Week 4 Reflections... Cheers to Les!!!

This week has been very interesting. As some of you know (6 Sigma and Les), I have been experiencing technical difficulties with my internet service. Hopefully, my issue will be resolved soon. Nonetheless, I have been blessed to have good friends who allow me into their home to "take over" their computer in the evenings. They have even extended the offer for me to bring my son with me to their house while I do my work. I have learned that pride will hold you back everytime. I say that because when I lost my internet service, I tried to just deal with it all by myself. I was panicking about not being able to turn in my work and not really having the luxury of going out to a library to do my work. I was stuck and frustrated and I just kept it to myself.

It's funny that Les was the person who actually motivated me to ask for help. I explained to him in detail the problems that I was experiencing. I emailed all of my professors from my phone and explained the situation to them. I had one professor say "do the best you can, thank you". Another gave me a lecture about student responsibility and the reason he runs his class the way he runs his class. But Les actually responded as a human being. His response was didn't appear to be "scripted" or generic. His response gave me the push I needed to get over myself and my computer and realize that all I have to do is ask for help. I called one of my good friends and just happened to ask her if I could come over to use her computer. I explained my situation once again. She said sure, come on over. I was able to complete alot of work, however, her daughter needed to use the computer for homework so I called it a night and prepared to go home. She asked me if I had finished everything, I told her no but that I would try to see if a supervisor at work would allow me to use the computer the next day. She told me that she had the day of the next day (which is today) and that I could come back. I told her "no can do" because I would have to take care of my son and he goes to bed at 7pm. She simply told me to bring him and he could sleep in her baby's crib. All I can say is I'm blessed to have such good people in my life.

So here I am, in my friend's house, finishing up the work I couldn't get to last night. Thank you Les for being a person (and not a "nanobot" lol!).

I know this has nothing to do with the class, well, in a way it does because it's related to our professor. I am just a firm believer in recognizing the POSITIVE things that people do. We have enough negativity going on in the world today.