Happy Sabbath
I thank God for a good week this week.
I thank God for choosing what I am looking to be a good
supervisor over me at work this week.
Since my first supervisor left after having her first child in June, I
wondered at who would take her place.
I looked at one person who was there for 4-5 years but was a very mean
spirited person who tried to discourage me and cause issues for a lot of people
there. Another person who was just
as toxic joined up with her and I knew she possessed the ambition but a third
person who was there for barely 2 years like her knew how to keep her mouth
closed and she was very professional when she interacted with everyone. Before July rolled around I noticed the
person of 4-5 years walk into what was my former supervisor’s office. The supervisor had been gone since
March and no one ever stepped in there, so that made me think that she had her
sights set on getting that room.
Then not too long after, I heard that she was leaving and I didn’t
understand why. She left and
another person who got caught up in her mess left the same week with her. Then this week, I learned that the two
remaining people (all three of them were on my team and supervised by my former
supervisor), the two were going to be supervisors. The one who knows how to keep her mind on her own business
is my supervisor. Not to sound petty but....
PRAISE THE LORD!!!
I don’t know how I would have done if the person of 4-5
years were mine or if the other toxic person were mine. The person of 4-5 years was the only
person I reported for poor behavior to my supervisor and I know that it
affected her evaluation for two years in a row, but I never spoke on the other
person. The team that that toxic
person over sees knows how she is because at least two of them are her friends,
but it’s okay. My team is now a
team of my supervisor and I and we can start from scratch, filling in the four
remaining slots that at different times held people. I suppose the person of
4-5 years was angry that they didn’t get the job because their poor behavior
was witnessed by many over the years.
I keep to myself and focus on my work and will continue to do so when
I’m in that office. I wish her
well but this field is definitely not for her.
I am happy with my job and thank God for my job. I am encouraged by the people who have
worked there for 10-14 years and chosen to stay in the same role as they were
in when they started. I don’t want
to be locked down to an office and have an unpredictable schedule. When people quit or go on vacation, a
supervisor is responsible for covering their caseload and that could be 30-80
or more people at any given time, all with different complex issues that cannot
be solved in a day. I like my job
and I’m curious to see what my pay increase will be this Thursday.
I thank God for the progress I have made with my house. I’ve been spending a lot of time
painting and disposing of cabinetry and dry wall and the house is coming along
nicely. I expect to pay another
month storage fees as I work on the house and prepare for the township to come
out for an inspection. My dad in
all his studying and apprenticeships has proven to be a surprise electrician
and plumber and we are handling this.
I had the lawn mowed on Sunday and plan to mow every other Sunday to
maintain it.
I need to mention something sad that happened this
week. I said in a previous post
that my aunt passed away from cancer less than a month ago. Her daughter and son were left and a
pastor and famous musician said she was going to take them in and my cousin's church and the pastor paid for the cost of my aunt’s funeral. My cousin and her brother were staying with the pastor, but I
learned on Tuesday this week that my cousin had a heart attack and passed
away. I know that family and
others were talking to her about making sure she had a life insurance policy
just to lessen the burden when her time would come, but she didn’t have one and
being that she lost her mother less than a month ago, no one is really going to
put in great effort to get a policy especially when you are not working and you
are still grieving the loss of your mother.
What I am happy to report is that there are real Christians
out there who were willing to help with even her funeral. The same pastor who spoke and sang at
her mother’s funeral will speak at hers and she will be buried directly next to
her mother. My mom was saying it
is virtually unheard of for people who don’t plan for their plots or other
funeral expenses to be able to get a plot close to a family member, let alone
right next to one. They said when
they were going to toss in flowers for my aunt, my cousin had pivoted and
almost fell in, but the undertaker, and 2-3 other people caught her (she was a
heavy set woman). I’m happy that
people are rallying to support the family. My cousin was a sweet heart and such a gentle and kind soul.
She had her 50th birthday on June 27th, the day before my
dad’s birthday. She died on July
11th. She was the one
that God had directed to text me when I prayed that prayer about going to NC
and I went and was given a wonderful tour by my late aunt and now my late
cousin.
Even though they didn’t believe as I did, I feel that God
does have a place for them. Her
mother had a big heart and really cared about other people. I hope one day to see them again.
I was over at my house on Thursday afternoon breaking down
items with a sledge hammer and bagging it all up to put on the trash for Friday. I was not wearing a mask and did
breathe in dust particles (probably mold, mildew, and who knows what
else). Friday morning, my son said
he was sick and when he said he was, then I felt like I was, but I thought it
was psychological. It wasn’t until
I was in the car driving to my first of two appointments that I knew I was
sick. When I started my second
appointment, I had chills and a fever throughout the entire two hours of us
threshing through my client’s plan review. I headed to my house to retrieve my trash can from the curb
and went back to my parent’s house to finish my notes. I fought feelings of nausea, and
preferred to sit in a hot car, and hot room because of the chills and didn’t
sweat. I am thankful that it was a
24 hour bug because I wanted to go to church today and I have not been to my
church in 2 weeks. When I got to
church, an elder handed me an envelope from a member who was visiting, but had
moved out of town. She gave me a
gift to purchase something for my house.
I need to get her email to thank her and I have it in mind to purchase a
super large vase or some other statement piece I can find for the living room.
God is good.
Even in tragedy, God makes a way and can bring a smile on our
faces. I pray that those who were
left behind with my cousin’s and aunt’s family will be comforted and have the
closure they need to move forward.
They were good people and God knew their heart. When it’s our time, He will make it
so. We need to focus on getting
and staying right with the Lord and we will have nothing to worry about. God has us.
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