Tears of Soy in Current Events

Well, I made HR cry today.

After we took our participants out to do some archery, we brought them back to the office. It is spring break so we get to see them during the day. They’re used to having the space to themselves so we kept having to remind them to respect the space as people were working. HR was in and they were using the main program room for interviews. Our office has the youth programs, everybody knows the score. Nobody complains about it.

She came and talked to me about it. She didn’t complain or anything like that. She said that they had a lot of energy. They were excited to hear them come in. I explained that they were toned down for them. Then we got into how our office is like their second home. When we ask them what they want to do they want to come to the office. I told her how it is like that with the other youth programs. How we all cross paths and the kids get to know each other. She teared up, she was very touched. She is under a lot of pressure, I didn’t think of that. She is human too. She doesn’t get to see what we do from head office. Our organization is spread between a lot of buildings right now. We have a new building being built right now which will be ready in June. We all move in, more or less. Head Office is stuck at their current location because they are locked in for 10 years on their lease. Anyway, I got the feeling that witnessing us in action was a reminder of why she does what she does for her. Tears of joy? I’ll just say tears of soy because she is vegetarian.

Our Communications Director approached us about his formal complaint again. HR is using him a lot for job postings and things of that nature. The posting for my boss’s boss is coming up. We are all hoping that the coordinator of the RTS program applies. He would be the leader we choose. However, it is not a good time to be in management. Regardless, today was a good day.

Anyway, I get to have a weekend. I don’t want my life to be all about work right now. I have had enough of this brain rot I have been doing trying to cope with the shit going on. I’m done with it after tomorrow, I should say. I just want to watch a long movie and fall asleep to it. Then I’ll get my life right.