November 28th

OKAY REALLY FAST BEFORE I HAVE TO GO

I know I just got done with the wedding post (which took me literally all day guys) But I really fast wanted to shout out to what exactly happened today at work. Today at work, I worked my first full day shift, so that was 8-5. Atleast, that was what my female boss told me, to show up at 8, and I even double-checked because I'd covered for the other receptionist gal in the morning before and I had to show up at 7:30 so apparently I got in trouble for following orders there. Then, halfway through the day, Sunrise Elementary went under lockdown and we received an email and a flood of phone calls from concerned parents. At first I was just telling them what was in the email - that there was an investigation of a bomb threat. But then I got concerned with if I was allowed or even supposed to be telling them that. I figured it was public information, but I still got worried and wanted to be sure. So I went into my boss, but he was in a meeting, and he quickly said, "Just send all the calls to Communications." I didn't love that advice, but I started doing it nonetheless. I tried to call the Communications lady myself to see if this was the right thing to do and all I heard was her say "They keep sending me all their calls" and then she hung up. So I figured something was wrong. I was about to go consult her when she came crazily out of her office saying, "Do NOT send me all these calls. I have to deal with the media. We sent you an email. Tell them what we sent you." I apologized and told her that was what I had been doing all along, but that HR had told me to send the calls to her. She said, "Well they're wrong!" And I basically left her with an "Aye-aye captain!" attitude because she's pretty cool. Later she came back and apologize and said she was "snappy" but honestly I totally got where she was coming from. So I took over. Best part was that the other receptionist building went dead in the middle of it all, no internet, no phone, but I managed it alone as the solo receptionist. And I also got a complicated and confusing phone call in the middle of it all, talking about referrals and whatnot. It was kinda crazy, but pretty fun.

Also, Atlantean got to join me for lunch. He has been getting kind of discouraged lately and I want to cheer him up and see that he has capabilities, but I'm not entirely sure how. I've been reading up on common causes and cures of discouragement. More on that later I suppose. :/

And Siren and I are going to Coco tonight! Though I've heard the Frozen short beforehand is surprisingly and almost exhaustingly long. So... excited for that! Even if Atlantean wants me to come home and snuggle with him, we both agreed we have to keep up relationships with people other than ourselves. I guess.

Whew! I did it! With six minutes to spare!
~Nymph