Ugh the last two weeks have been CRAP!!! But, some good has come of it. I'll share some good, bad, and ugly.
This week, I have learned:
1. Lexapro is a hell of a drug.
2. My body will crash my brain after 7 days of insomnia, and I will hallucinate by day 10.
3. My spouse has the patience of a saint.
4. The kickback of a gun is nowhere near as forceful as it looks.
5. I'm good at shooting!
6. I may or may not have a job right now.
7. I never expected to feel so indifferent regarding my employment status. It feels revealing to me to realize how unattached I feel to it. Maybe my dislike for it has really grown that much.
8. I feel like the Boy Child has suddenly grown more mature and its freaking me out a little. I know he's in the pre-teen zone, but I'm not ready for this. I find myself checking in on him often and smothering him with mama love just to make sure my boy is still my boy. *sigh* This poor child is stuck with me.
9. If you tell them to stop building....
They will.
(I find this hilarious to an inappropriate degree.)
10. The A-Hole Dog only likes the dog park if she's on her leash. She also acts like she feels incredibly violated when another dog sniffs her butt.
11. Go to the following thread. Go to top comments, find on page, type "Robb Stark". Only do this if you are caught up on GOT. Also, only do this if you are not offended by politics, and if you do not plan in any way to come back here and blast me for sharing a comment that compares Trump to Joffrey and Balon Greyjoy.
12. I like my ellipses with 4 dots, just like I like my lights (THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!!!!). Farawyn, we can take this outside if you want....
13. The spouse and I owe so much money in taxes that I can't even. We changed exemptions when we got blasted by state last year. Didn't matter. We owe thousands to federal and the state we live in. As in, we owe thousands to federal and thousands more to state. Can't wait to see how much the state I work in swindled. I swear to the Bearded Commander Riker that we had more money on one crappy income than we have now, with me working, too. Maybe I need to not work during grad school. :\
14. I am so excited for grad school!!!
I know I'm forgetting stuff. Boo! I'll remember right after the edit window closes, I'm sure!
Yes. You may even get lucky and make a good impression by actually speaking to a person! Good luck, crackle.
ETA: I meant yes, not No. The rest of my answer stands.
Thanks! I got voicemail, so I'm going to try again tomorrow and see if I can talk to a live person.
Yes, it is appropriate. It is also appropriate to bypass the 2-dimension app progress by not only doing the online app, but by also dropping an app off in person. But before you do that, you can contact HR, say you'd like to learn more, and cross your fingers you get contact info for a manager. Any personal, positive contact that brings your name off the application and into memory is a huge win!
I wish I could drop by personally, but it's a 3 hour drive so it's a little out of my way. I only got as far as HR and, even then, didn't get to speak with anyone. There's no rush, since the job posting was just posted. Saying a prayer that someone will hire me.
I am struggling like hell right now & in the middle of a depression. I want like hell for life to over, for the depression to be over.
*hugs ixchel* My husband & I are in major debt too. It sucks. To top it off we are broke & neither of us are working right now so I am right there with you.
OC, I hope you don't really mean it!!! Please hang in there and do what you need to do. the h**l with the money. Let them come after you; you can't get blood from a stone.
-A first head to toe assessment is not that bad either.
-Infected cysts are really painful. More so for the patient, who happens to be my husband.
-My inner wound-loving personality is loving the packing every morning but the wife part does not like it when the patient is in a tremendous amount of pain (packing a cyst without the assistance of lido = no bueno)
Ugh the last two weeks have been CRAP!!! But, some good has come of it. I'll share some good, bad, and ugly.
This week, I have learned:
1. Lexapro is a hell of a drug.
2. My body will crash my brain after 7 days of insomnia, and I will hallucinate by day 10.
3. My spouse has the patience of a saint.
4. The kickback of a gun is nowhere near as forceful as it looks.
5. I'm good at shooting!
6. I may or may not have a job right now.
7. I never expected to feel so indifferent regarding my employment status. It feels revealing to me to realize how unattached I feel to it. Maybe my dislike for it has really grown that much.
8. I feel like the Boy Child has suddenly grown more mature and its freaking me out a little. I know he's in the pre-teen zone, but I'm not ready for this. I find myself checking in on him often and smothering him with mama love just to make sure my boy is still my boy. *sigh* This poor child is stuck with me.
9. If you tell them to stop building....
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They will.
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(I find this hilarious to an inappropriate degree.)
10. The A-Hole Dog only likes the dog park if she's on her leash. She also acts like she feels incredibly violated when another dog sniffs her butt.
11. Go to the following thread. Go to top comments, find on page, type "Robb Stark". Only do this if you are caught up on GOT. Also, only do this if you are not offended by politics, and if you do not plan in any way to come back here and blast me for sharing a comment that compares Trump to Joffrey and Balon Greyjoy.
12. I like my ellipses with 4 dots, just like I like my lights (THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!!!!). Farawyn, we can take this outside if you want....
13. The spouse and I owe so much money in taxes that I can't even. We changed exemptions when we got blasted by state last year. Didn't matter. We owe thousands to federal and the state we live in. As in, we owe thousands to federal and thousands more to state. Can't wait to see how much the state I work in swindled. I swear to the Bearded Commander Riker that we had more money on one crappy income than we have now, with me working, too. Maybe I need to not work during grad school. :\
14. I am so excited for grad school!!!
I know I'm forgetting stuff. Boo! I'll remember right after the edit window closes, I'm sure!
What have you learned?
So sorry to hear of your troubles! Seems like a little black cloud is following your around. I wave my magic school nurse wand for your to banish them!
As my Mom would say (I still hear her voice in my mind) "This too shall pass".
Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
OC, I hope you don't really mean it!!! Please hang in there and do what you need to do. the h**l with the money. Let them come after you; you can't get blood from a stone.
So sorry to hear of your troubles! Seems like a little black cloud is following your around. I wave my magic school nurse wand for your to banish them!
As my Mom would say (I still hear her voice in my mind) "This too shall pass".
Hang in there ((hugs))
mc3 :)
I bow in honor of your magic school nurse wand, and say thank you, mc's mom!
This is exactly why I refuse to tell any employer I am bipolar. But my husband would say, "That's their experience, not yours". He just doesn't understand how stigmatized mental illness is. They are fine with me having epilepsy, I get sympathy for it. But the moment you tell someone you have a mental illness, game over. It's not the same.
Yes - do not disclose. Absolutely not. You will find yourself in the "liability bucket" and people will never look at you the same way. Epilepsy = "real" illness is less stigmatizing.
Your husband is wrong because you have no influence on how other people see you once you disclose and no control over their bias and such.
Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
Yes - do not disclose. Absolutely not. You will find yourself in the "liability bucket" and people will never look at you the same way. Epilepsy = "real" illness is less stigmatizing.
Your husband is wrong because you have no influence on how other people see you once you disclose and no control over their bias and such.
I never have & I never will, especially not after hearing all of these (horror) stories. I can't imagine what would happen to me if I told my boss at work that I was bipolar. When I was offered an interview for a prison position but turned it down because it was NOCs & I have epilepsy the DON was very understanding because she has Lupus & has seizures. But what would've happened if I told her I was bipolar?
I also told my husband that in Texas they can fire me for any reason & don't have to give me any justification for it. They can make up anything & don't have to tell me why they let me go.
I think it's so messed up that mental illness is so stigmatized because so many people live with it every day, more than people realize. You would think nurses would be more respectful about it but we are just as judgmental as lay people.
I never have & I never will, especially not after hearing all of these (horror) stories. I can't imagine what would happen to me if I told my boss at work that I was bipolar. When I was offered an interview for a prison position but turned it down because it was NOCs & I have epilepsy the DON was very understanding because she has Lupus & has seizures. But what would've happened if I told her I was bipolar?
I also told my husband that in Texas they can fire me for any reason & don't have to give me any justification for it. They can make up anything & don't have to tell me why they let me go.
I think it's so messed up that mental illness is so stigmatized because so many people live with it every day, more than people realize. You would think nurses would be more respectful about it but we are just as judgmental as lay people.
Yes, not only nurses but also physicians. I worked on a floor some years ago with a high percentage of patients with mental health problems/comorbs and "pseudoseizures" (ok - that is not the correct term anymore but otherwise nobody knows what I am talking about ...).
The staff was very judgmental all around. I was very surprised by it, but that is how it was.
I know physicians who have bipolar disorder or depression and go through great length of hiding it - for good reasons. From not using insurance to private pay to see a psychiatrist and out of pocket payments for meds to avoid any records with insurance.
Stigma is huge but unless you are a hero and do not mind loosing your job/career it is better not to disclose it. The ones who disclosed had to because of some erratic behavior that had become obvious or to avoid getting fired. I doubt they would have disclosed otherwise.
I never have & I never will, especially not after hearing all of these (horror) stories. I can't imagine what would happen to me if I told my boss at work that I was bipolar.
I remember disclosing-and I disclosed openly that I had PTSD...then there were the "performance concerns" when I made mistakes....they were securitized much more closely-won't make that mistake again!
I only feel safe enough here to disclose....the safety of AN!
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cracklingkraken, ASN, RN
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Thanks! I got voicemail, so I'm going to try again tomorrow and see if I can talk to a live person.
I wish I could drop by personally, but it's a 3 hour drive so it's a little out of my way. I only got as far as HR and, even then, didn't get to speak with anyone. There's no rush, since the job posting was just posted. Saying a prayer that someone will hire me.