I screwed up!

I published a post last week that showed me at my worst and betrayed the trust of the PVLD staff in the process.

When I am tired and cranky I have to work harder than normal not to let my frustrations show....and last week I failed miserably and let one episode over a minor issue overshadow all of the truly good things that our staff have done and contuinue to do to make PVLD a great library and a great place to work.

We're heading into some very challenging times and I have been very stressed about things like the challenge of reaching agreement on a new MOU that treats employees fairly as we transition to a new compensation structure and at the same time does not create unsustainable financial liabilities for PVLD as our tax revenues flatten. I can't yet see a way to make everyone happy in this process and it has been really weighing on me. And that's just one of the tricky issues on my plate.

I'm normally pretty good about managing stress, but over the past couple of months my work commitments and personal "stuff" have made it harder to fit in my usual stress-relievers.

The result was a blog post written in haste and regretted at leisure. I would like to to think I'm a better person than that, but maybe not....

To the staff whose trust I betrayed, I am truly sorry.

The post has, of course. been removed.