Need to get a move on...
Good morning. It’s already 9 am and I’m at work, so I can’t write for long. Just saw that there was a vacant spot for today, and thought it would look better if I filled her in As normal … not much is happening. I got through the staffing on Monday – pretty good, but it was long. Sister decided to add a behavioral portion that needed to be added, but it was poorly timed. During the meeting though while I was going over progress of the program work, the construction workers outside needed me to move my car. So, sister said she’d jump ahead with the other in the meantime. She had brought in a heavy weight (some guy she’s got volunteering) to say something harsh about what the client had told him. It was a very embarrassing situation for the guy because we all and his family was involved.
I suppose there was no other way than being direct, but it sure did wreck havoc on my meeting … there was no going backward after we’d all gone that far out. The end of the meeting was hard to get to, because everyone needed to decompress a bit.
Sister excused herself, and we let everyone talk about where they were at.
Intense! I was glad when the meeting came to a halt, though 20 minutes after the fact. Everyone was tired and really needed to get of there, myself included.
The rest of the day was a buzz. I had gone into goals prior to that and came back out in time to again sit with Sister Florine. I think she has it down really, periodically though will have a stray question. Last night we worked on the monthly lesson plan. I think she was doing great. And, then this morning when I ran into her, she said she finished it up. She must have really thought through the last two weeks to be getting it done when she was so tired. I hope she doesn’t work herself to pieces. I think the two of us felt some pressure from Sister Theresa to get her trained in fast. She’s doing extremely well.
Last night we stayed long enough to look up some stuff for her on the Philippines.
I had to surprise her a couple of days ago with the fact that there was coming up a group project that needed to be done with the center and that her group hadn’t started. Well, obviously she wasn’t here to start, so I was happy to hear that she’d given it some thought after I announced and had progressed it. I had agreed to help her get some stuff from the Internet. I think she was appreciative when I handed it to her on my way out the door. I didn’t get home from work until about 6:15 pm, but it was worth it. I like doing things not under pressure.
Sweetie was home making pork chops – thick ones, but I was too eager to eat to wait for them to cook. I think he was disappointed with me, but we’re still out of control. Waiting would have taken another 45 minutes of us being on edge. So, we ate a ½ can of spaghetti and made the two of us a drink. That was much better, because it allowed me to back rub him while he was waiting for dinner. Both of us felt better then.
After dinner, we went into the living room. Rich said he was going to watch TV with me. My preference would have been to read, but I saw where he was going … he wanted a continuation of the same back rub … AHA! The sly dog! Well, he got one for a bit – at least as long as I was able to stay awake. I rubbed him while he was having long phone call with his family – especially, his mother. Then he lay down with his head by my lap, but by then we were getting pretty tired. I think I made it to about 8-8:15 pm. Then I think we pleaded for our fudgicle and then went straight to sleep. Him too!
This gets us up to the next morning. Today! Rich woke me up about 10 to 5 am. We’d gotten up at 4 am with the kitties, but decided to go back to bed knowing Rich would soon wake us up. It took a few moments, but we struggled to awareness, used the washroom, got on the scale and then joined Rich for a 10-15 minute morning before he had to leave. After we smooched him on his way, we went back to writing at the computer. We didn’t get much further than responding to a few emails and a couple posts over at the message board.
I needed to say that basically I understood and would respect their approach to not talking much about the war, but then I felt a bit distant. I will continue joining everyone over there, but it feels like we’ve been censored. There were a couple of folks though – namely Brian and Annetta who took the time to respond to one or more of my positions and to say – “I’m like that too” I felt good in thinking that I would talk to both again most likely on an individual basis. I don’t know if there are more, but even if there were, I don’t think they’d cross the line drawn in the sand from the others. I felt grateful for their kind words.
That’s pretty much it of the early morning. We got to work about 15 minutes early and we looked for some material on listening for Group 1. I only read a little of it myself when I got to the group, but for the most part I dedicated myself to listening. One of the clients told me about a bruise she’d gotten from the table when she whacked into it with her leg. She had said something before, but I thought it was extraneous information. This time I listened and told her that maybe I better have a look at the bruise. It was a large 4”x2” oval. Yeeks! So, we wrote up an incident report and told the Sisters about it. She had told Sister Florine, but Sr. hadn’t been shown yet the way to handle an incident. Have to watch that! I should have heard what she was saying before, but I’d just walked into the room for something that took a second. Lesson learned!
I spent a good amount of time with clients that were more problematic, in that they were most likely to avoid their “program” and disrupt the group. I stayed with them and we talked of positive things. Both get wound up and need a moment to unwind.
Easy enough.
I got back to the room about an hour ago, but have had interruptions since. One DSP wanted me to know that her client was in the hall waiting for the garbage man, another had a list of goals the other Q had not worked on, but had promised, and there was a parent who came to drop off a low-functioning daughter, but her group had gone out for a walk. Sister or Rosa weren’t in so I figured I better just stay with the girl. Within a few moments the others returned, and in the process I got to know this new client a bit. There is another new client in the room – first day today. They’ve got their hands full.
So, now we’re about up to now. I had started working on one of those persons that needed goal work, b but when I went to talk to the staff … she was leaving for an hour. She said she’d be back at lunch-time, so I’ll talk to her then. Doesn’t mean I should be sitting on my laurels. I need to start the next client. But, by now I’m a little confused on who is where. I think I’m going to need straightening up some Word files. Cause as it stands we’re jumping all over the place. So … we’ll have to talk later. I really figure we need to be working on all these annuals and goals now. Yeeks, can someone repeat BURIED – up to our elbows at least ;)
posted by Ann Marie @ 7/08/2008 10:01:00 AM
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