Later that day, during arts and crafts time, I decorated a white tile that said "Someone kicked butt today. IT WAS ME."
I'm dusting off that tile (after I find it) and hanging it back up on my wall because
I absolutely kicked ass today.
And, amazingly (ironically?), it was HR who helped me, in one shining glorious HR moment.
Can't get into details but HOLY SHIT I feel amazing and proud.
LATER: still feeling quite proud but now curious as well. I still can't talk about it but I am really wondering what people thought I would do with the information (which was false) that they chose to give me today.
Also feeling really disappointed in one of the parties, but the other one has proven time and again to be so corrupt that I am once again validated by their behavior.