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Today I come to work at my school and the first I'm told is that yesterday there was an incident between two students where one had brought a knife and threatened the other with it. Seriously, these things are not supposed to happen. School is a place where you should feel safe and learn how to become better at things.
Stay positive and be that bright star in the darkness
We gotta start with each person to make this a safer and better world, -hugs- for you
On a different note, I've been a resource teacher in a class for new arrivals (young refugees arriving from Somalia, Syria and Afghanistan mostly) whenever I've had time to spare from my busy schedule. They're an awesome bunch even though they have lived through trauma that would shake most adults. One fled on a boat from Africa to Europe, huddled in the engine room with a bunch of others, not knowing if they might possibly sink or be forgotten. Another walked for days with his brother across the border to the neighboring country only to fall down, exhausted when he couldn't walk anymore. A car came by, but only had room for one more body, so the elder brother put his exhausted little brother (14 years old) on the truck and kept walking alone. The younger made it here, to Sweden, but has no idea where the brother is or if he's even alive. Today another one of the kids came to me, giving me a hug, saying he might be transferred to a different town. He was -just- settling down here, getting friends and getting integrated into an ordinary class. We're fighting tooth and nail to keep him here where he feels safe, rather than have them send him elsewhere because there's so little room for all the refugees. I'm just hoping he's there tomorrow. :frowning: At least he's not being sent back to Afghanistan.
Sometimes these kids lash out in school, talking too much, crying because they miss their family and friends, getting angry over little things, and all you can do is be there, as a steady rock to lean on and tell them it's alright. They're safe now. Then something like the knifing happens, and you have to start rebuilding things again. It's tough work, but I'm glad I'm there to help. I wish more would, rather than get nervous about something new and unfamiliar getting close to them.
It's draining to have a family member sick, especially when anything that can go wrong essentially will. I want to help and can't because I'm away at school, so it's just a big cycle of stress and anxiety. The positive side is that my Dad, who never took his health very seriously, has made major changes in his diet. He'll have a lot of challenges, but maybe his latest stint in the hospital has scared him straight. For a person with diabetes, changes to the diet can make a big difference. Positive vibes.
(Spinesreach): Xiuhcoatl says, "Oh man, grab the children-corn. This is gonna be good."
No. She just casually bombs me with the fact that she has multiple tumors in her uterus. And that is all she knows till she does to see a specialist. Her regular OBGYN won't even talk to her more about her test results other than that.
Its just now starting to sink in. I want my mom. And I am 2000 miles away.
Fingers crossed everything will be alright.
Everything just keeps wanting to fucking break on me, I'm half tempted to just snap my fucking laptop in 2 and break everything in my god damn apartment. At least if everything is fucking broken, nothing else can fucking break.
I am trying my best to not panic too much but it is getting increasingly hard, I meet with the doctor tomorrow afternoon, and hope I can return with a love instead of a mad.
-Fingers Crossed-
Was rear-ended on my way in to work this morning -_-
Bright sides:
- Car still drives
- Despite being the wettest month on record (which is doubly remarkable when you live in a place known for being rainy) it was amazingly NOT raining at the time so I didn't have to slough through the rain to swap info.
- The guy was very nice and apologetic (totally his fault, hit me at a red light)
- I can now refute the smart-car-easily-demolished joke from personal experience
- I might be able to get my very-out-of-wack neck treated with insurance now
Overall, not ruining my day, but still a bit of a bummer.SO, they say 'go get an ultrasound'. I get THAT and now the thing's 2.38+ cm in size, and it is multi-nodular. I don't have any symptoms of hyper-hypo-thyroidism, but clearly something ain't right. THEREFORE, on the 18th I have an appt with an ear, nose, and throat specialist so he can look and determine if they want a biopsy or if I need thyroid medication and where my thyroid bloodwork is at, etc.
Kinda scary, wish it wasn't in Janruary, but it's coming closer.