I've been in a downwards spiral for a while, turning to the worse this weekend. Today, I had my first session with a new therapist and explained all the things that are pushing me down right now, one of them being that I'm about to lose my work practice in a month. It's an absolutely awesome Place with people who understand me and have a similar background as myself, so I don't have to explain if I feel bad.
My therapist ordered me to do fun things, go to my work Place as much as I could muster and asked me to Contact my unemployment administrator for a meeting with him, so he can convince her to let me stay longer, because it would be good for my mental Health. He is kinda awesome for doing that and it took a huge load away. Now to hope she will listen to him.
A few days into my new job and I'm honestly loving it. One of the bosses that I don't have to work with much micro-manages whenever he's around, but he's trusting me more. And I leave work every day with a smile. I smile when people ask me about it or when I'm just telling my friends or old co-workers about how it's going. I'm genuinely happy and enjoying working with food and having a certain sense of pride that people are satisfied with things I prepare and or make.
@Ignotum Grats man. I just finished up my community college this spring semester. Took half a year off for a break since I had been going spring/summer/fall for the last two years. Which one, if I may ask?
Tell me and I forget, teach me and I remember, involve me and I learn. -Benjamin Franklin
Unexpected free U2 album that somewhat worried me, since it showed up after I got home from work in my itunes library and I was confused, but after giving it a listen, I'm loving it.
I work 10 day shifts and missed our company picnic. The president of the company asked me what my favorite restaurant was so he could give me a gift certificate there! Super pumped!
@Ignotum Grats man. I just finished up my community college this spring semester. Took half a year off for a break since I had been going spring/summer/fall for the last two years. Which one, if I may ask?
You may, although I'm only going to answer that I'm transferring into the California State University system. I don't feel like specifying exact city, but I'm majoring in computer science. I'm definitely pretty thrilled about it.
Im holding you to that @Jensen, I expect v-neck shirts, and wenches....LOTS OF WENCHES (..maybe some man wenches for me, and I will try and stomach a drink with the masses, without imploding.)
Im holding you to that @Jensen, I expect v-neck shirts, and wenches....LOTS OF WENCHES (..maybe some man wenches for me, and I will try and stomach a drink with the masses, without imploding.)
Hey, I have v-necks! And wenches! And bad things happen when I drink!
Ironcon '15: To the unemployment office and back again.
Maybe I'll come to the next Ironcon. If things go right, and I don't spend it all on these fancy new house mobs, money will be something I have more of soon. Haven't even finished my move yet and Sony Online Entertainment wants me in their office as soon as I get down there for a skills assessment.
Excited to get back to real, full-time work, especially in my career field (video games).
The big outage at the power plant I'm working at is starting in early October. So from then till February, I'll be working 6 to 7 days a week, 10 to 12 hours a day. MOOOONNNNEEEEEYYY!
It's been randomly turning off in the middle of calls and not working right and finally I was like, you know, I should maybe get a working phone for a 3-day car drive. Cuz, you know, axe murderers and stuff. I saw that creepy movie with Leelee Sobieski.
I go to the AT&T store and give the man my sad phone and sniffle and say I'm broken. He's like "Oh honey, let me fix you." We get to chatting and it turns out he's a gamer too, and that connection drove him into uber mode. He started swirling numbers and info around and found some magic in there and for somehow less than my currently monthly rate he got me upgraded and I got a free fancy new smartphone...and a tablet as well, for $1. And apparently my sister only uses 20% of our data available each month, so I have tons to play with.
I've never had a smart phone before. I have their weird sort of excitement about this. I TURNED ON THE TALKING GPS ON THE WAY HOME JUST BECAUSE I COULD.
Maybe I'll come to the next Ironcon. If things go right, and I don't spend it all on these fancy new house mobs, money will be something I have more of soon. Haven't even finished my move yet and Sony Online Entertainment wants me in their office as soon as I get down there for a skills assessment.
Excited to get back to real, full-time work, especially in my career field (video games).
Some of you know that I work like 20 - 28 days straight, 12 - 16 hour days, sometimes a LOT more. And that I live on a drilling rig while I do this. Sometimes I start feeling sorry for myself. "Poor little me, life is just passing me by!" I want to thank all of you, and give you all love for reminding me to be grateful. Grateful for all the little blessings that come my way. Thankful for all the things I DON'T have to worry about. You guys keep reminding me that none of our lives are perfect. That none of us have everything, and we all wish we had something that we don't. But in the midst of whatever any of us have going on in our lives, there still manages to creep in something to be grateful for. Something to be excited about. Thank you.
@Moirean I don't have a data plan with my go phone, but mine connects to the internet. I found out you can download maps of the country so your gps doesn't have to use data to dl them, they just use the phone's downloaded map. So connect to wi-fi, never much have to worry about data ^-^
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My therapist ordered me to do fun things, go to my work Place as much as I could muster and asked me to Contact my unemployment administrator for a meeting with him, so he can convince her to let me stay longer, because it would be good for my mental Health. He is kinda awesome for doing that and it took a huge load away. Now to hope she will listen to him.
I'm so ready. I feel like I've been in community college way too long.
I remember, involve me and I
learn.
-Benjamin Franklin
Also: http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/digital-short-legend-of-korra-uploader-special-announcement.html
edit to clarify: ironcon will still be a thing in the future. I was just lamenting Ironcon '14.
That being said, I'm quite sad that Ironcon 2014 never happened. I live in Vegas, so, attending would've been easy for me
(..maybe some man wenches for me, and I will try and stomach a drink with the masses, without imploding.)
Ironcon '15: To the unemployment office and back again.
Cheers to Ironcon '15: At least what happens in Vegas stays there...right?!
Excited to get back to real, full-time work, especially in my career field (video games).
I remember, involve me and I
learn.
-Benjamin Franklin
It's been randomly turning off in the middle of calls and not working right and finally I was like, you know, I should maybe get a working phone for a 3-day car drive. Cuz, you know, axe murderers and stuff. I saw that creepy movie with Leelee Sobieski.
I go to the AT&T store and give the man my sad phone and sniffle and say I'm broken. He's like "Oh honey, let me fix you." We get to chatting and it turns out he's a gamer too, and that connection drove him into uber mode. He started swirling numbers and info around and found some magic in there and for somehow less than my currently monthly rate he got me upgraded and I got a free fancy new smartphone...and a tablet as well, for $1. And apparently my sister only uses 20% of our data available each month, so I have tons to play with.
I've never had a smart phone before. I have their weird sort of excitement about this. I TURNED ON THE TALKING GPS ON THE WAY HOME JUST BECAUSE I COULD.
I want to thank all of you, and give you all love for reminding me to be grateful. Grateful for all the little blessings that come my way. Thankful for all the things I DON'T have to worry about. You guys keep reminding me that none of our lives are perfect. That none of us have everything, and we all wish we had something that we don't. But in the midst of whatever any of us have going on in our lives, there still manages to creep in something to be grateful for. Something to be excited about.
Thank you.