I almost can't believe it..
Today at work, I got a card in the mail. Surprising, nobody sends cards to caseworkers.
It was a simple, beautiful thank you card, no return address. I opened it up and the first phrase it said inside:
"Thank you for being a lady when I so clearly was not."
It was from that woman who called me a you-know-what and threatened me last week. I have never received such a complete, sincere, and humble apology. She did not make excuses for her behavior, simply apologized profusely, said she felt horrible and knew she was in the wrong, said it was not my fault, and asked for forgiveness. She also sent back the business card I gave her with my supervisor's name on the back, and she wrote "I don't need this as I have no need to call your supervisor."
If I had more emotional energy, I think I would have started sobbing right then, and still be sobbing now, 4 hours later.
In other news, I got so little sleep last night. I stayed up a little too late talking on the phone (suddenly I'm 16 again...), and then woke up at 3am, my left eye swollen so much that I could barely open it. So I freaked out and went into the bathroom and looked at it, and it was all...ohhh sorry those of you with weak stomachs...gunky. So I got out my saline solution and cleaned it out, but was still freaking out!! I put some ice on it and that did make the swelling go down, but I was so freaked out I called the urgent care clinic by my apartment just to check on their hours in case I needed to go in the morning.
I kept waking up to adjust the ice, and when I finally went to sleep...I slept through my alarm. Thankfully, my supe is pretty understanding about such things, I just worked through my lunch break today.
Which means I didn't eat until just now, but I did have a coffee earlier on, which was dumb, because coffee on an empty stomach just makes me want to cry and cry. And even other than the card, it was a very emotional day.
I feel like a drain on everyone I talk to right now so I'm going to cut this off, and post something when I'm back to myself again...I'm too naturally happy to be doing this crap.
It was a simple, beautiful thank you card, no return address. I opened it up and the first phrase it said inside:
"Thank you for being a lady when I so clearly was not."
It was from that woman who called me a you-know-what and threatened me last week. I have never received such a complete, sincere, and humble apology. She did not make excuses for her behavior, simply apologized profusely, said she felt horrible and knew she was in the wrong, said it was not my fault, and asked for forgiveness. She also sent back the business card I gave her with my supervisor's name on the back, and she wrote "I don't need this as I have no need to call your supervisor."
If I had more emotional energy, I think I would have started sobbing right then, and still be sobbing now, 4 hours later.
In other news, I got so little sleep last night. I stayed up a little too late talking on the phone (suddenly I'm 16 again...), and then woke up at 3am, my left eye swollen so much that I could barely open it. So I freaked out and went into the bathroom and looked at it, and it was all...ohhh sorry those of you with weak stomachs...gunky. So I got out my saline solution and cleaned it out, but was still freaking out!! I put some ice on it and that did make the swelling go down, but I was so freaked out I called the urgent care clinic by my apartment just to check on their hours in case I needed to go in the morning.
I kept waking up to adjust the ice, and when I finally went to sleep...I slept through my alarm. Thankfully, my supe is pretty understanding about such things, I just worked through my lunch break today.
Which means I didn't eat until just now, but I did have a coffee earlier on, which was dumb, because coffee on an empty stomach just makes me want to cry and cry. And even other than the card, it was a very emotional day.
I feel like a drain on everyone I talk to right now so I'm going to cut this off, and post something when I'm back to myself again...I'm too naturally happy to be doing this crap.