Ok, things are starting to look up a bit. I'm not really sure if it's because I've been seeing the naturalpath again or if it's just my situation improving but either way I'm relieved.

The Zellers that I am working in is actually really, really good. I have to say that so far I am enjoying it. The people I work with are lots of fun and I seem to fit in really well. Even the fact that it's a half-an-hour away from my house seems to be a good thing. By the time I get there in the morning I'm pumped and by the time I get home at night I'm calmer. The fact that the drive is 15 mins in town and 15 mins on the highway helps. That and the fact that I'm going early enough or late enough that there are few other cars on the road.

Speaking with my trainee counterparts we all seem to agree that we're really glad that the presentations are over. It's like something snapped right after and the stress and pressure of the past few months just disapatted.

Strangely enough after I gave my presentation my former "coach", who was sitting there, spoke up and talked about what a tough team I had and that they were all very impressed with how much hard work I had done. Um... thanks? I think... I think that after seeing the other presentations and listening to mine she may have realized what a tough time I had had in the past number of months. Sadly Pam's coach was asked by one of the Zellers Managers what exactly it was she was supposed to have accomplished during her time at The Bay and he couldn't tell us. He just sat there and blabbed a lot of nothing. I felt somewhat vindicated for her as it proved without a doubt that she had been set up for total failure.

Another interesting situation that's developed is a friend of mine had asked me to meet with a friend of his who was looking for work in cosmetics. So I met with the guy and he turned out to be absolutely perfect (well aside from the mohawk... I'm not joking) for a position in cosmetics. So I called up the old store and told them I was sending him up. Well they met him and loved him and instead of offering him a cosmeticians position they are offering him the role of Department Head. So my old mentor called me last night and wanted to ask me about him. I told her the little I knew about him and that was it I thought. Getting into my car last night though I turned on the phone and there was a message from her asking me to call her at home. I did and she asked if she could call me back later. I told her not to worry about it. She called back about an hour later apologizing for the late hour and asked if I would call her at work tomorrow. Now I'm really confused. Not sure what to expect here but could it be... maybe... an apology?