I've been fired from a PTSA position.

You have to practically be scum of the earth to be fired from a non-paid volunteer position. 

I had to help do it once to the Campbell Soup person who had been hoarding labels for 2 years without turning any in and she was FURIOUS, insulted.  She left the school shortly afterwards and she told a friend that THAT was part of the reason why.  She never had a reason for NOT doing her job.

Anyways, I DO MY JOB.  My job is to send out emails when people ask for help.  My fault, the reason why I am sure I am being fired - I don't go to the PTSA meetings.  My phone rang this morning as I was going out the door.  It was a lady name Mxxxx. It is an understatement to say I don't like her.  I liked her at first, 5 years ago.  I thought she was really funny and loved her sense of humor, but it turned out she was really mean & spiteful and only shares a good sense of humor with a select few around her, so I did not answer the phone.  The message "Demery, this is Mxxxx. Brenda the PTSA President asked me to give you a call since I know you.  She would like you to give me all the volunteer forms from the beginning of the year.  We've found someone that can take over doing the Volunteer position."

My response?  WOW.  It was a punch in the gut. That's the first time anyone has hinted that they have not been happy with my job.  I am going to email Brenda & Mxxxx back.  I am NOT calling that lady. They can have the 50 forms if they want but I have 306 emails in my volunter email lists because most people don't fill out a form, they just say "keep my on the list from last year" since this is my 3rd year in a row of doing this.  If they want those addresses, they are going to have to meet me somewhere and write down the email addresses from my computer.  I MIGHT be able to print a list. I can't decide whether I want to fight for keeping it or not.  It is my one connection to the school and Karli is proud of the fact that I do it.

Just another blow. 

Karli had a little melt down yesterday. She texted me from school that she just couldn't be there, that she was going to burst into tears for no reason and she wanted her mommy really bad.  She was breaking my heart.  I went & got her out of school at noon. She had been having an itching problem for the last 3 or 4 nights.  Itching all over her body for no reason.  It would start in one area and spread, getting progressively worse as it got later.  She has a faint little rash in a couple of places but not much.  It occurred to me yesterday when I got her that her itching could be stressed induced.  I told her Mo itches badly when she's really stressed out.  It also hit me then that we hadn't worked on her Father poem. I mentioned it and asked about it being due Friday.  She said she had thought it was due Friday but it was due Wednesday.  I asked if that could be why she was itching all week, because she didn't want to work on the poem.  She said "No" and burst into tears.  I told her we had to work on it that night, that she couldn't just NOT turn it in.

But you know what?  I have since changed my mind. It's not worth what it is doing to her.  She has a B in the class.  She can miss an assignment.  You have to pick your battles.