RE: RE: How's everyone today?

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Thanks for responding. I am going to see if I can track down a copy of this

book. Please let me know what you think as you get more into the text. Has

anyone else read this book? If so, what did you think?

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I am truly blessed to have their love and support. The funny thing is that

I am totally happy living with my sister, which is something I never would

have imagined. There's a 14 ½ year difference in our ages and she was

always more like a mother-figure to me than a sister. On top of that, we're

very different in terms of politics and religion. But, over the last twenty

months that I've lived with her, we've become so close and discovered that

we do have much in common, despite our differences. So, in spite of

everything bad that's come out of having F

«I know what you mean about being humbled. We chose to move so that

he could take a higher paying job, but it just barely coveres what I was

making, but it doesn't seem like as much because of the higher cost of

living here. I run tight all the time and never quite make it to the next

pay period. He is grumpy with me and I am grumpy with myself.»

I'm very grumpy when money's tight, too. I have always been the type who

wants to pay her own way, even when I was married. Money was always an

issue with my ex-husband. He made decent wages, but worked long hours and

sent $400-500 a month home to México to his elderly parents, so we never had

much extra... Now I'm totally on my own and at the only time since I was

about 15 that I have been unable to work long term.

«I have been playing with the idea of trying to get a job, but I just don't

want to put my little one in daycare and I can't leave her with grandma for

any length of time because of my mothers heart condition. I am unsure if I

could even handle much of anything. I can't sit for long and I can't stand

in one spot and I have to sit frequently for a few minutes at a time.»

I've thought of that and I have come to the conclusion that it's not gonna

happen for me unless something changes. I am pretty much incapacitated at

least 4-5 days a week and I can't predict from day to day how I'll be

feeling the next day (or sometimes the next hour). Scheduling even

part-time work would be a nightmare and I can't imagine any employer being

indulgent enough to allow me to be absent on a regular basis.

«You all know the drill. It hurts to stand, it hurts to sit, it hurts to

lie down, and it hurts to move around. It also hurts to grip anything

tight. It hurts to lift anything over 10 pounds. And then there is the

excessive bathroom trips that would make any boss mad.»

Oh, boy, can I ever relate to that! Luckily, I had a very understanding

boss on my last job. I found out recently that he stood up to his superiors

for me when they wanted to fire me instead of honoring my disability claim.

«I AM enjoying having more freedom in my schedule.»

Me, too, really. I just wish I felt well enough to take advantage of it.

I've been thinking of calling the City Schools here and seeing if I can

volunteer a couple of hours a week to help out in the elementary school near

my home. It would be good for me to get out of the house and I miss working

with the kids-- I'm an el ed major-- but I'm worried about letting them down

if I start something I'm not well enough to finish.

" Let there be beauty and strength, power and compassion, honor and humility,

mirth and reverence within you, "

-Mareth

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" it's me, Mareth " wrote:

> Me, too, really. I just wish I felt well enough to take advantage of it.

> I've been thinking of calling the City Schools here and seeing if I can

> volunteer a couple of hours a week to help out in the elementary school near

> my home. It would be good for me to get out of the house and I miss working

> with the kids-- I'm an el ed major-- but I'm worried about letting them down

> if I start something I'm not well enough to finish.

I'm sure they could find you something to do that you didn't have to be there

for all of the time. I could see if they wanted you to read to little Susie

every Friday that could be a problem, but surely, they have a " help out in the

library " or " watch the lunch crowd " kind of job that you wouldn't have to be

there every week for. I'd love to do some volunteering too, but I'm way to

undependable for even a few hours. I wish I could guarantee I could make six

hours a week because I could go work for someone I use to work with. She'd be

understanding about me being sick, but I just can't do it.

Darcy

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" it's me, Mareth " wrote:

> Me, too, really. I just wish I felt well enough to take advantage of it.

> I've been thinking of calling the City Schools here and seeing if I can

> volunteer a couple of hours a week to help out in the elementary school near

> my home. It would be good for me to get out of the house and I miss working

> with the kids-- I'm an el ed major-- but I'm worried about letting them down

> if I start something I'm not well enough to finish.

I'm sure they could find you something to do that you didn't have to be there

for all of the time. I could see if they wanted you to read to little Susie

every Friday that could be a problem, but surely, they have a " help out in the

library " or " watch the lunch crowd " kind of job that you wouldn't have to be

there every week for. I'd love to do some volunteering too, but I'm way to

undependable for even a few hours. I wish I could guarantee I could make six

hours a week because I could go work for someone I use to work with. She'd be

understanding about me being sick, but I just can't do it.

Darcy

[Guest guest]

" it's me, Mareth " wrote:

> Me, too, really. I just wish I felt well enough to take advantage of it.

> I've been thinking of calling the City Schools here and seeing if I can

> volunteer a couple of hours a week to help out in the elementary school near

> my home. It would be good for me to get out of the house and I miss working

> with the kids-- I'm an el ed major-- but I'm worried about letting them down

> if I start something I'm not well enough to finish.

I'm sure they could find you something to do that you didn't have to be there

for all of the time. I could see if they wanted you to read to little Susie

every Friday that could be a problem, but surely, they have a " help out in the

library " or " watch the lunch crowd " kind of job that you wouldn't have to be

there every week for. I'd love to do some volunteering too, but I'm way to

undependable for even a few hours. I wish I could guarantee I could make six

hours a week because I could go work for someone I use to work with. She'd be

understanding about me being sick, but I just can't do it.

Darcy