Robin E.
09-27-2009, 08:16 PM
This is difficult to write. I have almost done it a couple of times, but the guilt keeps me from it.
I enjoyed being a mentor in the first quarter of this year, so I signed up to do it again for the third quarter. However, after a single initial email to my mentees, I dropped the ball and stopped any attempt to do what I volunteered to do. Initially it was all very innocent, an out of town trip followed by the catch up that comes when mama is away. But then by the time I felt ready to be a mentor again a week had passed and I felt guilty about taking so long. Well, I have a bad and unbecoming habit of putting unpleasant things off, so day after day went by without me emailing my mentees and apologizing for not getting back to them right away and before I knew it a month had passed and then two. And all this time I avoided DSP because I was too ashamed to show my user name around here.
Now here I am two months later, and I am itching to do some digital scrapbooking and participate in DSP, but my guilt is such that I keep staying away. So, this is my public apology for failing to fulfill the commitment I made to DSP and to my mentees. I am sorry. I'll also send an personal apology by PM to GrandmaCrys and one of my mentees. I have lost the other's information. I will refrain from volunteering for anything unless I am willing to do both the pleasant and unpleasant things.
I enjoyed being a mentor in the first quarter of this year, so I signed up to do it again for the third quarter. However, after a single initial email to my mentees, I dropped the ball and stopped any attempt to do what I volunteered to do. Initially it was all very innocent, an out of town trip followed by the catch up that comes when mama is away. But then by the time I felt ready to be a mentor again a week had passed and I felt guilty about taking so long. Well, I have a bad and unbecoming habit of putting unpleasant things off, so day after day went by without me emailing my mentees and apologizing for not getting back to them right away and before I knew it a month had passed and then two. And all this time I avoided DSP because I was too ashamed to show my user name around here.
Now here I am two months later, and I am itching to do some digital scrapbooking and participate in DSP, but my guilt is such that I keep staying away. So, this is my public apology for failing to fulfill the commitment I made to DSP and to my mentees. I am sorry. I'll also send an personal apology by PM to GrandmaCrys and one of my mentees. I have lost the other's information. I will refrain from volunteering for anything unless I am willing to do both the pleasant and unpleasant things.