I second that...
 | Current mood:  annoyed Category: Jobs, Work, Careers So I've been under the weather lately... what's new, right? I think I've been sick for the past two years or more... everyone who is anyone in my life knows the saga. First it was stomach pains which I thought were part and partial of an existing problem as well as stress related - that started late in the summer of 2005. Then all through the 05-06 school year I continued to have problems with stomach and flu stuff. It was lovely. I started a liquid diet that seemed to help things until the end of summer 2006 but then couldn't really afford it anymore so I had to go back to "real food" which started my belly up again. Then in January 2007 I went to the emergency room because I thought I was dying and come to find out the immense pain I'd been experiencing was from gall stones. From January to June I did the best I could, cutting out fat and trying to eat a bland diet, but the pain was still there. I got my gall bladder removed in June, thankfully, and over the summer of 2007 I lived illness free. It was amazing. Then in late October of last year, when I started a new job at a new school, I hit the germ jackpot and got the flu, a cold, mono, another cold, and now I'm getting over a respiratory infection that I've had for two weeks. On top of this I got a severe case of hives (which I've never had before) that piggy-backed the respiratory infection and flared up every time I had a fever. I'm on antibotics, pill steroids, inhaler steroids, a regular inhaler, benedryl and some other meds for other chronic stuff I won't go into. I can actually take a breath now without coughing up a lung, but I'm taking such a lovely combination of medicine that now my stomach is messed up again. YAY FOR ME! Now I'm not typing to make anyone feel sorry for me. I am fully aware that even in my immune system's ravaged state I am significantly more healthy than say, most of the population of HIV patients in Africa. I'm not looking for pity. God is good, whether I feel good or not. I am a little miffed, however, at a few of my family members right now, simply because I don't think they have a clue. Or, maybe they have a clue but choose not to acknowledge it. I'm not sure - they seem intelligent, but lately it's a little circumspect. Or, maybe they're just rude? Hmmm... maybe they're just rude when it comes to ME? I don't know, but something is definitely wrong because in the midst of I was told I needed to get a second job. Yeah. I've never had a problem with working two jobs. Technically I'm already doing that because I help out with my brother's business... plus I'm an on call tutor for my nephews when they need help with papers. I had a part time job from April 2006 to May 2007 at the Thomas Kinkade Gallery in the downtown mall until it closed. Before that I sold Avon on the side, before that I had a second job baby sitting, and before that was a barrista at a coffee stand. I have NO problems having two jobs, or even three for that matter. So why was I so offended when I was TOLD I needed a second job? What's the point of getting a second job RIGHT NOW when I have struggled making it to my first job? It doesn't make sense to me. Am I the only one who thinks this is illogical? Am I the one who's off? What's this about anyway? Am I around too much? Relegating myself to the garage and my bedroom isn't enough? Do I need to actually be OUT until 9 or 10 at night and not just out of SIGHT? Is it not enough that I'm up at 5 in the morning and you rarely see me after that except in passing? Should I go outside to use the restroom... maybe climb out a window? It's not my fault the room isn't built, yet. I'm not blaming anyone because they have been sick and haven't been able to work on it, why am I being told I need to get a second job when I've been sick? I mean, I see that having a second job means my debt gets paid off sooner, and I'm all for that, but who in their right mind tells a person who has been to the doctor 4 times in one week that they need to get a second job? Who does that? I can tell you who, but I'm going to let you guess. It shouldn't take too much brain power to figure it out. I know I don't know everything, but sometimes I think I have a better handle on reality than some who say I have no common sense about me whatsoever. Oi vey. Should I dare mention that spring break is coming up? I'll probably be volunteered to go work on a chain gang somewhere... I think I'll forget to mention it. |
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