Category: Personal

Despite the weather, today has been a good day. This morning I managed to get my free-to-me HP Envy 4500 scanner working again. It turns out that it helps to use the right keywords when searching for solutions to problems. Previously I had been searching with the keywords “scanner not working.” What I should have…

This morning I had the orientation for the new job that I am supposed to start on Monday, May 11th. It was an orientation via Cisco Webex which consisted of a high level overview of everything. I know I at least have the basic ability to handle it yet I am nervous and jittery. The…

I have realized something very important about myself and that is my default emotion is anger. When experts talk of emotion and emotional intelligence, they talk of anger management and anger control. Today I had a sudden epiphany as to why I am so angry, combative, and impatient all of the time. My anger actually…

Today my attitude has changed towards the job that I am about to start. Rather than looking at working in environmental services for a hospital as a personal failure on my part, I am looking at it as a new chance and a new opportunity to re-invent myself. Certainly I wish I could be working…

As the title reads, I snagged a job and I wish I could be more excited about it instead of feeling defeated. I really wanted a job in Information Technology but I have to give up on that because nobody wants to hire me. I cannot even get my resume past the HR staffers and…

This morning I feel like a kitty that has used up 5 of his 9 lives. I cannot concentrate on anything to save me life I just want to sit here and cry. This week was tough because it oscillated between excitement and now despair. I would be lying if I said that thoughts of…

Now that I have some extra time on my hands, I am going to take a deep dive into WordPress. Unfortunately, the job that I landed I won’t be able to take because I won’t be able to stand in one place for 8 hours at a time. So, I am back to the drawing…

I have finally landed a job but it’s not exactly what I had in mind. I got hired as an Emergency Security Officer position which basically means that I go on a deployment to an area further than 100 miles from my home. The company that I will be working for pays for travel, hotel,…

It looks like I have developed one of the side effects of Abilify that can cause muscle stiffness and cramping. I let my doctor know because these could be signs of a potentially serious problem. So she pulled me off of it and placed me on a short prescription of muscle relaxers while the medication…

After six weeks on a new medication that is supposed to help with anxiety, depression, and even help with sleep I can say that, at best, I feel only marginally better. The medicine is Abilify, or in the generic from, aripiprazole. I suppose at least I do not feel weepy but I sleep still eludes…