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December 2015 Moms
heatmill
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Very, very bad day.
heatmill
member
I've been hardcore struggling with some fierce depression for the past couple of weeks. Dunno if it's just hormones or being off my crazy meds, but it's been hard. I missed a week of work due to the depression and awful nausea/sickness.
Woke up this morning to find out that SO's father had a heart attack. So he goes to deal with that, and I go to work for the first time in a week. SO's father, it turns out, is okay and stable. Still however a stressful, scary situation.
Halfway through my work day, I'm called into my boss's office. Now, my last day was supposed to be Friday, as I'm starting a new job next week. But the administration took it upon themselves to "accept my termination as of today," despite this Friday having been our agreed upon date for months now. I wasn't being "fired," however they told me to collect my things and disabled my key fob almost immediately - which I found out because I'd gone back to drop off my uniform, and it didn't work. When my boss saw me she said, "Is there anything I can help you with?" My other boss gave me the cold shoulder for the entire day.
I've been at that place for almost a year. Not for one day have I liked it, but I worked with kids and I poured my heart and soul into it every single day. I've often left that building crying, sweating, bleeding, or all 3. I was a valuable employee and it is so overwhelmingly angering and confusing to me why they would act that way towards me and essentially fire me only 4 days before I was scheduled to quit.
So now I'm sitting in the airport ready to go visit my brother. Figured I might as well take advantage of this week off. I'm kind of scared about puking all up in the plane, though. And very nervous about being away from SO for so many days, especially being so emotional.
Anyway. I'm feeling very down and just need some of yalls power of uplifting that I see on this board so often.
Woke up this morning to find out that SO's father had a heart attack. So he goes to deal with that, and I go to work for the first time in a week. SO's father, it turns out, is okay and stable. Still however a stressful, scary situation.
Halfway through my work day, I'm called into my boss's office. Now, my last day was supposed to be Friday, as I'm starting a new job next week. But the administration took it upon themselves to "accept my termination as of today," despite this Friday having been our agreed upon date for months now. I wasn't being "fired," however they told me to collect my things and disabled my key fob almost immediately - which I found out because I'd gone back to drop off my uniform, and it didn't work. When my boss saw me she said, "Is there anything I can help you with?" My other boss gave me the cold shoulder for the entire day.
I've been at that place for almost a year. Not for one day have I liked it, but I worked with kids and I poured my heart and soul into it every single day. I've often left that building crying, sweating, bleeding, or all 3. I was a valuable employee and it is so overwhelmingly angering and confusing to me why they would act that way towards me and essentially fire me only 4 days before I was scheduled to quit.
So now I'm sitting in the airport ready to go visit my brother. Figured I might as well take advantage of this week off. I'm kind of scared about puking all up in the plane, though. And very nervous about being away from SO for so many days, especially being so emotional.
Anyway. I'm feeling very down and just need some of yalls power of uplifting that I see on this board so often.
Re: Very, very bad day.
Do yall have any advice on Zofran? I've got it with me, as well as Dramamine. I'd like to go ahead and just take one to be safe. The Dramamine might be nice to just knock me out but it's a short flight so not sure if I want that.
Which/when to take it? Anyone have experience? I currently have about an hour until liftoff as I was probably going to take it once I got on the plane.
Feeling a bit better today. Thank you all for your positivity
Each thing you face looks overwhelming and impossible as you walk into it, but your own strength and the help of good-hearted people around you (ask for it!) will get you thru easier than you expected, and everytime will make your next challenge more manageable.
I'll bet there are a lot of us out here who are taking this plunge newly off our meds for the benefit of these cute little things we're growing, and I really hope that anyone who needs it will not hesitate to throw an SOS thread up - I'll be there, stat.
And ps @heatmill, you should feel great about leaving that work situation. Your bosses sound vindictive and less-than-mature, which is no way to run a company or manage a staff so good riddance. You're walking into something much better, stay positive girlfriend.
I appreciate your advice so much. You're totally right and I don't belong there. My new job, which I start Monday, is really my passion and I think it will be a much better situation for me. Definitely feeling positive about it.
It sounds from your post that you're sort of going through a similar situation regarding medication - I wish you the best as well. I'm experiencing feelings that I've never had to deal with before, so I think it's good for us to know that there's other women on this board who can offer some hope or encouragement on the topic. I hope all is going well for you and baby.