Co-Head Lifeguard...? Eh?!
Friday and yesterday have been grinding on my patience and willpower to a very fine dust. This week, I'm just hoping nothing will spark my anger and set me off. To clarify, this coming week is our week-long summer staff in-service training. For six hours Monday through Friday, I am part of a leadership/support team that will be running our in-service. Friday and yesterday, six of us (Carol, Kurt, Erin, Atticus, Lynette and myself or eight if you include Caitie and Tobie) spent hours upon hours in the Cyclone Room talking about what it means to be a leader and how we want to create a better environment and more professional staff.
Yesterday, we were supposed to begin at 9:00 AM. The day before, Kurt had been griping and whining about pushing the time to Noon. Like Hell if the rest of us wanted to stay at the pool until the sun went down! He didn't show up until Noon, which was conveniently at the same time as his private swim lesson. 20 minutes into the meeting, Carol made me head lifeguard. I was shocked, but went with it. We laid out our plans over the week and I started a rough spreadsheet for various skills and group rotations. Kurt was there for the afternoon part of our meeting. Ten minutes before we wrapped things up, Carol turns to me (in front of everyone) and says, "Cherise, I know Kurt wasn't here this morning, but would you mind catching him up on what we discussed and planned? I want you to be co-head lifeguards. You two work well together, don't you?"
As relieved as I was that I wasn't just "Head Lifeguard for the Day", it still irritated me that she couldn't have asked that after the meeting and in private. I wasn't going to flat-out disagree and argue with her about Kurt's behavior in front of everyone else. *sigh*
I'm flattered that she thinks I could be head lifeguard, but I hate that it feels like the position was given to me under such circumstances. I felt almost like I was being "settled for". I know that's not the case, but I can't help what I feel.
Anyway, last night, Natori, Erin and I went to Rally the Troupes 6 at SF SOMArts. IT WAS AMAZING!!! I swear the only thing that could have made it even more fabulous would be if a glittery unicorn had pranced through the audience on a rainbow with fairies and pixies flying around our heads. I felt a hundred times better after watching Emily (dressed as a very sexy iPhone) and Elese (her older sister) perform. There were so many great performers! I'm definitely buying my ticket for next year!
Yesterday, we were supposed to begin at 9:00 AM. The day before, Kurt had been griping and whining about pushing the time to Noon. Like Hell if the rest of us wanted to stay at the pool until the sun went down! He didn't show up until Noon, which was conveniently at the same time as his private swim lesson. 20 minutes into the meeting, Carol made me head lifeguard. I was shocked, but went with it. We laid out our plans over the week and I started a rough spreadsheet for various skills and group rotations. Kurt was there for the afternoon part of our meeting. Ten minutes before we wrapped things up, Carol turns to me (in front of everyone) and says, "Cherise, I know Kurt wasn't here this morning, but would you mind catching him up on what we discussed and planned? I want you to be co-head lifeguards. You two work well together, don't you?"
As relieved as I was that I wasn't just "Head Lifeguard for the Day", it still irritated me that she couldn't have asked that after the meeting and in private. I wasn't going to flat-out disagree and argue with her about Kurt's behavior in front of everyone else. *sigh*
I'm flattered that she thinks I could be head lifeguard, but I hate that it feels like the position was given to me under such circumstances. I felt almost like I was being "settled for". I know that's not the case, but I can't help what I feel.
Anyway, last night, Natori, Erin and I went to Rally the Troupes 6 at SF SOMArts. IT WAS AMAZING!!! I swear the only thing that could have made it even more fabulous would be if a glittery unicorn had pranced through the audience on a rainbow with fairies and pixies flying around our heads. I felt a hundred times better after watching Emily (dressed as a very sexy iPhone) and Elese (her older sister) perform. There were so many great performers! I'm definitely buying my ticket for next year!