| Am Pissed |
[Feb. 10th, 2008|05:17 pm] |
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Ended up going to Canadian Tire yesterday to get some work done on my van. Had a flat, needed an oil change and the battery light was on so needed that checked too. Got the oil change done, had the battery and altenator checked (altenator passed with flying colors, battery failed with flying colors so had to buy a new battery :s) and got the tire fixed.......or at least they said the tire was fixed. :s Went down to my van this afternoon and found the same tire was completely flat.......again!!!!!! I need to call CAA again so they can put the stupid donut on so that I can go back to Canadian Tire tomorrow and get them to put a new tire on. When you tell me that something is fixed I expect it to stay fixed!!!!! GGGGGRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This has just added to my weekend of frustration!!!!! |
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| Venting |
[Feb. 6th, 2008|07:09 pm] |
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I am slowly going crazy.........1.2.3.4.5.6 Switch
Crazy going slowly am I........6.5.4.3.2.1 Switch
I really should have been very careful about what I wished for. I love the kids in my special ed class, but don't really like the teacher I'm working with because I feel like I'm not doing what I'm supposed to. Anyway, I ended up being shuffled so I'm now spending the morning in special ed and my afternoons in a regular 5/6 split class to work one on one with an ESL kid who has very few manners and is very behavioral. This one kid will make me lose my mind!!! He knows more English than he lets on and knows that what he's doing is wrong but does it anyway because he wants to push as many buttons as possible. To top things off, my VP wants me to use a hands off approach with this kid. Big problem is that the hands off approach doesn't work with him!!!! He refuses to do what's expected and is just very annoying overall. Everyone's having problems with him and there's a behavior team that's coming in to watch him (soon I hope) and give us some advice on what to do.
Anyway, am just venting now. :) |
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| Happy New Year |
[Jan. 1st, 2008|12:13 pm] |
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Where the hell did 2007 really go???? Well, thanks to some great friends in Ottawa (3 I've known for a very long time, 2 I just met) I sent 2007 off with a bang. We ended up having a great time and spending time with everyone was so amazing. Going to the Toy Store was definitely one of the highlights of the weekend. :P Mel's an amazing cook too. :) I'm going to have to get some of those recipes from her. We are so going to have to make this into an annual thing.
I'm actually looking forward to 2008 too. There's a few things I'd like to accomplish this year (like lose weight and becoming healthy :p) and this is the year I'm going to do it. :) |
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| Christmas was strange...... |
[Dec. 26th, 2007|12:51 pm] |
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This has to have been the oddest Christmas ever. I slept in until noon.....puttered around the apartment, read for a while and then ended up at my brother's Brother in law's place for Christmas dinner!!! Dinner was great. There were about 15 of us there together, and it was really nice actually being able to socialize with adults for a change. :) I really didn't like waking up alone on Christmas though.....was really rather depressing not having the excitement of being with family to open presents and just hang out together. New Year's I think I can handle being on my own.....Christmas on the other hand, I think I need to be with other people...... It's just one of those holidays that needs people. Anyway, I need to go out and get some some errands done before I start cleaning and packing for Ottawa. :) |
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| Am back |
[Dec. 16th, 2007|10:15 pm] |
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My God......has it really been almost 3 years since I last posted????? I find that very hard to believe. There's been a lot that's happened since I last posted. One of the best things that happened was that I quit my job at the group home I worked for in Scarborough!!! Last I heard Toronto CAS had pulled all of their kids from PYS earlier this year so that PYS were left with only 5 kids and 4 residences capable of housing 8 kids each. I don't expect PYS to stay open much longer......not that I'm complaining really. PYS really should be shut down......the administration was absolutely horrible there and all they were interested in was money. All I can say now is that I refuse to work in the residential system ever again. I've been turned off group homes for the long term now.
I'm working at the York Region District School Board now and am having a blast!!! I've got all the perks of working in a school without all of the paperwork of being a teacher!!! I work from 8am to 3:30pm, get the weekends off and well as 2 weeks at Xmas, a week at March Break and the summers off. :) And I'm making a hell of alot more than I did at the group home. The kids I'm working with are amazing, the staff is great and I have very little to complain about. :)
I've also moved up to Richmond Hill. Actually, the (somewhat) sad thing is that I've moved back in with my parents. My parents and I bought a three bedroom condo together in Richmond Hill, on a little side street, just off Yonge St. My parents sold their house in Kingston and moved here over the summer. (I moved in at the end of April.) The nice thing is that my parents spend 6 months of the year in India and the other six months here.
Anyway, that's about it for now.....Will try to keep this updated as much as possible. :) |
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[Jan. 12th, 2005|06:54 pm] |
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I am so not a morning person. This job is just managing to reinforce that too. I'm on day shifts and I have to be up at 4:50 every morning so that I can get to work, by 6:45 just so that I can start work 15 minutes early without pay. I'd say I hate my job but I don't really because I like working the evening shifts. I just don't like day shifts because it has me up and out of bed before the crack of dawn. I guess the main problem I'm having is that this is really the first time I'm working days since I joined back in November and I'm still learning how the day shift runs. But the fact that I'm so tired when I come home that I'm in bed by 7pm is a bit crazy. I'm hoping that things start getting better. Otherwise my personal theme song is going to start being
I am slowly going crazy 123456 Switch
Crazy going slowly am I 654321 Switch |
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| Happy New Year!!! |
[Jan. 3rd, 2005|12:13 am] |
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Man, I can't believe it's 2005 already. I really don't know where 2004 went. This time last year I was debating whether or not I was going to finish my CYW program. I was ready to forget school and try my hand in the real world. Of course, I managed to finish my program, get a job, and move into my own place!!! I guess you never really know what can happen in the space of 12 months.
New Year's Eve was great. We were all at Blue Mountain resorts and we all did our best to get drunk. Of course I probably could have tried a bit harder but I was tipsy enough to still have fun. I still got hours of skiing on Saturday. :) This year is going to be interesting. Also went tubing on Friday. That was fun. We had seven people linked together while going down the track and that made so much better.
I'm not about to make any predictions about this year, mainly because I was completely off about last year. I guess I'll have to see fine tune my tarot cards and see if they work better for this year. :) |
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| It's Christmas!!! |
[Dec. 24th, 2004|12:30 pm] |
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I can't believe it's Christmas already!!!! I have to work today but that's alright. I do have to come home and clean tonight. And finish packing the christmas presents. But since no one will be here until around noonish tomorrow, I can stay up as late as I have to to get everything finished and ready for tomorrow. I'm getting excited now because this is my first christmas in my own apartment. I even have a little christmas tree. :) At least I've got something to look forward to!!!! |
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| Is it Christmas already????? |
[Dec. 16th, 2004|01:21 pm] |
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Man, I can believe it's almost Christmas. Today's going to be insane at work. We're throwing a Chirstmas dinner for our boys, their social workers, our staff and possibly some parents too. It's going to be nuts. It'll be fun but absolutely insane. I haven't even started Christmas shopping yet..... And to top things off I'm going to Burlington this weekend. I'm hoping to get some shopping done there. And my entire family's coming here for Christmas dinner. That'll be nuts too but fun. I'll be broke by the end of december but that's life. And I just got my wireless bill and it's kinda steep too. but half of the bill is my activation fee. after this, everything should be on my visa bill, which means I don't have to send a check in the mail. :s
After the new year I'm sleeping!!!!!! and there's nothing that's gonna stop me!!! |
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[Dec. 6th, 2004|10:04 pm] |
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man.....I totally can't wait for the weekend. I know that it's Monday but I had to work this past weekend and am really looking forward to sleeping on the weekend. Of course I still have to work 40 hours between tomorrow and Friday. Even though I've got to work late from tomorrow to Friday, at least I get to sleep in. The earliest I start is noon. And the great thing is that I get paid on Friday!!!!! I'm also getting a VCR on Friday....which may not sound like a whole lot but I'll be able to connect up my DVD player and I'll be able to watch all of the movies I brought with me......Especially LOTR!!!! At least I've got something to look forward to this weekend. :) |
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| been a while |
[Dec. 2nd, 2004|11:56 am] |
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has it relly been that long since I've written? well, lots has happened since last I wrote. The biggest things are that I got a job and I moved to Scarborough. :) I've got my own little apartment too. it's only a one bedroom but it's got loads of room considering that it's a one bedroom in Scarborough. And rent's reasonable too. I kinda wish I had a car but the transit system is so much better than the one in Kingston that it's not as bad without a car. It feels really odd being on my own now. It's a good odd though. Work's going well. I'm working in a residential group home with 8 boys. There's alot to learn but I'm having fun too. The boys are great. They can have thier moments but it makes the day interesting. I have today and tomorrow off but I'm working the whole weekend. :s
On the upside,I get paid tomorrow. :D of course, it's been almost three weeks since I've started working and I only have about $80 in my account but since I'm being paid tomorrow, I'm not too worried. :) It's kinda exciting.....my first paycheck is due tomorrow. Of course, I'll have to see how much they cut for taxes and such but since everyone pays taxes, I'm not too worried about having to pay my share.
The rest of my life is rather boring. Haven't really done anything too exciting since I moved here. Once I find out where everything is, I'm sure I'll start doing things that are more exciting. |
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| it's been a while... |
[May. 18th, 2004|11:08 pm] |
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...A long while since I've written anything....:s
Well, a couple of exciting things have happened....well one really exciting thing and another thing that was exciting but turned into something that has me feeling rather strange.
The first exciting thing is that I've finally finished with my education.....for now anyway. :) I finished off my Child and Youth Worker program on April 30th. My graduation's on June 18th, but that's really more like icing on the cake. I am now able to add more letters after my name!! I'm still not sure if I'm going to grad or not but I still have time to decide. :)
As for my second peice of news, I was offered a job by the Ottawa CAS as a casual Child and Youth counsellor for one of thier group homes. That's the exciting part. Unfortunately, I had to turn it down because it's a part time position and there's no way I could afford an apartment on a single part time job. It's the type of job I really want because I'd be working in a group home. Unfortunately I can't live off a part time job. :( I am hoping that they will keep me in mind for a full time job if something comes up. Until then I'll have to keep trying.
otherwise no too much has been going on around here. Just trying to get a job and not get bored. The nice thing is that I've got family coming for a visit in a couple of days and my nephews birthdays are coming up so there's a couple of party picnics to go to. :)
*sigh* the nice thing is that I don't have to worry about classes in September. :) Now all I have to do is find a job. Oh well. I'm sure something will show up that's acceptable. |
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| wow....only three weeks left....:s |
[Apr. 11th, 2004|01:47 pm] |
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Wow...has it really been over a month since I've posted???? I guess it goes to show that I've been busier then I thought. I guess it's been mostly due to school and placement. The nice thing is that I only have three weeks left of school/placement. Of course, that also means that I now have to find a job and face the "real world". Of course, my plan is to only stay in the real world long enough to save up the funds needed to go on and do graduate work in Sociology and eventually teach at the university level. :) What would be even better is if my workplace would fund my graduate work then I could work and study at the same time and go that route. :) Either way I want to go on to graduate studies.
Anyway I've got to go back to writing application letters.....want to mail some off by tomorrow.... |
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| I need a very drastic change |
[Mar. 6th, 2004|10:00 pm] |
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I'm at the point where if I don't get a very major, very drastic change, I am going to lose what little is left of my mind. I have been stuck in a rut known as the Canadian Education system for almost 25 years and I really need to get out. Admittedly, I've only got two months left at St. Larry's but still.....I'm sick of being in school. I am stuck in a very depressing, work filled rut and will be singing and dancing my way out when I graduate because I'm sick of where my life is right now.
That's not to say that I won't go on to do a Masters/Ph.D. later on in life but right now I want out of St. Larry's and I want out now.
Not only do I need to get out of the educational system, I think I need a total change of scenery...... I've been living in the same house for 27 years and need to get out. That's not to say that I don't appreciate living at home but I really need my own space now. Of course, alot will depend on where I can find a job, but I would like to move out. Even if I end up working here in Kingston, I'm going to move out and find my own place. I really need my own space now..... My parents and I are starting to but heads and it's really not all that fun anymore. I realize I'd have to be paying rent, buying groceries and what not but I think that's a small price to pay for my own privacy, space and peace of mind.
The only thing keeping me going right now is that I've only got two months left to go with St. Larry's. I'm out and gone as of April 30th!!! and I so can not wait. All I have to do is try to maintain my present levels of insanity without going overboard. |
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| College Strike Averted |
[Mar. 4th, 2004|11:03 am] |
Man, I can't believe that the College Teachers Strike didn't go through...... not that I really wanted to lose all that much time from class but a nice little two week strike would have been nice..... It would have led nicely into the March break and I would have gotten 2.5 weeks off to relax...... In a way though I can't complain all that much because I only have two months worth of class left before graduation so I suppose it's not a bad thing that they didn't have to extend the year or anything.
I'm also at the point where I can't wait to find a job and move out......it's definitely past time for me to find my own place. Friction is starting to develop at home and I definitely need my own place.....even if I find a job in Kingston, I need to find my own place..... otherwise I am sure that I will lose it very quickly....... Fortunately I finish classes in two months, and hopefully I'll be able to find my own job and move out soon after that. :)
Anyway I'm going back to a group workshop that I'm giving tomorrow. :s |
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| rant about the idiocy of long distance telemarketers |
[Feb. 15th, 2004|03:03 pm] |
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I can not believe this.......I got called by the same stupid long distance telemarketer today!!!!! And no it wasn't just the same company....it was the same stupid individual!!!! He first calls me up at 9:30 this morning, is totally unprofessional, (Doesn't bother to identify himself or his company until half way into the conversation, assumes that I'm my mother as soon as I say hello (called me Mrs Mukherjee and talks about how he talked to me the other day about long distance) and starts babbling on about some nonsense before getting to his point about long distance prices to India)and tries to pry about how much we pay for long distance to call family in India. I told him that I don't handle the phone bills and that my parents are unavailable at the moment but this idiot doesn't listen..... I was actually very close to hanging up on him, or threatening to talk to his supervisor when he finally got the hint and let me go. And to top things off, he just called again, (like about 5 minutes ago) pretending like he didn't know who I was (he actually identified himself and his company right off the bat and actually called me Ma'am this time) and asked me what countries we call and tried to convince me about switching to his long distance service!!!
The sorriest thing about this whole thing is that this guy is an East Indian immigrant!!!! Now I don't mean to badmouth my own people but East Indians immigrants should not be hired on to be long distance service telemarketers. They're not very professional, they don't know how to take no(and I understand that it's they're job to try to convince me but when I've said no....I mean no!!!)they call at the worst times and they don't seem to understand much of anything....they seem to think that just because they're Indian and I'm Indian that I'm going to want to switch to whatever it is they're trying to sell me. Half the time, I don't even think they know exactly what it is they're trying to convince me of!!! This isn't the first time I'm been harassed by East Indian telemarketers who are trying to convince me to switch long distance....but it is the first time that the same idiot has called in the same day!!!
Anyway, that's my rant for the day........ I'm hoping my week starts to look up because it really can only go up from here.... |
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| Am in the wrong profession |
[Feb. 9th, 2004|09:16 pm] |
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I think that I have officially decided that I am in the wrong field. I had absolutely no patience today for any of the kids I was working with. I don't know what it was about the kids I was working with today but by the end of the day, I could not take any of them....they were all getting on my nerves. I even had to constantly tell one 4th grader to stop rolling around on the floor!!! I only had 5 4th graders to work with this afternoon and they all were strung out on something because not a single one of them was able to sit still for more than 30 seconds. The entire day just seemed like I was trying to keep kids under control. :s
Placement ended rather nicely though. I got to work one on one with one kid who asked for help on his English. It was so nice to end the day on a quiet note. We got through his English with very few problems then started talking about life in general and the different parts of the world that we each had visited. It was so nice. :)
The end of the day was rather long though. I'm giving a group presentation in class on Friday and so I had a group meeting this evening after placement. I don't know what it is about this group but it seems that everytime we get together to get a presentation together, we go completely off topic and waste time. The people I'm working with are great and we end up getting stuff done and doing well but it seems to take us a hell of a lot longer to get things done than most other groups. It is so not fun.....it just seems like more work than it's worth. Fortunately, this is the last presentation I have to do with this group so it's one less worry that I'll have to deal with. :) And to top things off, both of my groupmates smoke like chimneys. So I had to sit in a stuffy room, filled with smoke, trying not to get pissed of at anyone. I basically had to come home, shower and wash all of my clothes so that I can feel clean!!! And my groupmates didn't seem to pick up on the fact that the smoke bothered me!!! Anyway, like I said, this is the last time I have to deal with this specific group so hopefully life will get a bit easier.
Anyway, I need to go and hang up my clothing so that I have dry pants for tomorrow. |
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| School rant |
[Feb. 6th, 2004|10:36 pm] |
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I think I managed to pass my test with somewhat flying colours. I guess I knew more about culture than I expected. :) I'm not complaining though. :) My second class today got cancelled because of the weather, (my prof couldn't make it in) so I had to waste two hours on campus. The nice thing was that I got to spend the two hours with my friends playing Euchre. I haven't played Euchre in a very long time....it was fun. :) My last class was rather pointless. We're trying to set up a "dance-a-thon" to raise money for a children's charity. I'm on the research team and we're just supposed to get the research done then pass the info off to other gorups so that they can get to work.....but it seems like our PR team doesn't know what their duties really are so we're having to do more than our share of the work. Actually it's more like one person on the PR team that doesn't know what the hell she's even supposed to do.....she doesn't even have the decency to listen to what we had to say.....she decided to go over our heads before even listening to us. She really makes the rest of us wonder how she even got to where she is now because she's not being very professional in her behaviour. Oh well....I only need to deal with her for the next few months...after that I don't really need to deal with her. :)
We do have a big worry though. Our profs might be going on strike next month. It turns out that all of the colleges in Ontario have the same union for all professors so all of them have to go and vote later on this month as to whether or not they go on strike. If they go on strike for more than a month, than all of us who are in our last year will be screwed over.....big time. I suppose we'll all have to wait and see how things play out between the Professor's Union and the Government......
I honestly can't wait until I've finished this program......It just seems to be dragging on and on and on. Well, three months may go faster than I expect......hopefully.
Anyway that's about as exciting as my life is getting right about now...... and yes my life is really that boring. |
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| Studying.........sort of... |
[Feb. 5th, 2004|07:27 pm] |
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I am so not looking forward to tomorrow. I've got two tests tomorrow morning....:s I'm not too worried about the second test....the first one's going to be a problem. The test's on culture so I shouldn't be too worried. Culture was what I was most interested in at Queen's and I studied it often enough (hell I based my thesis on culture) so I should be alright.
The nice thing was that my last class today was canceled so I was able to come home about 3.5 hours early to study too......of course, the nap I ended up having didn't help the studying too much but after the last few days, I needed the sleep. :)
Anyway off to my studying....... |
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[Feb. 2nd, 2004|07:19 pm] |
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Oh man...... it's been a long day. It's only Monday and I want the weekend back. I'm dead tired and I know I'm going to be sick before the week's over.
I totally don't want to go to placement tomorrow. I know that the stuff I'm going to present tomorrow isn't going to be well taken, just because it's going to be boring for them. Hell.....I wouldn't want to sit through it either but I suppose it has to be done. It's really hard to make "Why you shouldn't procrastinate!!!" actually fun. You can't make it fun!!! There's so way!!! Oh well Guess I'll have to deal with tomorrow when I get there. |
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