some time has turned a blind eye to all the shenanigans for some time and refuse to crack down. So no wonder why the natives are running wild...no one but me seems to notice.

I guess I've become a bit annal about my job in the last few years, things are done a certain way....not because Wendy says so (God, I only wish) but because that is what the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care says! People just don't seem to understand that. They think that our superiors just make this stuff up, but they don't realize that, they to, (our bosses) have rules to fallow too.

You know the saying...shit roles down hill...so when these people don't do the little tasks that they should be doing...like serving the dining room in proper order.....and they get caught we all get in trouble...because of this, I take these little tasks into my own hands, thus I know they will be done, and done correctly.

To any of my co-workers who my stumble upon this...please, please, please....Give a DAMN, and have some PRIDE too!

Just Stop....Please

First and foremost...STOP, STOP, STOP!!!!!

Second.....this is not directed at anyone....but at everyone out in Cyber Land.....(like anyone really reads my blog)

STOP having hissy fits and throwing tantrums, like well seasoned three year olds, on the net.

STOP using your facebook/msn/twitter (and/or whatever other kind of social networking thingy you may have and use) to broad cast your disdain, disgust, disappointment, and disconnect about your friends/family's actions/reactions. (most of us are guilty of this....some way more than others....right now I know there is one one FB update that is aimed right smack dab at me...over a miscommunication....)
STOP thinking that the way things happen are a personal injustice against you and that it has been planned and plotted for weeks.

STOP and think! Pick up the phone and maybe talk about the "injustice" you may be feeling. It is so much healthier for both sides of the relationship. It doesn't have to be a fight or an argument. Friends and family are aloud to disagree but they are also suppose to be able to turn to one another and talk about what is bothering you.

This doesn't mean I don't like any of you who may be an offender or for that matter a repeat offender. This just means that I would hope you have more respect for me to call me and tell me you're pissed or that you have a beef or even to just clarify the incident in question. FYI...I took my own advice and called someone in regards to the mentioned miscommunication message.....

I am very guilty of some of the things mentioned in this blog....but I really try to keep my "updates" ambiguous, so as not to point the finger but poke fun...my favorite "Wendy is washing her hands" the next day it was "Wendy is looking for a towel to dry her clean hands on" I was referring to my own personal war with my in-laws and that I was very done with them....but you couldn't tell from what I had written.

So from now on.....STOP on by and we will chat....or call.