MY NEW HOME AT THE PHOENIX

Leaving Rosemont

When I first came to the Phoenix cafe, Lorna and I talked about food and what I was doing at Rosemont and Rose.  She said she had enough people committed to coming and working for her and that it was too bad I was so unhappy at Rosemont.  By the time our visit was over and I had to return to Tralee with the bike, Lorna said I should just leave there and not take Rose's bad treatment.  When I got back to Rosemont and joined the party there with about 30 of Rose's family and was completely ignored by everyone except Rose's son, I knew I had to leave...and soon.  I knew I would be telling Rose the next morning that I would be leaving.  That night Lorna sent me an email saying I should come there and stay and work starting on Tuesday.
So I made the decision to leave Rosemont and go to the Phoenix cafe' as soon as I could speak to Rose.  Monday morning came and Rose would not tell me what I needed to clean until 11:30 a.m.  Then she told me that 5 rooms needed to be done completely.  Then she went over to her side of the house and I didn't see or hear from her all day.  Cleaning rooms 'completely' takes a lot of time.  Sometimes when guests stay a few nights like the workers and students do, all you have to do is make the bed and change the towels.  It's not a 'complete' cleaning.  Doing the windows, mirrors and glass shower doors is quite tedious.  There must not be a single streak or smudge or hair or piece of lint anywhere.  Rose will inspect.  So I worked the rest of the day and got everything as clean as I could.  Rose finally came out of her apartment, still in her pj's from the morning and told me how 'pissed off' she was at me from the day before.  At that point it was very easy to tell her I would be leaving the next day.  She said "that's fine" and nothing more.  I went upstairs to my room in tears.
I emailed Lorna and said I would be on the 8:30 a.m. bus to Castlemaine and would be arriving there at 9 a.m..  She said that's great and she'd pick me up at the bus stop.
The next morning with 2 suitcases in tow I walked the 2 miles to the bus and felt a huge relief.