I really hate that throughout the week I think about all the things I want to write on here but when I finally have the time to sit down to create a post I totally forget. =/ Ah well. This week was a bit all over the place. It was only a 3 day work week for me (another one next week= ) and an extremely boring one at that since the schools were closed. There are 5 other people in my small office. 4 girls and 1 guy. Lately there has been loads of tension between 3 of the girls and the guy. Its been really distracting and frankly just gets on my nerves. YES he can be annoying but the girls snap at him and are quite rude and no one will tell him what he is doing that is bothering them which I don't think is fair. Also because I spend a lot of time trying to keep the peace and being nice to him, its like the office has become divided. So I decided I was going to say something to him. I wrote the girls an email telling them that I was going to have a talk with him and one was ok with it but the other two didnt want me to. In fact, one of them said she thought things should stay the same...basically that when he does something that bothers them, they will handle it then and there and just tell him off. How immature is that! I told her, quite nicely, that I would not handle my own child like that and would definitely not do that with another adult! She is my age but still lives at home, doesnt pay bills and is extremely spoiled and immature. I do like her as a person but this situation with Mark has caused some tension between us. Well I did have my talk with him and explained to him some of the others concerns. There was a time when he was really slacking off (all 4 of us do the same job and the other girl is the marketing assistant) but I could see he was really making an effort. So he was ok with what I said and said he would rather be told when something was wrong than not so at least he can make an effort to change. I was really happy with that and although I was met with silence back in the office I knew I did the right thing. Its slowly getting a bit better but man do they love to gossip and talk about him the second he leaves the room. THIS is why growing up I had more guy friends than girl friends! Ridiculous!!!
The day of the memorial was really hard for me. I was struggling to not feel bad. I didnt want to sink into my depression again. My sister called and gave me some bad news which honestly left me reeling. I felt so horrible after that. I had to hold back tears for a good two hours. I was wondering if I would be able to enjoy the Memorial but I went home, did the reading in one go and felt so much better. I prayed that Jehovah would help me and he did and I was so grateful for that. We had a really nice Memorial with 146 in attendance (we have 70 pubs so it was double!) and no partakers. I have been on and off since then but no where as bad as I have been in the past. Its going to be a day to day struggle. But I am going to keep fighting.
Im really excited. We are working on going to Budapest next month for 6 days. Im really looking forward to it cause its not somewhere I would have normally thought of going. We have a friend who lives not too far from there and who we will hopefully be able to meet up with. I will let you know more about our plans as I have them.
Anyways, thats it for now. Be back soon. =)