PAPER WORK...YUCK!!
ME IN MY COMFY BED ON THE CRUISE SHIP. MICHAEL HAS THE COFFEE READY AND IS TRYING TO ENTICE ME TO GET UP. BUT I DON'T WANNA!! LOL HOWEVER, I GIVE IN BECAUSE WE HAVE A LAND EXURSION BOOK FOR 9:00 IN ST. MAARTEN'S.FEELING MUCH, MUCH BETTER......THANK YOU LORD AND HEAVENLY MOTHER. ALSO THANK YOU MY FRIENDS FOR STICKING BY ME AND SENDING LITTLE NOTES AND HUGS TO PICK ME UP EVEN WHEN I WAS TOO SICK TO ANSWER.I SEE MY COUNSELLOR TODAY. I USUALLY ONLY SEE HER ONCE A MONTH. BUT DUE TO MY EMERGENCY MEETING WITH HER LAST TUESDAY AND WITH MY PDOC. SHE WAS MOST CONCERNED ABOUT MY STATE OF MIND, AND SO WAS I !! SHE WANTED A FOLLOW UP MEETING TO SEE HOW OR IF I WAS PROGRESSSING INTO A SAFER ZONE.THE EXTRA MEDS HELPED ME REST BUT DUE TO THEIR OTHER SIDE EFFECTS I WILL NOT BE TAKING ANY MORE OF THAT BECAUSE I CANNOT FUNCTION WHEN I AM ON IT. IT'S LIKE THE CURE IS WORSE THAN THE AILMENT. I AM SURE YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.ANYWAY, ONE THING THAT TRIGGERS MY DOWNWARD SPIRAL IS STRESS AND ESPECIALLY PAPER WORK STRESS. YOU NOW ALL THE FORMS AND CRAP THAT YOU NEED TO FILL OUT FOR THIS AND THAT. WELL, ANYWAY, I HAD A CALL FROM MY SCHOOL BOARD ON FRIDAY FROM THE NEW PERSON IN HUMANE RESOURCES AND SHE WAS DOING A FOLLOW UP ON MY PROGNOSIS AND WHAT MY INTENTIONS WERE REGARDING RETIRNING TO WORK IN SEPT OF 2009 FOR THE SCHOOL YEAR. I TOLD HER, THROUGH BOUTS OF CRYING, THAT I HHAD ALREADY GONE THROUGH THIS WITH THE HEAD OF HUMAN RESOUCE WAY BACK IN FEBRUARY. I EVEN READ HER MY LETTER AND THE RESPONSE LETTER CONFIRMING MY INTENTIONS. I THOUGHT THE MATTER WAS CLOSED. WELL, APPARENTLY NOT!!! I WAS SO....UPSET, I WAS CRYING A LOT AND THEN MY ANGER KICKED IN AND I WAS LIKE JEKLE AND HYDE. I AM SURE THE POOR WOMAN DID NOT KNOW WHAT HIT HERE. I HAVE A VICIOUS TEMPER AND I HOLD NOTHING BACK. SHE GOT BOTH BARRELS. SHE DID NOT KNOW HER JOB AND WHAT WAS ALLOWED BY OUR SCHOOL BOARD, UNION, TEACHERS' PENSION PLAN AND OUR FEDERAL PENSION PLAN. I HAD TO EXPLAIN IT ALL TO HER. SHE SAID THAT THEY NEEDED A NEW MEDICAL FORM DONE AS THE OTHER ONE ON FILE WAS OUT DATED. I AGREED. ANYWAY, I RECEIVED A LETTER YESTERDAY AND IT HAD THREE PAGE FROM HER. SHE STATED MY CONCERNS AND TALKED ABOUT AN EASE BACK PROGRAM OR ACCODATIONS ON THE JOB FOR ME. I HAD ALREADY EXPLAINED TO HER THAT THIS IS NOT AN OPTION BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE AN EASE BACK PLAN WITH OUR PENSION. AS SOON AS I AM BACK ON THE PAY ROLE THAT IS IT FOR THEM. PLUS THERE IS NO WAY THEY COULD ACCOMDATE ME IN THE SCHOOL. WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO MAKE ME A JANITOR AND STILL PAY ME AT MY TEACHER WAGE. I DON'T THINK SO !!! THEN THERE WAS A BUNCH OF OTHER CRAP. LONG STORY SHORT, THEY WANT ME TO RETIRE. THEY DID NOT COME RIGHT OUT AND SAY THIS BUT YOU COULD EASILY READ BETWEEN THE LINES. I HAVE 2 YEARS LEFT UNTIL I CAN RETIRE. AND AT THE PRESENT I AM UNABLE TO RETURN TO WORK AND WILL NOT BE READY BY THE FALL. HOWEVER, IT IS POSSIBLE THAT I WILL BE ABLE TO RESUME MY DUTIES IN THE NEW YEAR OF 2010. SO I NEED TO TALK TO MY PDOC AND HAVE HIM FILL OUT A FORM STATING THAT AT PRESENT AND FOR THE DORSEEABLE FUTER I WILL NOT BE MEDICALLY WELL ENOUGH TO COMMENCE TEACHING. NOW MY CONCERN IS..CAN THEY FORCE ME TO RETIRE. I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS. SO I AM CALLING OUR UNION HEAD OFFICE AND GET THEIR LEGAL ADVICE. THEY KNOW ALL THE INS AND OUTS OF OUR CONTRACTS AND THEY CAN SET ME STRAIGHT ON THE RULES. THEN I AM GOING TO CALL THIS LADY AGAIN AND STRAIGTHEN HER OUT ON A FEW POINTS. ANYWAY, THIS HAS CAUSE ME SOME DISSTESS AND I HAVE FALLEN BACK A FEW STEPS IN MY RECOVERY. I JUST WANT THIS SOLVED AND GET ON WITH MY LIFE. THANKS FOR READING THIS RANT!!BE WELL. DEBBIE
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For me paperwork is the devils curse and just because I\'m good at it my idiot family always brings things to me or it\'s left to me to deal with everything, even before Neal got sick. Of course I always put it off until the bitter end and then run around like a psycho chicken wihtout it\'s head trying to find everything I need which increases my stress. It would be easier if I had things organized but I don\'t, at least not very well and I think that is a passive way of trying to get out of doing it, if you can\'t find it it won\'t get done but of course it must get done, next life I\'m going for one in a place where paper hasn\'t been developed yet.
I used to do all of my families income taxes for them, now I hate even doing mine own & it is quite straight forward & simple. With the congnitive problems I have because of the fibro I feel like a complete idiot at times!!
I think you deserve a rant once in awhile. You hardly ever do!
I hope you get this lady straightened out quickly.
Take care,
hugs Cathy
I would rather baby-sit 10 boys than do paper work, my brain does not like it. I get stagnent when I have to sit very long. I hope you work it out. When you said union I sighed a sigh of relief as they are and will be on your side. If it were not for the union we would be dogmeat, we are (Fords). They had the brains to taake the pension money and handle it themselves and not leave it in fords hands, although Fords has been good to us with bonus\'s etc. Good luck. Love Naomi xo