We made it to the last day of the Gratitude journal. they didn’t come out with one like this for September… it’s a little different. There’s a morning and an evening one for that but there are others. If you’ve looked them up on Facebook then you’ll see there’s a One-Word Journal for September. If you think I should continue, let me know…

Today’s prompt is Things you’re looking forward to next month.

I promised I would finally say what happened so I will on this last day of August since I’ve got to look onward and upwards for September. I have to say, first, that my GM, after she had resigned at the end of May, told me to get out, quick. She said upper management had it in for the wellness centre and it was going to be me. On June 24th, they came into my office and accused me of allowing staff to work when they shouldn’t have been. The situation had consisted of a phone call from staff, on a Sunday afternoon, stating that THREE of them needed to go home. I stated that if THREE left it would leave only two staff and if something happened we could easily get sued for negligence. I’d never even heard of the order they’d received or what the repercussions were. I’m a nurse, not an immigration lawyer. Anyway, after being accused of this, I said I know nothing about them and I stated that I didn’t want staff, myself or the home to be sued for negligence and I was told that wasn’t a good enough excuse and I was humiliatingly escorted from the building.

Deep down, I know I didn’t do anything wrong and that I had been warned. I was going to start cleaning out my office but I figured I had until the end of that week. Honestly, it would have been easier to walk in and tell me that they had different ideas and didn’t feel I was the one to carry those forward and to get out. To lie and accuse me of such things when it was something that would have been a teachable moment more than anything, and then screw me so I couldn’t even get employment insurance makes me wonder why I even went there in the first place and I have spent two months feeling regret and often starting to reprimand myself for not seeing it or for not getting out sooner. And I know I shouldn’t, but part of it is just who I am.

So that’s what happened.

So for this new month, I’m looking forward to the new job and a fresh start but I will also say, I’m terrified! I’m scared to death of upper management and making any kind of mistake. My trust in humanity has been shaken up pretty badly. But, still, on September 22nd I will walk in there and set myself to take on a new challenge.

Have a great rest of the Labour Day weekend!