just another day in email

Lately -- okay, for like the past 2 years -- I've kinda hated my job. It's only gotten worse, despite the fact that I keep getting promoted. Lately, work has been almost unbearable. Anyway, today was a typically crappy day, made worse because I got in an email tussle with my exec director because she's consistently being disrespectful to us.

But today was not all bad. I also got a really nice email from the professor of the UC_Dav1s class I was at on Friday to do a day-long workshop:

The workshop was great! Wai-Ling, you were really outstanding. I had several students make a point of telling me how impressed they were at your facilitation skills--gentle yet firm where needed. Insightful, keeping us on task and moving forward. Really good, and you've helped us move major steps forward in our work. Thank you!

These moments of being really appreciate at work are few and far between. Most of the time, I feel unnoticed, unappreciated and overworked. Getting an email like this makes me want to cry, which is kinda sad.