A few years ago when I worked with my family at the scrap metal recycling plant, I managed to disturb a nest of yellow jackets.... they swarmed me... and chased me... I'm not sure how I got away from them... I can't really remember... I do remember getting to a phone and calling Barry... telling him what happened, and his telling me to get out to the clinic... I remember that he stopped counting stings at around 50...
He treated me... gave me some medication for what he suspected would transpire... and told me what to expect... What I didn't expect for the next ten years would be that every time I would get stressed, I would break out in welts... sometimes they weren't too bad... sometimes, they were horrific...
When I got to my office this morning, there was a note for me that I needed to see my Division Chair ASAP... Rhut Rho... I almost immediately starting breaking out... I hadn't had on of these spells in a long time... I still carry benadryl with me out of habit so I was able to head off a serious situation...
The meeting with the Chair, although not bad news, didn't offer a great deal of hope... and really didn't go beyond what I've been told the past couple of meetings... so I am not sure why this meeting was necessary...
Then this afternoon, I was called into a meeting with the Dean... this was the one I cherished having because this guy has been invisible throughout the entire process... he has provided no leadership... no input... no "anything"... and I told him that he needs to step up and be a leader for us... I possibly overstepped my bounds a bit, but crap... what's he going to do?? Fire me?????
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The good news is that Michelle declared Margarita Time this afternoon at 3.00 PM... she and I went for drinks and just to get away from the office... she is a sweet sweet person... and needed to express her concerns for her fears about work... I'm a good listener... and getting to listen to a pretty woman talk while she buys me drinks??? I'm THERE!!!!!
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I was ever so close to doing something really stupid today... I am glad that my common sense protected me... I almost ordered flowers for someone who didn't deserve them... Good Boy, Shoes!!!!!
~shoes~
