Yesterday's (and today's) journal
So last night was pretty good...
Carla showed up right when I did; we sat down and had a pretty good (albeit short) session.
She shows potential and it made me feel good to know I was making a difference.
We decided on upping the frequency of sessions; apparently she has more courses than just this one and would like to get it over with as soon as possible.
I'm not quite sure how this will play out; after all, I want her to understand this material.
So I had a good night.
The other thing bothering me has been work.
See, when I came back to work in January they put me on QA. I didn't object to this at first... in fact the whole reason I decided this last fall was because I wanted a change of pace. Maybe I really didn't want this.
But more than anything I want to feel like I did before--like I'm needed here, that what I'm doing makes a difference.
Even though I do now, it doesn't seem as much as before. I'm thinking of going to Doug and asking him to go back to what I was doing...
but then again, that could cost me my job. Or could put me in the position of being strongly disliked by Dave. I don't think he likes me after what I did last fall; so changing my mind once again might REALLY piss him off. Oh well... I'd like to do something rather than nothing.
I purchased a plane ticket for $420. Way more than I wanted to pay but I really had no choice. I'm going home this weekend. We will celebrate the three Padgett birthdays all in one day (me, Becky, and Greg). Everyone'll be home...
Carla showed up right when I did; we sat down and had a pretty good (albeit short) session.
She shows potential and it made me feel good to know I was making a difference.
We decided on upping the frequency of sessions; apparently she has more courses than just this one and would like to get it over with as soon as possible.
I'm not quite sure how this will play out; after all, I want her to understand this material.
So I had a good night.
The other thing bothering me has been work.
See, when I came back to work in January they put me on QA. I didn't object to this at first... in fact the whole reason I decided this last fall was because I wanted a change of pace. Maybe I really didn't want this.
But more than anything I want to feel like I did before--like I'm needed here, that what I'm doing makes a difference.
Even though I do now, it doesn't seem as much as before. I'm thinking of going to Doug and asking him to go back to what I was doing...
but then again, that could cost me my job. Or could put me in the position of being strongly disliked by Dave. I don't think he likes me after what I did last fall; so changing my mind once again might REALLY piss him off. Oh well... I'd like to do something rather than nothing.
I purchased a plane ticket for $420. Way more than I wanted to pay but I really had no choice. I'm going home this weekend. We will celebrate the three Padgett birthdays all in one day (me, Becky, and Greg). Everyone'll be home...