LYNNE!!!!!...it's so good to hear from you again!! Man, it's been quiet around here...where did everybody go? Wow...your job does sound stressful! I would be scared to work with mentally handicapped men! They are so strong, how do you control them!? I'm sorry you are missing your friends. Are you still in you bible study group? Do you see any of those people now? I'm feeling a bit lonely myself now. My kids are back in school and my hubby is back fishing the regular oyster season....so I'm home all by myself all day
Drop back in when you can. I don't come on very much either, because hardly anyone was posting, but I check in every once in awhile. Have you heard or seen anything of April? I hope she's doing o.k!?
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Mask!! I'm so glad to connect with you again
. Work has been good the last few weeks. It's really not that scary, the guys are mostly very sweet and in my home they're pretty disabled, so the biggest fear is dropping them during a lift or something. We do a lot of lifts. The two new girls who started are doing a really good job and they're both so sweet, they're both young marrieds and they work hard and care about the residents. I went to my cousin's wedding, it was nice. Then last weekend I went hiking at this awesome park 2 1/2 hours away from our town. It has huge cliffs and caves and natural bridges and stuff. During the right season, it has a lot of waterfalls too, but not during the fall. My friend and I had a great time. She might not go back to Taiwan after all. If she can find a job soon, she'll be able to get a visa to stay longer. I really hope she finds a job! Can you pray for her? I'm taking her to a job fair on Friday, hopefully that will help. Next weekend I switched shifts so I can go with my friend to a Christian music festival at a Christian college nearby. Jars of Clay is performing!!!! I'm so excited I love them!!! Unfortunately, I can't go to my Bible study anymore because I now work second shift and I work every single Wednesday night. I'm trying to find a morning Bible study to go to but I haven't found a good one yet. It's too bad, my Bible study was so supportive of my search for a job, and now that I have one, I can't go to Bible study anymore. At least I can always go to church on Sunday.
I can empathize with feeling lonely during the day, I often do. My family's all gone during the day and I don't work until 2:30 so I get lonely. I could try to get a first-shift job at work but if you work first-shift at my workplace you mostly do cleaning, because the residents are at work most of your shift. I think I would rather interact with the residents on second shift, like I do. That's what makes my job fun. Tonight at work should be fun, it's one of the resident's birthdays, and I went out and bought him a card and a present. He has the mentality of a 9-month-old, but he's so sweet. He likes musical toys so I bought him a toy cell phone that says the numbers in English and Spanish when you press on the buttons, and plays music.
I haven't talked to April in a while but she has an account on facebook, that college-student networking site that I'm on too. So I left her a message on there, hopefully she'll respond soon.
Tracey said she's doing well, I talk to her on facebook too. (tlb)
Hope you have a good weekend!
Lynne
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