I'm so irritated right now that I can't even think of a title for this post......

Last week I volunteered to do some office work at church. At the meeting, the Religious Ed Director (RED) said that they're also looking for volunteers to update four bulletin boards to reflect Lent/Easter and to do prayer testing (having kids recite prayers to a "tester"). Since I'm a SAHM, I figured I should do something with myself now that Bret is a little older.

The office work is easy and it's nice to get out of the house. I have a ton of ideas for the bulletin boards and just need time (sans Bret) to get them done before Lent.

Here comes the BS part - I went to church last night to do prayer testing. The RED let me know what I needed to do and then *BAM* she bitch slaps me with all this last minute BS about how I'm required to attend a workshop on risk management and children; I have to go through a background check and sign some waiver. FINE. I asked her if the workshop was local and she said "in Monroe County"; which is the county I live in....OK, that's not too bad, I guess. Well, I look up the workshop information today and 1.) There isn't a workshop offered in Monroe County, 2.) It's F'in 3 hours long, 3.) The closest workshop (from now until March) is 30 miles away, and 4.) Now I'm obligated to attend this workshop within 6 months since I did the prayer testing.

Honestly, I'm not mad about the workshop. I'm pissed that the RED didn't tell me, UP FRONT, about the requirements. If I would've known that I had to attend this workshop in order to volunteer (interact w/ kids) then I wouldn't have offered. Now I have until July to do this.

I don't like the "oh, by the way" bullshit. I DESPISE when people do that. The really sad part about this whole thing is that now I'll be very reluctant to volunteer for anything else the RED may be asking for help.