A bit of a crapper day

[judecorp]

Today at lunch I learned that one of my kids was diagnosed with scarlet fever yesterday. I did a home visit at his house on Monday morning. Super contagious. I am crossing every appendage that I don't get sick. And also that I haven't infected half of the little kids around town.

This evening, one of my coworkers made a comment that made me think that she (and possibly others) thinks somewhat poorly of me. I'm not sure if I'm being paranoid, but my other coworker (who I totally trust and respect) seemed to think something was up, too. So I'm not sure if I should just let it roll off my back or totally confront her about it. I guess we'll see how I feel about it tomorrow. Right now I'm leaning more toward bringing it up.

Gosh, I hope I don't get a strep illness. It's really the last thing I need right now. Also, I need to find a place to get our brakes done, pronto. We don't really have any brake pads left.

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[jucifer.livejournal.com]

I had scarlet fever when I was an infant.
what was the comment? Do you think you could have misinterpreted it?
:)

I hope you don't get sick!

♥

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Well, I'm sure I /could/ have misinterpreted it. That's why I think I might ask.

I actually didn't think anything of it at the time. We were walking down the stairs of a house after an assessment and I called Coworker Sarah a psycho. (I love Coworker Sarah, she is my favorite.) She started teasing about how I'm mean because I called her a name and Coworker Laura said, "That's what Jude does. She's always calling people names. She's a real namecaller."

I chalked it up to just goofy banter, but when we got in Sarah's car, she said, "Hey, did you hear that comment from Laura? You have to be careful around here..." (Sarah has worked at my work for over three years and knows a lot about everyone there.) She was giving me a heads up since I was /just/ telling her about a ridiculous "confrontation" I had with /another/ coworker about a flippant remark I made at lunch one day that was taken waaaay too seriously.

I give up with these people. They are way too sensitive. Or take themselves WAAAAY too seriously.

[snack.livejournal.com]

ohh my favorite christmas (insert sarcasm liberally) was when i worked for big brothers big sisters. i delivered christmas presents that had been donated to my families and not only did i almost get fired because of it (we weren't supposed to actually deliver them - they were supposed to come to the office to pick them up) ... but i got a raging case of scabies to boot from one of the family's kids!

oh yeah. damn skippy no less. itched for DAYS! here's good vibes that you don't get sick for any reason!

[kalioppe.livejournal.com]

I had scarlet fever many times as a kid. Streptococcus is a bad, bad form of bacteria. It can do way worse things than that. ;)

Hope you don't get sick. :(

[scirocco.livejournal.com]

I can do brakes! :)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Do you want to do them on Saturday? ;) Or Sunday morning? ;)

Jenn said you do brakes. And I would never, ever ask someone to devote that kind of time/energy to the Focus, but if you want to...

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, strep is a nasty, nasty thing. We have two people at work who are pregnant, too, and now I'm all worried about them.

I don't get sick all that often aside from random symptoms here and there. I've actually only had strep throat once in my whole life, which is pretty amazing. But I really don't want to get it again. I ended up with an abcessed tonsil and a trip to the ER.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Ugh, I got scabies from my stepsister once, and it was the worst! We didn't know she had it, so my whole family got it and itched for a REALLY long time. I ended up giving them to my college roommate and my boyfriend, and I didn't find out I had it (I thought it was a weird rash) until my boyfriend went to the doctor and found out. HOW EMBARRASSING!!!

That sucks that you got in trouble at work fo delivering presents. I feel like I'm not really in sync with the people I work with - like they take themselves way more seriously than I do. This could pose a problem.

[glowbug3355.livejournal.com]

dude run to your nearest Walgreens or Rite Aid and get Airborne that might lower the risk.

P.S. I miss you guys *smooches*

[scirocco.livejournal.com]

I'd have to ask my Jenn. Jennnn???

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

What's airborne?

I miss YOU!!

[snack.livejournal.com]

ahhh but that is the wonder of a different job! i work with foster kids now (i get them adopted) .. .and i am EXPECTED to deliver all my presents! yay!!!

*dances*

and yeah, your coworkers need to lighten up. :)

[glowbug3355.livejournal.com]

It's a supplement that helps keep germs away you take it like Alka Selzer

http://www.drugstore.com/templates/brand/default.asp?brand=25867&aid=333321&aparam=airborne

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Hunh. Thanks for the info. So far *knocks on wood* no illness!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Awesome! I think it would be fun to work in adoptions!

(So did you love, like, or hate your EI job?)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP!!!

[scirocco.livejournal.com]

You are quite welcome. :)

[snack.livejournal.com]

loved it honestly. what's greater than driving around with your car full of toys to play with little ones all day? however, sometimes it was overwhelming - especially the days when all the kids did was cry.

i liked working with the autistic little ones but they were hard. the itty bitty kids (under 8 months) scared me.

i did almost solely home visits - but my program started to change before i left. it became more about the buracracy than the kids & families. sad but i'm sure it happens everywhere.

what about you?

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I like it in theory, but the truth of the matter is that it is a far cry from what I actually want to do with my time and my brain. What I want to do is much more political in focus, more like professional activism (specifically in the LGBT community if possible). So Early Intervention isn't anything like that.

However, it keeps me busy, and is significantly less stress-inducing than some of my other jobs. So it's okay. :)

[snack.livejournal.com]

so why aren't you working at the local GLBT center or something?

i've decided that you shouldn't do anything you don't love. period. :) i love kids - i know i'm not going to do adoptions forever, but i don't really know what direction i want to go yet.

hence, the master's degree in progress.

however i know my path lies in working with kids - just not sure exactly how.

(yay for knowing what you want to do - now do it!!!)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I'm not working in the community because I have not found a job in the community. I actually applied for several when I moved here, and interviewed for one but it was not offered to me. Lately the social service job openings have been slim-to-none, especially in the GLBT realm. In fact, when I search for GLBT jobs around the country (if I could actually relocate anywhere), there aren't many. Most GLBT community centers are small with lots of volunteer staff.

This is why I've done most of my dream work through volunteer efforts. I volunteered at a GLBT youth drop-in center for almost 4 years in Columbus, sitting on committees, staffing the drop-in center, chaperoning events, and facilitating a weekly support group. I did internships with the local community center in Columbus, helped plan conferences, etc. I have an interview for a GLBT help-line volunteer position in the next couple of weeks. I'm still trying to keep my name out there and look for work, while entering into volunteer efforts to get my foot in the door, but it's not like I have much time to volunteer when I'm working all the time.