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I'm thinking I should leave dA because I'm never around anymore.

I lost my job six weeks ago . . . with everything so hectic last year, I forgot to renew my license, and they fired me because of it.  They fired me three days before my license was reinstated.  That really bites.  I really don't think this was about my licensure at all.   I think it was about the new supervisors using the situation to their advantage-- to hire people at the center that they wanted there.  You know, establish their own cronies.

I have an attorney and we're fighting to get my name cleared.  Originally, I was going to ask for my job back, but I've decided I don't want it now.  I think the new supervisors would find another way to get rid of me.

So, I've been working for 3 weeks now in retail, at Kohl's.  I really like the people there, but of course I'm not making any money to speak of.  

Those of you who pray, please pray . . .
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Well, just about another semester of school has passed, and I've been AWOL from dA.  :confused:

I had been signed up to take two classes this semester, but I found out quickly that it was going to be too much for me. :no: So I've been taking a research methods and statistics class.  It was very hard at first, but I think I've got a handle on it now.  Our  last class is December 5th or 6th, and we have a big project/paper due then.  

Our project has been to design a research study as if we're actually going to do it, and mine is on Asperger's Syndrome.

My life is pretty hectic. A lot of things are changing at work.  Our old director was asked to step down earlier this summer, so now we have a new acting director.  I thought she might be OK, until she fired one of our administrative assistants a few months ago.  It seems she didn't like the assistant's personality, but I never had any problems with the assistant.  I thought she worked hard and was nice!

On top of this, they are renovating the building, in part to make space for two more employees, but also because there was an incident earlier this year where a woman came into the building with a gun.  Anyway, so now they're changing the front of the building so that ppl can't just walk straight back to our offices-- we'll have to buzz them back through an electronic door.

To make matters worse, we are so busy that we now have a waiting list.  This is the first time we've had one  since I've worked here, which will be 8 years next year.  And guess how many ppl are on the list?!  Over 50 . . . :wow:   

I'm always behind on paperwork, and I have to stay late nearly every day.  I'm seeing about 30 clients a week.  That probably doesn't sound like a lot, but think of it this way-- I saw 7 clients yesterday and had no time for paperwork until after 5.

So, it's pretty tiring, and then I go home and do homework.  And last but not least, my husband got laid off at the end of September.  

Please excuse my venting . . .
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Weird Week

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I've been thinking about last week and just how weird it was.  Of course on Friday my friend Patrick told me it had been a full moon all week, so that explains it!

You may laugh, :rofl: but sometimes I really think there is something to that full moon stuff.  Especially since I work in the mental health field.  Not to downplay anybody's problems, but it  does seem like we get the most emergencies and  the most confounding issues when it's a full moon.  

Well, here's a list of all the weird stuff that happened to me  or that I did (yeah, you read that correctly) last week.

:bulletblue:  The garage door developed a mind of its own, sometimes working perfectly and other times not at all.  (We've had this problem before and my husband fixed it.  Now, he's said he can't tell what's wrong.)  Anyhoo, it's currently not working at all :shakefist:

:bulletblue:  :coffeecup:  One day the coffee machine was whacked.  When I used it in the morning, coffee grains went everywhere.  When I used it later that afternoon, I forgot to put the coffeepot back on :roll: and so coffee went everywhere on the counter and floor!

:bulletblue:  On Wednesday, which was my birthday :cake:,  I went out to dinner with several friends.  Not only was I late getting away from the office, but they burnt my dinner the first time around. :O_o:

:bulletblue:  All of us got some challenging cases at work.  We staff them every Monday morning.  It usually takes an hour or less to go over them, but this time it took 2 hours!  :spin:

:bulletblue:  Friday night I had arranged to go out to dinner with friends.  We had agreed to meet at one place, but what do I do?  For some reason, I think we're meeting somewhere else.  So there I am, waiting for everyone else.  

Then my friend Robin calls and asks what restaurant I'm in, b/c I had already left her a message saying that I was already there and had gotten us a table. So then it dawns on me that I'm in the wrong place!   Geez.  :no:

There are a few other things, but I'll leave it at that . . .

My dA Family:

:heart: :iconarumdamour: :iconplaguebearerbjd: :iconc21d47sw: :heart:







"It's all right to be afraid, . . . because this part won't be like a comic book. Real life doesn't fit into little boxes that were drawn for it."

the movie Unbreakable
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I feel like I should have issued a warning yesterday on the interview I did in October of last year with arumdamour.  Sorry about that.  

So, even though this is late, please read the interview and  my earlier poetry with caution, because it is rather graphic and disturbing. I feel bad for not saying anything, so please forgive me.  Some of you may want to skip it all together, and believe me, I take no offense at that at all.

For those of you who have already read or are going to read, I just want to say that I'm OK. I've come a long way.    

My Family:

:heart: :iconarumdamour: :iconplaguebearerbjd: :iconc21d47sw: :heart:







"It's all right to be afraid, . . . because this part won't be like a comic book. Real life doesn't fit into little boxes that were drawn for it."

the movie Unbreakable
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On Writing

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Some of  you have asked what motivates and/or inspires me to write, so I thought I'd share a few thoughts about it.    I've written poetry and short stories all my life . . . I don't ever remember not writing.   When I was a lot younger, I remember getting ideas from books or short stories that I'd read. For example, I remember writing a short story about a young girl who helps the police solve the mystery of a jade elephant that's stolen from a museum.  

As I got older and struggled with depression and other pains, I wrote to try and understand my feelings and to sort through events.  Once I wrote a story about a girl who is hurt and confused when her father remarries.  At that time, my uncle was getting remarried.

My poetry has evolved a lot over the past few years I've been here on dA.  My earliest poems are full of despair and rage about certain injustices I experienced in 2000.  Gradually, my poetry has become lighter and more hopeful.  Now I've poems based on happy childhood memories.  

I would say that my writing  is still an expression of my intermost struggles.  It's an outlet for me, a way to heal.  

Anyway, you might be interested to see an interview of sorts my friend arumdamour :iconarumdamour: did with me in October of last year, here.

Please feel free to ask any questions about this interview.     :)

:w00t:   Cheers!

My Family:

:heart: :iconarumdamour: :iconplaguebearerbjd: :iconc21d47sw: :heart:







"It's all right to be afraid, . . . because this part won't be like a comic book. Real life doesn't fit into little boxes that were drawn for it."

the movie Unbreakable
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