I’m so sorry to hear this. I hope you find another job really soon.
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I feel that. My thoughts are with you to find something better that is worthy of your talents.
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Well crap. I’m sorry.
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That’s shitty. Sorry you have to deal with that.
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I sometimes play a movie guessing game and today I got it in one guess.
Framed #1057
It’s a small thing that gave me a nice start to the day. I know that positive feeling will fade as the day goes on, but after the shitty week this has been, that small moment felt great.
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Well… SHIT… anything else on the horizon for you?
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Ominous black clouds, mostly.
I’m going back to this bullshit temp agency today to see what else they got. All the factories around here only hire through these temp agencies. After 90 days they can take you on or not (that’s why I got “cut loose” - the manager didn’t like me and my 3 months was up).
Oh and the temp agency doesn’t pay for holidays. I started early November and the factory (owned by Panasonic) has 2 days for Thanksgiving, 2 days for Christmas, 2 days for New Year and MLK day off. Thats $1071 in holiday pay I didn’t get.
My resume is 15 years in management positions in logistics, transportation and manufacturing. My last gig was $65k yearly production manager of a facility that manufactured explosives for the fucking military. I have DoD, ATF, and Homeland Security clearances for fucks sake. And all I can get are these $15 an hour assembly line jobs.
ETA - Thanks for all the hugs, guys! Actually lifted my mood this morning 
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I am… unexpectedly and thankfully good now.
My spouse and I were talking about gender stuff Sunday night when I practically felt the audible “clunk” of my anxiety breaker switch being turned off. (I don’t even know what it was that did it, I was so distracted by the sudden change.)
Don’t get me wrong, I still look forward to planting pride flags at certain people’s graves…
But I am serene right now. Not sick to my stomach, not halfway to crying, not seeing through a red haze of rage.
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I just found out that I have a fairly severe vitamin B12 deficiency. Not enough to warrant shots, but I do need to take supplements, and will retest in a couple of months. And holy crap; this list of symptoms that I’ve been having that could be caused by this; restless leg syndrome, thinning hair, fatigue, gallbladder issues, and tongue and jaw fatigue when chewing.
I really hope that this is the root cause for all of these issues. So I’m heading out to pick up some B12 tablets!
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Am I good right now?
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The pills are so ridiculously easy that you don’t really need to change your diet all that much with regard to adding B12, but it would be good to look at how much food you ingest that has added folic acid, as that seems to work in tandem to make B12 deficiency side effects even worse. If you’re not trying to get pregnant, 1,000 units/day is enough of folic acid.
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Folic acid is on my list too (thanks for reminding me), and since I’m 15 years past menopause, pregnancy isn’t an issue.
Shoot, I just checked and B12 is also associated with high cholesterol, which I’ve recently been diagnosed with. I hope it turns out to be a panacea for all my ills!
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Yeah, it’s not that, but it can make a big difference. It is water-soluble, so it doesn’t build up, you need to take it pretty consistently for it to work. But having a plan makes things feel better already.
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I’m already doing a lot of things for a number of symptoms; magnesium for restless legs, I’ve eliminated trans fats and foods containing cholesterol, etc. but this could be a missing puzzle piece to put things over the top.
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Went to the job center / “American Workforce” place in the next city over to take a typing test to apply for a government job. I suck at typing - 24 WPM and apparently the minimum is 35. Not surprised.
But FUCK ME what psychological torture is this? The sample text you have to type, to get a shitty low pay job, is I AM NOT EVEN KIDDING - THE LITTLE FUCKING MATCHSTICK GIRL
She has no shoes. She is freezing. She had shoes, but they did not fit and they fell off and now she has no FUCKING SHOES
I can’t even
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Can’t decide if that’s Orwellian or Kafkaesque or straight up Dickensian.
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