Hi bub!! Happy July!!! I legit cannot believe we’re in July already?? It’s also been a month since my first day in Japan. You’re also back home!! How does it feel to be back in your bed again? That’s one of the things I miss the most when I’m away, my bed and my shower. LOL
You messaged us while I was baking chocolate chip muffins 😂 which I won’t show you today bc I fully have a backlog of baking to show you since I’ve been back home so let’s goooo!!
In honor of finishing Ted Lasso season 2… well I have the finaly left of season 2, I made Ted’s shortbread!! I’m still waiting for you to watch it btw 🥺🙏🥺🙏🥺🙏
They were prettier before going into the oven…the pink half is topped with strawberry sugar. The brown half is maple cinnamon sugar.
I’m sorry these are verticle video 😅 I’ve been posting my baking stuff on instagram and just never filmed anything in landscape 😭
It feels good to be baking again. Although I do miss my trip a lot. It’s nice to get back to a normal routine.
Work has been work… the director I dislike is still someone I dislike. I had a meeting with him and felt really discourage during the last bit of my conversation about the ridiculous return to work policy that the company mandated right before I left. The conversation was basically: “if i have to do it then you have to do it, i can’t really so anything for you”. I told my supervisor that I do like, he told me he was really sad to hear that and would do whatever he could to help me.
On friday my supervisor gave me a call to update me about the situation I was stressed about (the mandate if me returning to office). The company shouldn’t hold any potential raise and/or promotion against me if I don’t come into the office to work, i think it’s a huge prejudice to judge my worth ethic based on whether I sit in an office when I proved for 3 years I was more than capable of working well at home. The company wants it because they’re paying rent but the employees have changed their whole lives in the last 3 years. Plus my whole team lives across the US and in other countires so I’m actually still sitting in zoom calls with all of them. My commute into the office takes 5+ hours every single day.
I’m sorry that I ranted for so long 😭 but anyway, my supervisor said he had a chat with our vice president, they both agreed that I’m absolutely vital to this team and it would be a huge loss if I were not apart of it anymore. My supervisor also said that he put my name out there for the next supervisor position that opens because I deserve it. 🥹 It feels so nice to have someone value me, acknowledge my work and to fight for me. It’s not been a easy transition for me on this team but my supervisor has made all the horrible moments I’ve had eith my director, a little bit more palatable. To know that my supervisor would advocate for my promotion and to state how valuable I am to the team really just makes me feel like I’m doing a good job 🥹
I have to write a letter to HR now to hopefully persuade them to make an amendment to my employee contract. Please send me good vibes!!!
I’m so sorry this was all long winded. I’ll write smaller letters after this for the next bakes! I’m also going to lesve you fan letters on weverse. Please look at them 🥺 we only get 3 per month without having to pay for more 😂 consumerism 😭 I’m so excited to see you next month!!
As always be safe, stay healthy and rest well. You worked so hard throughout all of Zeneration thus far!!! So so proud of you lovely.
Love ya like XO,
Justine