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The first day of full-time work was brutal. I think this was because of a couple of factors. First off, and this is the main reason why I am retiring so early, doing this job takes an enormous amount of emotional energy, and doing it for ten hours at a go is exhausting. So I wasn't used to that. Then, it was a Saturday- most of my calls are usually from teachers when I worked all weekdays, but on the weekend, it's a lot of angry non-custodial parents, folks in psych hospitals, police in emergency situations, and other similar situations where people are really angry or charged up. I got one call from an Italian guy from New York who was upset that his mom was keeping him from seeing his grandmother, and he was straight up screaming at me; I had hoped I was forever done with New York Italians screaming at me, but I guess not. Anyway, I was in tears by the end of the shift; I'm really hoping that I can get my full-time sea legs quickly so I can finish up these shifts.
In light of that, as previously mentioned, I've scheduled all of my leave for days off. I tried to get Saturdays because evidently those suck the most (but I'm getting paid shift differential, so I guess that's cool) but when I couldn't I went for the next closest day, basically. I will be inventing things to be celebrating on these days. Here's what I've got so far:
All those days off for JoCo starting this coming Friday- and I have to say, I was nervous about going when they announced it was on, but Christ am I glad now. Celebrating the reunion of the JoCoNauts.
28 March - Flula Borg's birthday
5 April - Stan Ridgeway's birthday (Wall of Voodoo singer)
23 April - John Cena's birthday
6 May - astrological Beltane (halfway point between spring equinox and summer solstice)
21 May - midpoint of Mercury retrograde (looking for something better but that's what I've got for now)
I'm also going to try really hard to make sure I walk every day. I think part of what contributed to my mood tanking Saturday was not having walked the couple of days before due to nasty weather. It is starting to feel like Dad was right about this one thing, and one thing only- exercise helps mood.
I got a reply from my boss' boss about the trans bill. Her reply was this: "Per the governor's order, we are sending those that meet the interpret [sic] of the law as intakes. If the situation comes up and you have misgivings, do staff with a supervisor and/or a PA. Thank you for being honest." Okay, this word salad doesn't make a lot of sense. At first read it sounds like "do what the governor says," but a closer read seems to contradict that- because 'the interpretation of the law' seems to point to the fact that this letter Gov. Asshole wrote is just a letter and is not "law" in any sense of the word- our definitions of abuse and neglect come solely from the Family Code which makes no mention of any of this bullshit. I will deal with this as it arises; I suspect that the chances I'll actually get a call on this are very slim, but I guess we'll see.
In light of that, as previously mentioned, I've scheduled all of my leave for days off. I tried to get Saturdays because evidently those suck the most (but I'm getting paid shift differential, so I guess that's cool) but when I couldn't I went for the next closest day, basically. I will be inventing things to be celebrating on these days. Here's what I've got so far:
All those days off for JoCo starting this coming Friday- and I have to say, I was nervous about going when they announced it was on, but Christ am I glad now. Celebrating the reunion of the JoCoNauts.
28 March - Flula Borg's birthday
5 April - Stan Ridgeway's birthday (Wall of Voodoo singer)
23 April - John Cena's birthday
6 May - astrological Beltane (halfway point between spring equinox and summer solstice)
21 May - midpoint of Mercury retrograde (looking for something better but that's what I've got for now)
I'm also going to try really hard to make sure I walk every day. I think part of what contributed to my mood tanking Saturday was not having walked the couple of days before due to nasty weather. It is starting to feel like Dad was right about this one thing, and one thing only- exercise helps mood.
I got a reply from my boss' boss about the trans bill. Her reply was this: "Per the governor's order, we are sending those that meet the interpret [sic] of the law as intakes. If the situation comes up and you have misgivings, do staff with a supervisor and/or a PA. Thank you for being honest." Okay, this word salad doesn't make a lot of sense. At first read it sounds like "do what the governor says," but a closer read seems to contradict that- because 'the interpretation of the law' seems to point to the fact that this letter Gov. Asshole wrote is just a letter and is not "law" in any sense of the word- our definitions of abuse and neglect come solely from the Family Code which makes no mention of any of this bullshit. I will deal with this as it arises; I suspect that the chances I'll actually get a call on this are very slim, but I guess we'll see.
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Date: Mar. 1st, 2022 05:48 pm (UTC)From:I'm sorry this is so brutal. I think a walk is good. Being outside, with the world.