Re: Re: trying again
  By: Nancy Backus to Damon A. Getsman on Tue May 19 2015 19:49:28

 NB> Well, I suppose with better income outside of that job, you have a lot
 NB> less hide in the issuer... ;)  And, I suppose also that if he hasn't
 NB> improved any since, others will probably do the complaining up the
 NB> scale... :)

  Yeah from the amount of uproar that was going on at that dude over just the
few weeks he's either learned by his trial through fire or else he's ended up
well known in those corporate circles.  The dude was a nice enough guy; I don't
hold anything against him, really, but there are just certain skills that you
need to have if you're going to be in management.  Being able to generate
schedules for your employees is kind of one of those baseline ones, or at least
having access to somebody who is good enough at it that you can delegate that
task to.

 NB> Seeing the people without any "feet" makes one less
grumpy about not
 NB> having "shoes"...  ;)  Years ago, I was an income
maintenance worker for
 NB> DSS... one does learn to appreciate what one does have, as well as learn
 NB> more compassion for those with a lot less...  :)

  You know you're very right about that part.  If I could handle the cut in
pay, it'd be nice again sometimes to go back to my former job as an intake
specialist, helping out those in desperate need of cash grants.  It really does
give a person a much better perspective.  It's so easy to fall into the whining
trap about problems that are so utterly petty, even in the first world, let
alone when compared with some of the issues that are going on in 2nd and 3rd
world countries.

 NB> Reinforcement that you are doing your job, and doing it well..  :)

  Always a wonderful thing to have, especially when you're a person as plagued
by insecurity and doubt as much as I usually am.  It seems to be that much
stronger where it's a sect of my life in which I'm responsible for a young/
innocent, also.  I suppose that's normal, but I know that I've always had a
much greater amount of insecurity than most others, partially due to my abusive
upbringing.  I'm just glad that I'm getting better at dealing with those things
now.

 NB> It seemed to have been helpful... she had very little delirium, which is
 NB> a major risk especially for the elderly in a stressful environment...
 NB> and she is improving steadily now that she is home.  She had to have
 NB> emergency bowel surgery, fortunately not worst-case scenario, and the
 NB> surgeon was quite happy with how she progressed afterwards... Maybe now
 NB> she won't keep having some of the bowel issues she was having...

  I am very glad to hear that things progressed well afterwards.  Bowel issues
are just no fun at all, either.  I really hope that the surgery has the
intended effects for her.  Updates would be appreciated.  :)  Even without
them, though, wishing the best from here!

 NB> Thank you very much.  :)  I don't worry... just try to get the the
 NB> packets when possible... This week the issue, beyond still being part of
 NB> "Mommy-care", is that I was away over the weekend for a
niece's wedding,
 NB> in PA near Pittsburgh... and this coming weekend, I have another trip
 NB> coming up, slightly longer... and no online access while away,
 NB> either....  ;)  RL always takes precedence where necessary...  ;)

  Gotta have RL taking precedence.  Otherwise you end up like some of the
people that I know IRL around here that have huge clusters of life tangled up
in knots while they're busy putting out reams and reams of content on tumblr,
diaspora, twitter, and god knows where else.  ;)  Who cares if you've got a
good net persona when the one that you're stuck in 'for reals' in your rotting
porksuit can't even find a clean pair of clothes to put on.  ;)
  More soon, I'm gonna see if I can't bust through a little more of this today.

  -D
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