sitting pretty in the hotseat

So. After two months of having it easy at work, I now find myself in the hotseat. Seems my brazen act of disobedience--that Labor Day episode--sparked a chain reaction in her. So that now, she's keeping an eye on me to look for opportunities to chastise me, or worse.

Not that I'm giving her the satisfaction of seeing me intimidated. Given, it seems I do make a lot of mistakes these days. Maybe it's just not my time or so. But contrary to what she's probably expecting, I own up to my mistakes and don't grovel for forgiveness like some sniveling loser. I look her in the eye while admitting my mistake, just to show she can't scare me just like that. And I think it frustrates her that she can't get under my skin.

I've been hearing some things too from the grapevine about the things she says about me. Of course, none of them good. One is even personal. I'm not surprised. Others have been warning me about her since the beginning, but I tried to keep an open mind since I think it unfair to judge her based on hearsay. But now I know the truth. That's really her nature.

But no, I won't let her ruin this job for me. Inexperience is my weakness, but by now I've learned some things. They are not enough, but I can still learn. And I am now more careful. I won't give her any more reason to see faults in my work. Damn, I'm gonna work hard to be good at this. She just wait and see.