Patricia Danielle

im so busy at work that i would have given someone 100$ to get my water bottle from upstairs earlier today. i could actually visulize myself handing over 100$ bill in return for it. of course that is crazy. but so is how busy things are here.

i like michael bolton.

i really do.

it reminds me SO much of driving in the car with my mom back in the early 90’s.

my equation for a successful, meaningful life is god+family+hard-work.

today at work someone called me intense. and i am. i know i am.

i just called down to the student resource center to let the person working down there, that i am the late night administrator and ill be here until 8pm, even though i got here at 8am. thats 12 long-hard hours that ive been working today….since i didnt take a lunch. once we get fully staffed, ill be able to go back to taking lunches. for now, its a garden burger heated up in the microwave, an apple, and a can of tuna. a 5 point lunch.

after i told him that ill be here till 8, he said “between you and me, youre the hardest working person in the place.” i sarcastically said “oh great.” he reassured me with “i call it like i see it.”

and yesterday, as some drastic changes at work went into place, changes that are going to throw off goals and some of the other things we have been working really hard at, my counselors started complaining about it. about how much extra work is accumulating because of these changes. work that really shouldnt be theirs. i started to feel myself getting hot. and angry. so i walked out of my office and put a stop to the complaining. thank goodness they all agreed that we were better off without the complaining. plus, i dont think theyve seen me that frustrated yet. so they knew i was serious. later on in the day, one of my counselors saw me in the kitchen heating up my garden burger and told me “things are going to be ok. we’ll get caught up. you run a really tight ship and everyone here spends the whoel day working. at the learning center i worked at before, we spent 1/2 the day goofing off. even though we had double the amount of people working that we do here, we got 1/2 the amount of work done.”

a really tight ship. ok.

so im running a tight ship and im the hardest working person in the place…..and i guess, i agree with both. i love working with people whose ability i trust. i love working with people who spend their day working. working hard for one another. who are willing to help and do anything to make the process smoother. people who take advice and take constructive-criticism and use it to make their work more efficient and effective. its the type of worker/manager i strive to be and the type of people i have working with me.

with the waves and thunder and rain and sharks and wind…the ship is still sailing smooth. tight but smooth.