Long Day's Journey Into Night

What a week this has been! I must not have realized how much stress the incident at work was causing me. Last night I came home and fell asleep on the couch. I woke up long enough to drag my butt to bed and fell asleep for the rest of the night. For those of you who have been waiting with baited breath... The final outcome of the meeting came in a form of a "Final Written Warning." This basically means that out of 3 levels of steps they could have taken, they chose to take the most severe! I was a little shocked. I figured they wouldn't fire me, but I also didn't think they would act so drastically. I mean come on... it was the first offense and the rest of their investigation showed me as a model employee. The HR Manager said she felt that I had expressed regret and that she felt that I felt really badly about the whole situation, and yet she chose the route she did. I'm a little confused! According to my union rep, if I choose to file a grievance, I can get the final warning knocked down to a written warning. But that will mean at least 3 trips down to the hospital for meetings off the clock. At the moment, I'm not feeling that it's worth the time. I probably won't work there past the end of this school year anyway. As to the rest of my life, there's been other stuff happening, but I can't really think of what to write about right now. Besides, I need to get back to the cleaning of my house. My parents are going to be away for the weekend (it's their 35th wedding anniversary). I'll be staying at their house to care for their dog and my brother (Joe has Cerebral Palsy). Elisabeth will be staying at my house to care for my cats, which works out perfectly since she'll be running VBS this week. So, for tonight, I am signing off...