Friendship vs Reality

I was hesitating for over a week whether I should blog this story, since my friend kinda got over with it. But it just gets on her nerves everytime she thinks about it...

A friend of mine (A), and her 2 friends B and C are church friends. After knowing that Friend A needs a career change, Friend B offered to help her submit her resume to his organization. That's very nice of him, since he helped her speed up the process. Two weeks later, my friend received an invitation from the company to attend an info session. This is a good start, so she dressed up and went to the orientation. She was surprise to see one of her church brother there, and of course, he was also referred by Friend B. The info session went pretty well, very informative, however, a little disappointing. Job responsiblities and salary were unexpectedly disappointing. And she thought it's totally OK to talk about how she felt about the job description with this fellow brother and friend C. On a side note, Friend B and C are very close friends, to a point that we all think they are more than close friends.

A few days later, my friend was fortunate enough to have a first interview. So once again, she made her trip to Surrey Central...looking fresh and professional, did her absolute best on the interview, except that she tripped on one question :P. So that was it, went home and waited for their reply.

Here comes the climax of the story. A week after the interview, friend B sent my friend an email. He asked her not to stall the company and the hiring process, and that she should let them know if she's not interested in the position. Wasting other people's time is unethical and unprofessional. I was in SHOCK when I heard this. Wow...when did my friend get a job offer that she's not even aware of herself? She was like....XO&#Z%@X&..wth...

I don't know what had happened or whether misunderstanding has occurred. However, as an adult, friend B should have been more responsible for his words. Until this moment, my friend is still confused about this whole thing. I don't know what advice to give her, all I can say is, think twice before expressing your thoughts to others, even to your close friends, especially when professionalism is involved.

First Day Back to Work

The feeling was like a small child holding onto mommy and feeling nervous on the very first day of school. The difference is that I was holding onto Caitlyn and not wanting to step out of the house. It was tough, very tough, and not a good feeling. This is the only time that I hope I could make the clock stop moving. But at same time, I want the week to pass by quickly so we can see daddy again. Why is life full of contradictions?

As a "new trainee" on the job, I had to spend the morning to familiarize myself with the new applications and switch myself back to the work mode. Then things started to come back after a little while, as if I was there sitting at the same spot yesterday. It's hard to believe, but it really did seem like yesterday to me. Hopefully things will go smoothly for the rest of the week.

A Tough Week Ahead

Ray left to DC for a conference today. Before he left the house, he woke Caitlyn up for a big hug, and thanks to him, she didn't want to go back to sleep because it was almost 9:00am, normally she sleeps until 10. Since she wasn't fully awake...the way she snugs inside me tells me she's sleepy, I decided to put her back to bed, but the process took almost 3 hours. From past experience, I know the feeling is back again. Everytime Ray is out of town, I have depression or separation anxiety (yup, not just happen to babies), no exceptions this time. I guess mainly because he has become part of my everyday life, or my "daily bread". Just hope that the week will be over soon.

It's time! I'll be officially back to work tomorrow, after staying home more than a year. Everything has changed, staff changed, management changed, computer system changed...I'll be a total new stranger. Hope I can adapt to the new work environment.