I'm back & feeling like **me** again!

I'm feeling MUCH better today than I was when I posted last. First let me thank all you guys who read &/or responded to my vent the other day(s) & are actually back again! It's not always the most fun to sit & read through such rants & raves but I appreciate that I get the feed back & support from such cool people!

Just to follow up on what happened with the whole "Tammy situation," I went back to work yesterday it felt like I could've cut the tension with a knife. No one really talked in our entire office & everyone was pretty miserable. Our general manager Steve came in & he called me in. I really was afraid I was going to be fired. He has always been good to me & I know he likes me, but this whole thing went way beyond what it should've. He told me that I am on "warning" & if anything like that happens again I will be fired. Ok. That is ok because I know it won't. He said he was "soft stepping" the issue with me because he knows I'm pg & he knows I did not instigate the argument. He did tell me he would not be "soft stepping" as much with Tammy either (GOOD!). He also said he heard that Kevin lost his job and asked how I was handling it and apologized for me being in the situation. He seemed sincerely concerned. We discussed when I'd be going out on maternity leave & I told him I planned on going 4 weeks before my due date & staying 6 weeks after the baby comes (longer if I have a c-section) since that is what the state disability covers. He said that was fine but he was betting that I'd have a note about 2 weeks before that from my doctor saying I couldn't work (don't ask me why.. I didn't really get that). Before he was done I asked him the question of insurance (which has been weighing on my mind). As it is, I am fortunate to not have to pay anything for my insurance; my employer pays for me in full for my medical and dental (but Kevin is not covered~ he'd be $430/month extra!). I wanted to know if I would have to pay while I was out on disability or how it would work since it was not in the employee handbook. He gave me a 1/2 smile & kinda told me not to worry about it, he would figure something out & that is decided on a case-by-case basis. It really sounded to me as though I won't have to pay! That would really be amazing to me because I don't know how I'm going to afford it. Especially since I'm going to have to add the baby to the plan too. I think I'm just going to have to wait until it gets a little closer to see.

Anyway, back on topic... we had a brief meeting w/all of our billing department & Steve after he talked to Tammy & we were both told to apologize to everyone. I felt terrible about what had happened & I expressed that.. Tammy just said, "I apologize to everyone." Ok, really heart felt. After that it felt a little lighter in the room & I decided last night that I would bring in bagels & cream cheese as a sort of 'peace offering' today. When I walked in this morning Tammy was CRYING to the other girls in the office (P, C, & E). C told me that she was upset about what had happened with Steve the day before & she was afraid to lose her job. This afternoon I spoke to E & she said that she thinks the real reason that Tammy was crying was because everyone knows that she was wrong in treating me the way she did and she was feeling rejected. She also said that she had thought Tammy learned her lesson after talking to Steve but has decided she hasn't. She said nothing gets through to her. Oh well. A leopard doesn't change her spots! So that's over (thank god!).

I better get going. I have to do a lot of homework tonight. Will this semester ever end??

7 weeks until the semester is OVER!

~Kristina