Good gravy, it's been a while since I posted here, been seduced by FB!
So, since my last post, Deanna has broken up with BF #1, had a summer BF, they broke up, and now she is loving the single life (thank the stars!) and had "The Best Week Ever" for her first week of 10th grade.
I'm still looking for work, the job market doesn't seem to have improved much over the last 9 months, in fact I suspect it's actually worsened. I've also turned 35 (ugh!), but had a great birthday.
In psychiatric circles, things have been better. Following the death of my step-mother and subsequent loss of my job, there was some depression (lucky me) and a couple of really rough months. Things have gotten much better! Of course, I've always been a paragon of better living through chemicals, but think I'm finally on the right cocktail of chemicals. Who knows what it's doing to the rest of me, but at least my brain seems to be working better.
I'm considering moving again, my tiny apartment is a little claustrophobic at times, and a physical move might just go well with my mental one. Alas, the unemployment issue may present a problem there. Of course, I'm great at procrastinating, so maybe another move will wait until I'm working again. Still pursuing hospice work, but applying for anything I remotely qualify for. I figure I'm up to close to 200 or 300 applications and have had one, count it, one actual interview. Clearly I didn't get that job!
I can't say I'm no longer bitter about losing a job I loved, but I've come to terms with it, especially when I learned something new about my health. Prior to my step-mom's death, I was flirting with menopause, and now am officially in it. Hormone replacement hasn't been a miracle, yet, but the hot flashes have finally slowed down, and aren't nearly as severe as they were, so that's great. But it also gives me more insight into why I lost my job. Dealing with Norma's death, depression, arthritis, and then the mood swings and hot flashes that started in October certainly led to my poor attendance, frequent illnesses, and my being "overly emotional" (their words-work that is) at work, all of which led to my firing. Maybe it sounds like I'm a glutton for punishment, but I've actually thought about reapplying to my old work for a per diem on-call position, something where, if I can't go to work, I simply don't call in available that day. Again, as a queen of procrastination, I may or may not get around to looking at going back to that hospital, but have applied to several others for the same type of positions.
So that's it in a very large nutshell! I'm up to date, you're up to date (faithful reader-lol), and now that I can post from my BB I expect I'll be better about keeping the blog up to date as well as FB :)
