🌸January 22nd, 2018🌸 I’ve been wearing a lot of pink as of late and can’t believe I’m not hating it 💕 This week has already started pretty roughly; • Both Jess and Dena got to work 40+ min late and were so revved up and full of attitude from the get-go. I had to explain to Shana why baby making music (even if it doesn’t explicitly say sex or any profanity) is not appropriate to play around 2nd graders, or any students for that matter. • There was SO much unnecessary chatter and sassy/sarcastic sniping back and forth between the 3 other women on our team, and it seemed like I was the only person actually giving the students the kind and calm attention they deserve when they’re in the chair. • When I’d go down to chart for the dentist, I’d have to have him repeat himself over and over because I couldn’t hear over their noisy conversations. It was easier to hear with the 2 hours of indoor recess chaos than it is to hear over their ridiculously loud laughing and shouting 🙄 I’m not sure if it’s because they’re all stressed out at home or if they’re just so used to working in a mobile environment with no definitive “boss” overseeing us, but it’s like all professionalism has gone out the window for them. We were supposed to have a team meeting after work to discuss the issues and concerns and communication barriers, but the dentist was so fed up with the whole dynamic of today that he flew out the door as fast as he could with nothing more than a “see you guys Wednesday” as he left. And if you push Dr. Kevin past his limit, then you KNOW you’re messing up big time because he is the most patient and forgiving person I’ve ever worked with. I wasn’t far behind him leaving, since Tony and I had a yoga/dinner/foot soak date planned after work. However, once I got to Tony’s, he walked up to the car with tears streaming down his face because he just found out minutes earlier that his uncle (who was his best friend and one of the kindest people he’s ever known) was gunned down in his own home in Honduras. We cried a lot together; yet Tony is such a strong person that we still did what we had planned for the evening, doing a grounding yoga video/meditation and talking a lot after dinner. It breaks my heart to have something like this happen to his family. It really puts into perspective how trivial the drama nonsense is that my dental team keeps creating. We should be enjoying and supporting each other, not teasing and mocking. Tell someone you love them today, let people know you appreciate them. Life is so precious and shouldn’t be spent holding stupid grudges or bringing each other down. Spread some love this week, as much as you possibly can ❤️