Posted on 11/19/2004 10:30:49 AM PST by Mo1
*L* .. I understand .. I'm the same way
With that I think I'll call it a day and hit the old rack...
Goodnight all, have good ones...
.....Westy.....
I didn't get out of the office till 9 pm tonight, but at least I got out of the office. I wasn't expecting to. I finally got another temporary placement for these kids, although they're in separate homes. I am exhausted, and I have to get up early to drive over to Gassville to pick the little girl up by 7:15 and get her to school. All of our volunteer drivers are still out of town till the end of the week. I am getting so far behind on everything it is making me crazy. And I just got assigned yet another case and another investigation. Tell me again why I wanted this job.
You have to meet her to understand .. she's a funny and goofy kid .. but she has these quirks about her and she won't budge
Because you are a good person, and you CARE?
That's a Beautiful scenery
I have a neighbor who is from Peru
"Tell me again why I wanted this job."
You are sweet of disposition and like helping kids that need it.
The "Mama bear" instinct.
*Smooch*
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Yeah, maybe, if I could actually spend the majority of my time helping the kids and families instead of jumping through bureaucratic hoops!
Welcome.
Meeting me in person is weird.
I'll usually head to a corner away from everyone first rather than engage in conversation.
And I tend not to seek out contact.
After a bit, if someone makes small talk, I will eventually talk my 'bloody fool head off'.
Then it becomes a matter of "Does he ever shut up?"
*sigh*
So in general I avoid people like the plague.
(Yet another quirk of my personality.)
She's got growing to do.
I was extremely shy when I was 4 to 5.
*sigh* Yeah. If only.
I know.
But the hoops are part of it at times.
And sometimes necessary to get the rest done.
Frustrating, but unavoidable.
My brother in law has ot fill out a stack of paperwork an inch thick for every arrest he does.
This is on top of having to review every stack of paperwork of those under him.
He likes the position of Chief, but hates the insane amounts of paperwork.
Ok .. you're scaring me .. you almost sound like me *L*
Sorry!
What I don't get is that in real life, those who end up knowing me in person tend to ask me for advice, as if I know anything useful..
I have a cartoon in my head for crying out loud, what kind of useful advice can come from that?!
(Somewhat of an exaggeration on the cartoon thingy, but not by much. That's where my humor comes from.)
I will sometimes read a book, and you can tell how interesting the book is to me by how much attention I pay to the outside world.
If you've just shouted my name behind me and I didn't flinch, I'm not on Earth, I'm in the book and busy but you might be able to leave a message at the turning of a page.
(Hopefully this doesn't sound familiar to you.)
HAHAHA ... and I thought I went over board on the Christmas lights
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Cause you like the stress ???
Sounds like another crazy day for you .. tried to get some sleep
God bless you, SL. You are an angel.
Problem is, I am expected to accomplish a good 36-48 worth of work in 8-10 hours....daily. It isn't possible, but there's a whole heirarchy of bureaucrats demanding that all these ridiculous numbers of deadlines are met. On top of that, I'm supposed to have answers for everybody. The phone never stops ringing, people are always popping in my office, I have mountains of paper on my desk, not to mention the backlog of computer documentation, endless faxes, appointments, court reports and affadavits, appointments for the children, transporting them a lot of the time, making sure everybody involved with the children are doing what they're supposed to be doing, parenting parents, going to every ridiculous, time-wasting training that comes up and is mandatory, handling legal correspondence, keeping attorneys notified of developments, seeing to it that court orders are followed, creating case plans, conducting staffings, meeting with therapists, doctors, teachers, counselors, etc... and making weekly visits to most of my families (there are 3 or 4 that are monthly), which sometimes involves more than one because sometimes they are divided households, or in foster care. And that isn't even taking into account situations such as this one case when we can't find a placement....we have to be at it constantly until something is found (while actually taking care of the children), which involves more phone calls, emails, faxes, and application packets which are generally reams of paper worth of forms that are nearly impossible to figure out, let alone fill out... and on and on. It's a hard job, much harder than it needs to be, and the biggest reason is that we are operating with about a third of the staff we actually need, but the state still expects everything to get done. I never had a problem with hard, but I have a real problem with impossible, and that is what doing this job well and correctly is....impossible. It gets to be a constant exercise in greasing squealing wheels and never getting a handle on anything. I don't operate that way.
Oh Gee .. Christmas lights for the tree that look like shotgun shells
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