Acts of Kindness

12-19-12

Christmas party day, peeps!

There is something very satisfying about being incredibly white and trying to pull of saying, “What what?!?”

Ok, so I am feeling much more chipper this morning than I was yesterday by the time I was leaving work. Yeah, someone needed to be kicked square in the head, but I am over it and moving on. Shockingly, I didn’t bring the two flasks I threatened to. I will instead get drunk on holiday spirit.

I can drink later, anyway.

Work was just a nightmare in terms of people being stupid and lazy and not wanting to take responsibility for their job. I vented a blog on the internal site, to which the VP of sales actually read and responded to. That’s right, people of power actually follow me. Hee! He gave me some amazing ammunition to show that I was in fact correct in my anger. So I emailed him with some more intensive details on the situation that raised my hackles. We shall see what that does.

But now, I can just sit back and chill. I have the Christmas Party at 11:30 this morning, which takes up the rest of my day. Hell, I will even get some OT since it goes till 1:30, which means I won’t get leave work until like 45 minutes after my normal work day. There is supposed to be nummy food and silly games. Honestly, I could make fun of it, but I see no need to. My company, despite its stress issues, is really amazing when it comes to these kind of shin digs.

I am rockin my holiday threads (yeah, I am trying out random words I don’t use. Feel free to laugh) and especially enjoying my light up Christmas Light necklace. I also have the earrings I made out of Christmas ornaments. I am very festive.

Today when I do get home, we will go to KROQ and pick up my Tarantino box set. I am quite excited!

I am pleased to say I only have 3 presents left to get. I did very good!

There is a lot of drama with the kids and their friends of late. A couple weeks back, the Anthony freak out incident truly caused a rift with the dynamic in the group. Anthony had not come to play since that day, and the first time we saw him was at his birthday party. He told me how he really wanted to apologize to Zack for everything that had happened. I told him that was wonderful.

On Monday, Anthony came out to play with Bobby, Dax, Zack and Jess, and the latter two ran home. Bobby came to let me know and within a bit, I had all 5 of the kids in my front yard. I discussed what was going on. Anthony apologized and also explained to me how he was now on meds that would help him with his anger issues (he proudly proclaimed they last 8 hours). I asked Zack if he forgave Anthony, to which he said he did. I also inquired if they still all wanted to play. There was some uneasy answers, mostly surrounding a question on if they were still allowed to. Zack seemed to think his dad was against it. Jess, the much more level headed one of the two, told me and Zack that their dad had said it was all up to Zack if he wanted to play with Anthony. I didn’t want to be responsible for kids playing when they were not allowed to, so I told them if they truly wanted to play with Anthony, they should go speak to their dad. Sadly, they did not come back.

Ken went and talked to their dad. He is of the same mind set as us, which is, Anthony had a bad day and it appears that he is getting help for it. We have dealt with Anthony significantly longer, and are not as worried about him doing anything out of control. Their dad agreed and said it was really up to Zack.

Yesterday, Anthony didn’t come out to play, but Zack and Jess did. Dax and Zack, normally super buddies, kept fighting. I came to find Zack leaving in a huff. He had decided Dax was being unfair about some game. I had seen him be super dramatic in the past, and when I discussed it with all of the 3 remaining kids, it sounded like Zack was over reacting. Dax, though, understood from my discussion with them that clearly he was having a bad day and that there was some miscommunication, so he offered to go and apologize to Zack. Zack didn’t come back, but I did explain to the three remaining kids that they are all friends, and that they would fight from time to time. I know this is all just kids being kids, but it had been interesting having these deep conversations with them. It even had Bobby and I discussing friends in my life that I have been stupid about and stopped talking to. It was like having your own epiphany robot. Bobby is very good at making one realize their own soul.

The boys and I will go watch Ken play some soccer tonight. He has two games, starting at 8. Yeah, way past my bedtime, but what the hell, right? We will probably not stay for both, but we will see.

I am embarking on the 26 Acts of Kindness project. It is where you do random, small good deeds for people in a way to remember the 26 people who lost their lives at Sandy Hook. I have a checklist, and I made copies so I can include the list for every act I do. Some of the things people have done are very simple. Leaving flowers on peoples’ cars or tipping 100% on a bill. I think it would be fun to go down to a Torrance school (since they are still in session) and make sure to bring some cookies or something to the teachers there. I will see about making some cupcakes this afternoon and take them down to the school tomorrow when I get home from work. I need to do this. I need to have something good with this horrible event. If it means I step out of my normal mode for 26 people, I feel slightly better.