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| Monday, July 13th, 2009 | | 6:26 pm |
| | Friday, July 10th, 2009 | | 9:28 am |
| | Friday, June 19th, 2009 | | 7:46 am |
I had my first monthly review at work yesterday, and I am now Officially Super Awesome. Everyone thinks I'm a wonderful asset to the team and are impressed with my abilities and personality. My boss is kind of flaky and has a short attention span, so she's amazed when I do things for her or make sure she does them herself. It's true... I'm Goddess' Gift to Office Work. We saw Up last night. It was great! Yes, of course I cried. | | Thursday, June 18th, 2009 | | 10:00 am |
Thought for the day...
Something that is particularly hard for me: "If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It's very important to be aware of them every time they come up." - Deepak Chopra | | 8:39 am |
| | Thursday, June 11th, 2009 | | 1:53 pm |
| | Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 | | 1:05 pm |
Quote of the Day
By Dr. T. Colin Campbell, founder of the most comprehensive study of nutrition and disease ever undertaken, regarding the Atkins and other high-protein/fat, low-carb diets: "You can also lose weight by undergoing chemotherapy or starting a heroin addiction, but I wouldn't recommend those, either." So I'm not an avid vegan like he is... but I see myself repeating this quote often in the future. Brilliant. | | 10:26 am |
Texas Legislature
There are some bills that I'm very glad didn't pass, but some really great ones that also didn't pass that I hope will come back up in the future. The State Schools have been a hot issue recently and are of particular interest to us at ASH. Although we aren't affiliated with the Schools except for both being State agencies, we're often confused or lumped with them by the public... so their bad reputation reflects poorly on us as well. There is not just widespread abuse and neglect of the clients, there is also gross mismanagement of the staff that I believe stems from serious corruption. The new reforms bill includes things like drug tests and background checks for staff and video surveillance in common areas... something the Hospitals have had for a long time and I think it's appalling the Schools have been left so far behind. The State will also now investigate abuse allegations rather than the School itself, a process the Hospitals have used for quite some time as well. It is absolutely ridiculous that this is just now being brought up... thank goodness for the media finally jumping all over this. If a society should be judged by how it treats its poorest and most vulnerable members... you should know that Texas is 49th in the nation in spending and programs for health and human services and education. It takes the entire country hearing about our "State School Fight Clubs" for the legislature to approve the exorbitant expense of BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR EMPLOYEES. Hurray Texas. | | Friday, May 29th, 2009 | | 9:01 am |
| | Friday, May 22nd, 2009 | | 3:06 pm |
New Job Update
The new job is going pretty well. I finished training yesterday so I'm in my office now. I have a fairly nice-sized office with a window and my own air conditioner. I can decorate it however I want so I'm pretty excited about that. They have a storage warehouse that I can go to and pick out any furniture I want and they'll take the stuff in here now away and bring up the new stuff, so I hope to do that soon. I may end up bringing some of my own stuff as well. The building I work in is really neat. It's the original ASH building and it's over 150 years old. I'm certain the place must be haunted, but no proof yet. But it's a beautiful building with some neat architecture and inside there are all these old pictures and museum-like displays of antiques that were used here at one time, plus a lot of antique furniture in the halls. And the grounds are beautiful with a lot of squirrels and birds. I saw two green birds today I've heard of but never seen before. There is a staff rec center, hiking/jogging trails, staff diner, etc. on the property, and a local family farm brings in produce once a week that you can buy (and you don't have to subscribe like a CSA, you can just get it whenever you want). Plus the regular state benefits as well, so it'll be really nice to have those when they kick in. I haven't gotten very much into my job yet but they're hoping to completely reorganize, centralize, and standardize the nursing department, so I'm going to be helping to make that transition and then helping to run things more efficiently. I'm pretty happy with it so far, making some good friends, and everyone here is really nice. Well almost everyone anyway, and I guess that's all you can ask for! (There is one woman in hiring services, a big black woman of the "ghetto fabulous" persuasion known to be racist against white people... and let's face it, I'm white as white can be. So she was rude and I stood up for myself, and I get the feeling that really threw her for a loop. She's pretty intimidating to everyone else. So I may have some issues with her in the future, but she is definitely the exception. Everyone else here, no matter what race, age, or gender, has been very nice to me.) I'm still supposed to dress "business casual" but on Fridays it's casual, and they don't have any rules about tattoos or colored hair. I'm dying to dye my hair again, but Mom and Lane are both opposed. :-( I probably won't let that stop me for too long though. I have had to/will have to be around the patients a little bit, but they give you training for it and it's pretty limited contact. It isn't so bad; they put on a fashion show Wednesday where they had a stage and "runway" set up and the patients could wear their favorite outfit and walk/strut/dance/pose to their favorite song. It was so much fun and so sweet I got all choked up, especially on the little kids. They are so precious, it's heartbreaking to think that most of these children have been abused and/or are wards of the state. | | Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 | | 1:32 pm |
I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | | 10:39 am |
| | Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 | | 6:36 pm |
FINALLY
After four months... WE HAS A NEW FENCE!!! It is cedar and pretty and hopefully puppy-proof. Hurray! | | Tuesday, April 14th, 2009 | | 1:50 pm |
Introductory Past Life Regression
My good friend Tara is hosting a group hypnosis session for introductory past life regression on Monday, April 27th at 7pm in Northwest Austin. It's only $20 per person and there is limited seating. If you're interested you can call 512-922-7860 or visit her website. | | Monday, March 30th, 2009 | | 12:11 pm |
| | Tuesday, March 17th, 2009 | | 11:15 am |
Anyone got anything interesting planned for Irish Oppression Day? ;-) | | Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 | | 12:26 pm |
I've heard that some employers are googling potential employees now (which I think is getting way too personal, but anyway...), so I decided to google myself just to see what comes up... and I found someone else in the world named Candice Freitag (my legal name) on Facebook. I am floored... neither name is very common. I never imagined there could be anyone else with that name. She lives in South Africa, but she's white so possibly English. It is just so bizarre. | | Friday, February 13th, 2009 | | 9:14 am |
Great Morning... sort of
I had the best drive to work ever this morning. When I got in the car Footloose was playing. "Oh good!" I thought. I love mornings where I get to sing and dance and make an idiot of myself in my car. I hope it cheers up someone else driving to work to see the crazy girl shimmying behind the steering wheel and yelling at the top of her lungs. It was followed by "Dancing Queen" and "All She Wants To Do Is Dance." So I got to sing and dance the whole way (it's a short drive). AWESOME. Okay, I won't lie. There's another reason I'm in a good mood this morning. Lane is coming over tonight for us to talk, and our phone conversation last night went really well. He kept referring to our house as "home" and making statements that could be construed as implying we have a future together. And instead of coming over later in the evening, after dinner and the traffic has died down, he said he was going to pack up his clothes, take them with him to work, and come straight home after work. Tara says that means he's coming home to stay... or else he would just leave his clothes and come over later. I hope so. I don't guess we're out of the woods just yet... but I am definitely the most hopeful I've ever been. It's a good thing I'm having a great morning, because as I typed this my boss tried to make me kill him. They're going out of town, again, for the next two weeks. Normally when they go out of town I work my normal hours, but I've just been informed that since they never bother to work anymore and are losing all their clients (my words not his), they're having to take money out of savings to pay me and they'd be cutting my hours from 40 to 25. So I told, as nicely and professionally as I could, that I have bills to pay and I need that money whether they want to be here or not, I think it's really unfair to me, and I would be looking for a new job. I think he probably expected it... he didn't look too surprised. And I've been doing this job much longer than anyone else anyway. Yes, my abilities to tolerate them are superhuman! Maybe I should add that to my resume... If you hear of any good job opp's let me know. I have a management degree, years of experience, type 85 wpm, and I am singularly awesome. And please wish me luck for tonight and keep us in your thoughts. | | Tuesday, January 27th, 2009 | | 9:04 pm |
I have a very bad flu. I am very, very miserable. Please send energy. I haven't felt this bad since the combo strep/mono that sent me to the ER. | | Wednesday, January 7th, 2009 | | 10:54 am |
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