Drama

Today was slow at Vance. It's been raining all day, so there have been no guests. I've spent most of my time working on the written aspect of my kitchen garden project.

Yesterday on the other hand was a difficult day with lots of drama. 

Yesterday was supposed to be planting day and Bob Bemis who works at Halifax came to help me, but it went in a completely different direction. My shift at Vance was 10 - 4pm so that we could get in the garden as soon as I got there, but when I arrived Bob was not there and I was told he would not arrive until noon. By the time he showed up it had been raining steadily for 45 minutes with no sign of stopping for the foreseeable future. Bob did not care that it was pouring outside and made me work in the rain. Once we got to the garden he charged in and took over. In his attempt to finish cleaning out the site he yanked out the Bee balm I had asked Dennis to leave in place when he was clearing out the weeds last week, and not once did he ask me what my plans or ideas for the garden were After about an hour of working in the rain, he went into the visitor center to see if Kimberly had returned from her meeting leaving me outside in the garden. 10 minutes later I went inside and learned that he was leaving and would not be returning because he felt that I was competent and fully capable of doing this project on my own. Because I was soaking wet and caked in mud, Lauren let me go home early which I was so grateful for. I was NOT happy. In fact, I don't remember the last time I was that upset. 

When I came in today, I told Kimberly and Lauren how I felt about what happened yesterday and after a long discussion Kimberly apologized and reassured me that he would not be back. I learned a valuable lesson from this whole experience. Sometimes you will work with people who are challenging and will push your buttons, but you have to speak up when you feel like they have overstepped their bounds otherwise they will continue to lay you flat. In other words, don't be a doormat!!!