Happy Thanksgiving Everybody in the States! (a little late!)

November 28, 2008

Hello Everybodoy,

Hope those in the states here had a wonderful thanksgiving. We had a

very low-key holiday with just a few family members but enough food

for 5 times that many people!

I have some good news I wanted to share with you guys...

After 2.5 years of searching for a full time job after getting my

masters in social work, who woulda guessed in the not-so-great

American economy that I'd get HIRED!!! YAY!

I will be working for part of our welfare to work program doing

" Holistic therapy " with a really unique division in the program that

offers counseling along with nutrition counseling, exercise classes,

yoga, and acupuncture --all offered by venders who come on site... I

will be working my first full time job (Have done 30hrs per week

before, this will be 45!) and am very nervous.

I have 3 great attendants who are gonna help me as much as possible,

but the hardest part is the commute - it is 1/2 hour from home and the

hadicab service does not go that route!...the bus does but that is a

1.5 hr trip each way with transfers. My staff can thankfully drop me

off and even come some days for a bathroom break...but i cannot afford

the wear/tear on my van to have somebody come back all those miles to

pick me up (Essentially making it 2 round trips a day).

I'm considering using a taxi to get home and using it as a Impairement

Related Work Expense. I also have an ad out for somebody who already

commutes to that area to carpool - if they drive my car, I will give

them free gas for the favor (and no wear/tear on their car!) - I think

a great deal, but nobody interested yet.

Needless to say, the best bet is living closer, but because of my

debt, I cannot afford to move out of my parents home for about a year

with my bills that need to be paid off.

I'm freaking out, to say the least. I have this wonderful opportunity

but am scared that I cant figure out the transportation and wont be

able to do it!

Any advice? I also have the fear of what to expect the first day and

CAn i really do this, can my body handle it...

I worked so hard to get here, and dont wanna " fail " (in my eyes)

Wishing you all a wonderful weekend, and advice would be so appreciated!

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