Fuming

Okay, being sick and angry isn't the best combination. Last night my cold got a little worse so Jakob braved the rain and stormy weather to get me some meds and some juice. He also brought me a treat: frosted animal cookies! He's vying for the Best Husband of the Year Award and so far, he's the top runner. =) Yummy frosted animal cookies. He knows that either those or a salty pretzel will work when I'm not feeling well. Peanut butter M&Ms and sour patch kids work too, but those are really a group party pick-me-up food.

Anyway, that is not what I'm smoldering about. So one of the organizations that Jakob and I volunteer with has a really crappy leader--in my opinion--and there have been some instances in the past little while that have proven to me that this person shouldn't be in the leadership position. Today, for instance, is one of them. We've been upfront with any of the information that we have and have collected information from other people regarding certain instances within this organization and its members. There has never been anything hidden from the "leader", yet this person claims that we have been withholding information and that we have been working behind their back. We haven't withheld anything and everything we've had has been told to this person every single time. No, it hasn't always been in writing, but perhaps that is my own fault for not following one of my own guidelines. I've been trying to keep my mouth shut on a few things, but as of right now I'm about ready to explode! We've haven't kept this person in the dark and we certainly haven't only been communicating with this person. Any time that something has happened, we have told someone along with this "leader". I'm smoldering right now with everything that I want to say, yet for the sake of the argument, I will let this person have their say in things, but come hell or high water, they will know exactly what my mind has come up with. We volunteer! We aren't getting paid! Yet this person is too soft and wants "the whole group to get along" when it is human nature that certain people just don't get along. I try. Really, I do try to get along with many different people. Being a teacher I have to. But I know that not everyone will get along and you separate or even remove the aggressor. And as of right now I am not the aggressor. I am not the one making life difficult for other people. Yes, we're all volunteers, but even volunteers can be asked to leave if things are not working out.

Arg. I'm just so sick of all of this. And having this on my mind while trying to teach and being physically sick isn't helping for me to get ahead or get better.

I agree with Bill Engvall in that "Stupid people should wear a sign saying 'I'm Stupid' then you would know not to rely on them".

Well, back to sniffling. *gross*