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Another day

Posted in Mental health recovery, Mystic Poetry, Rumi, Sufi Poems, personal story, pictures, poetry, tagged , , , , on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Being out of work is tough. I’m sick of it. It’s hard to retain enthusiasm. It helps if I keep busy and stay on some kind of schedule.
Current schedule:
Get up with Julie when she goes to work (5:30 am), do Tai Chi
Go back to bed
Get up by 8 am, make coffee
(Every day involves a lot [...]

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Saturday Soup

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on May 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

When I was growing up, when my father was alive, we could count on at least one thing (other than that my parents would be drunk). All of the leftovers from the week’s dinners would go into a pot, be heated to boiling and called Saturday Soup. Because my folks were not particularly creative about [...]

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I am offered a job

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on January 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Luke-Dorf has offered me a position on their supported employment program. Orientation is on 1/7/08 and I start work the following week. Woot!

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Second job interview today

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on January 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This morning I went to a second interview with Luke-Dorf Behavioral Health services. It seems that their biggest concerns about hiring me have to do with:
1) Am I too qualified to stay?
2) Is my background too “cutting edge” to be happy there?
3) Will I be helpful in training my supervisor to do job development?
I believe [...]

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