Ron:
> Sorry to hear about the situation, on a lighter
> note, what's your new job?
> Are you excited?
SA: Thanks Ron. I don't know if I'm excited about my
new job. I definitely excited about leaving where I
work now. Last night staff kept calling me, asking
for more help. I sent everybody I could down to this
one unit. Eventually I had to call the police twice,
for two distinct incidences. The second time I called
them, I called an ambulance too, in order to 302 a
female resident. She was cycling bi-polarly very,
very badly. She's been refusing her medications, and
out of no-where last night she jumped off her bed,
threatened to hit a staff that wasn't even near her,
and then began to beat on him and break things. Two
phones went out of service, I called the third and
last phone on that unit, asked the staff to go check
out what's happening, to see if I needed to call 911
immediately. He came back and said they were having
difficulty not getting hurt by her and they needed the
police immediately. I called, they came, and she was
taken away. Meanwhile, I'm doing all of this from my
office trying to watch the nine females on my unit
with only one other staff, usually we have three staff
on a unit (not counting me), but I sent the other two
down to that unit. Sorry, another spill-over from
last night, but to answer your question...
My new job is in retail. I'll be working and in
charge of the back area of the store. Making sure
signs for the store are organized in the back, and to
keep up with orders. It sounds so relaxing and calm.
That's what I'm looking forward to. Going to work
where it is much more organized, people aren't trying
to punch you, and the tension... oh, the different in
the tone of peace. From working at this placement
facility, especially here at the end-point of working
there, I really have a very different out-look and
perspective on life. The stress alone beat into me a
savory attitude, more than I ever had before, for
ordinary people. When I was in the retail store for
interviews and orientation, I kept looking at all the
people thinking how great they are, and wonderful!
How wonderful people really are, in general it seems,
towards each other. Sure differences occur, but what
used to be huge before has diminished in comparison,
and I feel it is still sinking in this way to what is
happening with some people in this society. I was
watching old couples walking around in the store
feeling how I loved them. Their life, who knows how
tough it was for them, but seeing them, their
aliveness! Life is so tender!
Thanks for asking.
big choke-cherry tree out the window,
SA
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