Once again I have been AWOL. I decided to make nice and post a few pictures of my housemates, plus the one I was dogsitting for a week. I have no idea what was so exciting inside that bush, but they were there forever. I went in the house, found my camera, re-learned how to use it, and still they were there long enough to get pictures. I have not gone near that bush since. There could be alien lifeforms in there for all I know! And the sitting on the top of the sofa – what can I say? Beagles are very cat-like, although I think the “guest dog” is part cocker spaniel. (The lemon colored one was the guest.)
I thank everyone for the comments regarding my daughter’s brush with the thin blue line. The PR from that incident, which must have taken less than 10 minutes, was priceless to a group of 20 somethings who thought they knew everything, but are slowly learning that they don’t. That incident warmed many hearts.
My life has been pleasingly boring since I left my job in children’s services. Every now and then I run across something that brings it all back. I had a meeting today with my new boss, for the financial planning job, and when I got out my briefcase I found a copy of the wanted poster my alleged Munchausen’s-by-proxy client had posted around her city. She was understandably upset when I removed her children, but she reacted by putting many posters up with pictures of her kids, claiming that my department had kidnapped her children and were abusing them, complete with my name and phone number, and that of my supervisor. My supervisor was impressed. She immediately put a copy up on her wall. She said no one else ever provoked a client to do that.
I often had new workers shadowing me, and I took one with me on a nice, warm afternoon, driving the area around the client’s home and removing the posters from restaurants, post offices, local stores, and anywhere else we could find them. I considered it part of his learning experience. I had a dazzling array of cases that last summer, and he was always ready to go along, certain that he would never be bored. “Child home alone” and “suspicious bruises” were not on the menu for me the last six months.
But now, I feel I have rested and need some exciting new experiences in my life. Any suggestions?
4 comments:
If I have to badger you to post something once a week, I will, you know. Pleasingly boring? What is that? Now you're looking for excitement. Go check out what's inside that shrubbery.
I can handle most anything but when it comes to kids..... I think its great you spent as much time as you did helping kids out. I guess if you had every parent think you were wonderful, you wouldn't be doing your job. Its kind of like how people that hate cops are usually the ones that just got popped for their 5th DUI, etc.
Sometimes there is alot to be said for "boring," eh? Whats on the do-list now? Motocross racing? Iron..er ironperson competitions? Full contact karate? <g>
That kind of work you were doing always seemed to me to be the most stressful of social services work. I guess after awhile you need a major sense of humor to keep facing it. Wow, Wanted Posters-- very trippy. So, now you're looking for excitement? Think of a fantasy, or something you used to love in childhood, and then start doing it! --Albert
Whoa, your job experiences sound like the makings of a Lifetime for TV movie! As for new exciting experiences, uhm you're asking the wrong girl. After being away from the work force & at home all this time, I get excited by switching to a new dryer sheet fragrance.
Love the pic of the dogs on the chair.. they're sOoo Kewt! ¤Holly
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