Saturday, September 24, 2011
I guess it is time for an update. I am not really sure why it is time, since blogging seems to be disappearing. Of my admittedly small blogroll, only two are posting with any consistency, and one other has recently updated. My tracker shows that in the last week only two people beside myself have visited this blog, though I am aware that there is one other person that can check if there is a new post without actually coming to the blog...however, I can simply talk to that person face-to-face. It's a bit of a vicious cycle...people don't come read, that makes me feel less inclined to post, which makes people less inclined to come read...not sure what the solution to that is, if there is a solution.
Well...the update. I have good news and I have bad/sad news.
First the bad/sad because I would rather end on an up note. Our elderly (16 years) kitty whom has had fairly serious health concerns over the last several years (heart murmur and borderline hyperthyroid dx'd 6 or 7 years ago, clearly arthritic the last 2-3 years) is dying. She is really D's kitty, and doesn't like me all that much, but I have been nursing and comforting her since Thursday because D is out of town until Sunday night. This involves giving her a natural pain med that a relative that is a vet tech recommended, mixing wet food with warm water to make it a gravy (and stinky) to encourage her to eat, standing guard at the same time so the younger two boys don't push her out of the way and take her food, carrying her back and forth to the water bowl and litter box trying to get her to use both, and checking every few minutes to make sure she is still breathing. *phew* She will barely eat a tiny bit, she barely drinks, I haven't seen her use the litter box since Thursday night, and she isn't grooming herself. I am basically just trying to keep her comfortable until D gets home tomorrow evening and is able to make a decision. Really, the decision was made a long time ago (if blah blah, then blah), and D is completely aware of the situation...I need her to be able to say good bye.
And...the good news. The interview went well. It felt like a 10-15 minute conversation, but when I hung up the phone, I realized it had been 40 minutes. I took that as a good sign...not the actual length, which I hear is about average, but the fact that it didn't feel long at all. To me that means there wasn't any awkward silences, stumbly responses, but rather a flowing conversation. On Monday I got a letter from them, not a thin one, but also not the fat one I was hoping for, it was clearly more than one page. The letter was to inform me that I was being offered a spot on the wait list for January, with an option to be reconsidered for May if no spot opened for January. There was a form to return to indicate if I wanted to be on the wait list or not and an envelope to return it (by Oct. 7). I filled out the form and mailed it at the post office before 8 am the next morning...and yes, I indicated I want to be on the wait list. I am hoping that my early response gets me a spot near the top of the wait list! So I am waiting by the phone, hence the picture. I really, really, really want to go to this school! Meanwhile I am preparing to start a CNA program at the local community college, and I have an offer of a job after the CNA (not as a CNA), if I don't get in for January. The job would be with my sis-in-law who is the clinical director in a sleep lab. I have been looking into the "ticket to work" program through SSDI. I would have to go talk to them when/if the time comes, but it appears that under the program, if I make more than 700ドル a month, I can continue to receive full benefits and collect pay checks, for 9 months. If I go past 9 months, then I get partial benefits (keep Medicare if needed) but if I am not able to work after benefits are reduced, then I get expedited reinstatement of benefits. It seems good, or at least worth a try if I am waiting to get into a program. At the very least, it would give me an opportunity to get some money put away for school or to pay down some of the student loan debt I already have!
~Sera
Posted by Battle Weary at 8:36 AM
4 comments:
Was nice to see a fresh post when I stopped in. I know I dont get to stop by as often as I'd like to, but you are thought about often. I am sorry to hear about your kitty. I have an aging cat too and it breaks my heart to see her losing her fire. She has also been a off and on sick cat.
On a positive note I am glad to hear that education and work are on the up and up for you. That is always exciting news and great for the ego and confidence.
Hope this finds you doing well my friend, and please know that you ARE thought about. Little prayers/positive energy goes out for you often.
I'm so sorry to hear about Kitty! Sounds like you are being very nurturing. Don't forget to nurture yourself as well as Diana. Sounds like good plans re the work situation. Pam
Sorry it took me so long to check your blog. I keep looking for you online instead of checking. The work thing sounds like it might be a good thing. I am sorry bout Pita, I imagine shes gone by now and give D my condolences if that is so
Hey there stranger!!! I'm making rounds one last time and then I am indeed finally going to pull down my blog. I don't really want to do that, but the insidious web has managed to connect my real self to this identity... albeit indirectly, but being in forensics that is not a good thing. I'd like to find a way to come back under another alias, but it just gets harder and harder to remain truly anonymous online. All I need is some defense attorney tracking down an obscure blog post from umpteen years ago and flaming me with it. Not that I'm in that spot yet, but the reality is, well... real. Sigh.
So very sorry about your kitty. The agony of losing a furred or feathered friend is for me somehow worse than a human one. We all come to an end eventually, but for those of us left here it can be such a sad place to be. =(
CONGRATULATIONS on your school interview and the job opportunity! I hope both will pan out.
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