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A quick update around here…  Poe has been on 4 interviews in the past week – all in relation to security and his guard card and firearms permit.  To put that in perspective:  He had 4 interviews prior to this in the entire year and a half he’s been out of work ranging from landscaping to pizza delivery to his educational career (architectural drafting.)  Perhaps this career shift was a smart move on our part?  We shall see.  His interview yesterday he really really wants.  It’s for a major museum, and he said the employee atmosphere was “like family – like WB used to be.”  We shall see.  Please keep us in your prayers, as I think his unemployment ends pretty soon.  Like in the next two weeks.  But we’re trying our best and I guess that’s truly all we can do.  Do our best and give it up in prayer.

The boys are okay.  Driving us crazy being out of school.  Annoying each other has been their pastime.  We’re going camping again in a couple weeks.  That’ll be a good distraction for them.

I’m having a terrible time getting motivated to do anything.  I was sick for a couple of days, and coupled with the major heat, it just has drained me.  I’m trying to get back in the swing of my routine, but it’s been rather difficult to do.  Everyone else has that “summer vacation” attitude and it’s making it difficult for me to be in work mode.  But I’m trying.  My supplemental income is keeping us in food.

Don’t Rattle a Mama Bear’s Cage

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Rather than go through the whole spiel, I’m going to copy an email with identifiers edited. Suffice it to say that we have been dealing with this issue for MONTHS. In those months, poor Joseph has been going downhill. And it might not have been necessary.

from: Michele {email}
to Dr. Therapist {email}
cc Poe {email}, Dr. District
date Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 11:49 AM
subject Regarding Joseph {last name}

Hi Dr. Therapist,

Please feel free to forward this email to any administrative personnel who handle such things. I’ve also CC’d my husband and Dr. District with our school district.

I write, in all honesty, with some frustration. Skipping details, the point is that everyone involved in Joseph’s case felt that consulting with a psychiatrist, and investigating if medication for anxiety (or anything else) might be appropriate at this stage for Joseph. When the subject was broached, in was basically shut down by {Big Therapy Center}, because it wasn’t part of his plan. So Dr. District went ahead and requested that his {State Treatment Plan} be officially evaluated to add this to his program.

Today, we met with Dr. Big State. She was his initial evaluator in 2007. We went through his case updating it from 2007. She was confused as to why she called upon to do this. Why? Because psychiatric care and medication prescription is already a part of his plan.

{Big Therapy Center} has his {State Treatment Plan} plan. Twice actually, once when he initially started treatment there, and I sent another copy when it was somehow lost. You’ll see his recommendations on pages 7 and 8.

“The Department of Mental Health finds that Joseph {last name} qualifies for mental health services under {State Treatment Plan}. {Various treatment recommendations redacted.} , medication evaluation and follow-up by a psychiatrist if medications are prescribed.”

Dr. Big State is going to write an addendum and say the exact same thing. “Yep, you’re qualified… and already were.” She went further on to say that this is the standard wording, and is ALWAYS included, unless the individual does not qualify for {State Treatment Plan} in the first place.

So. When can we make an appointment with the psychiatrist?

–Michele
Mother of Joseph {last name}

My anger is frothing.

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Dun dun duuuuuuuun

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In a new turn of events in our household, it has been decided that we will be traveling 350 miles (and back again) to spend Christmas with the in-laws.

I created and then pushed two 7 pound fully formed human beings out of an impossibly small opening.

I can do this.

Consequences of Change in a Family

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As an aside, and nothing to do with my post:  It just majorly thundered and started pouring rain.  In addition, it’s hot and supposed to be 90.  My children do not understand the concept of summer thunderstorms, living in southern California, they’re rare.  Now I’ll have to explain that they do NOT indeed need to bundle up.

Anyway.

My husband and I fought all weekend.  Now, you must understand something…  We don’t fight.  No really, we don’t.  He may get annoyed with me.  I may find him exasperating at times.  But we work it out.  Usually, only one of us is upset in someway, and the other person helps figure it out, and make the other feel better.  But both of us angry and going at it?  Very very very rarely.  This weekend it happened twice.  My husband, though, refuses to go to bed angry, and so we had to hash it out both times.

We finally came to the conclusion that due to the major life change about to happen: Me coming home from work, and starting a business, and the health insurance switch (a major stressor to me due to the issues with the boys) has me completely on edge and unhappy.  Basically, ’cause I don’t deal well with limbo, and I really want to just be done with it all and on the other side.  Poe is fairly sensitive to my moods, and as a result has been completely oversensitive about everything, feeling as though I’m attacking him, when I’m merely venting about a situation (which, really, has nothing to do with him.)  We both find his reaction a little strange, ’cause of my PMS, he’s used to dealing with my moods, so we decided he’s on edge about the changes coming as well.

Anyway – we worked things out, and plan on keeping it all in mind in dealing with each other in the future, now that we’ve brought it out in the open.

As a side benefit though?  My husband cleans when he’s angry.  This burst of fighting has left me with a clean kitchen, clean bathroom, vacuumed rugs, and not a stitch of dirty laundry in the house.

Should we fight more often?

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