Every so often you have to change things in your life to keep from getting bored. I changed this blog!! Other times, you make a change for other reasons. This week Misty and Velveeta stepped down from our two year run as Shelter Lead Volunteers. Writing our letter of resignation to FE was probably one of the hardest things I've had to do in a long time. The thing that made it easier was Misty was at my side, as she's been for the last two years.(She wrote about it better than I could, so I'm stealing it. Read it here) After we posted our letter to FE I felt... relieved. The next morning I im'd Travis at work to clue him in. His first question? "was there dramaz?" Surprisingly... no. It was just time.
At some point in the morning FE posted part of our goodbye to the volunteer forum. I should never have read what followed............ I spent the rest of the day crying as I read the posts that came in expressing thanks and appreciation. I im'd Travis again (its great that we work for the same company... I can throw in a work related thing "Hey!! Did you see how many SLA's breached?!? and no one would question it) telling him about my tearful day and he asked one question: "Do you have any regrets?" And even through the tears that I had shed, I could honestly answer "No." For me, my time has become a bit sparse. I had nothing left to give to the Shelter and can't see this changing anytime soon.
The final cut came today when our rights were removed from the forum and our tags were taken away. The forum was someplace I would visit MANY times a day and now I've just freed up more time in my day. Right now.... I might actually miss reading about breast and bum coverage but... I'm sure that will change in a few days :P
I did mention to Travis today that I don't think the sting of leaving will last too long. My new job is a lot like being a shelter lead; I'm still a babysitter except not for pixels!
I went to the shelter today, out of habit, and stood at the pool deck. I left. It's still a little too soon to be there....... maybe tomorrow..... or the next day.
1 comments:
booooooo no more vel threatening to ban tanis :( you were the bestest vol ever to ban me for amusement factor :P
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