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Have to ask to work 4 days a week, not 5
Posted: Feb 2, 2013
If I had a therapist, I could go talk to my therapist...but I don't...
I got offered to come back a few hours a week at my old tutoring job - $15/hour. A 3-dollar an hour raise. At daycare I make...$9.50/hour. A no-brainer, right? But tutoring job is maybe 3-10 hours a week, tops. Not enough hours. But with the daycare job, it's too many hours - especially since I've gotten shingles and want to address some health issues (basically STRESS REDUCTION).
So I need to get my nerve up and ask, can I drop down to 4 days a week? Frankly 3 would be ideal. I wonder exactly how sick and out of shape and run down a person has to be, before someone notices? No, no one notices.
I started taking my vitamins again, and doing some yoga-type meditation and progressive relaxation. My mom who is struggling with back pain, I told her about meditation, then she asked me about it again, so now she is doing meditation too for her back pain.
I feel guilty, look at all these other stressed-out overweight women at daycare, worn out, tired, dragging around, go to work and come home and that's it....I mean, I see them. I AM one of them. But I don't want to be.
I'm going back into work at the daycare on Monday - I really don't want to - I wear the "badge of shame" - I took a WHOLE WEEK OFF for shingles, instead of toughing it out, covering up my rash (across top of my breast and around to back - oww!!!!), taking Vicodin, and dealing with a bunch of toddlers and my do-the-bare-minimum-and-talk-my-ears-off coworker.
Well, there's my rant. I think on Thursday, I will send an email to the director, saying I only want 4 days, not 5. Just finesse it.
I feel like, so often, people ARE NOT WELL, and it doesn't matter, because everyone else around them is not well either. It's like it's NORMAL to be UNHEALTHY. It really is. And when you try to do something about it, you get branded "selfish," "lazy," "slacker." I'm in my 50s now. I need to take care of myself NOW. A pox on the world!!!
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Applied for a part-time job just now - wheres_my_job
[ In Reply To ..]yes, I'm responding to my own post. Silly, I know. But I don't want to get stuck the way I was stuck with being an MT. I have options. I'm not trapped in a job with too many hours. I can make a change. Looking forward to March, the high winds, "beware the Ides of March," although the Ides of March, whatever they are, have always been good for me!
An email is a good idea - sm
[ In Reply To ..]You know what you can and cannot handle and still maintain some degree of health. A person has to take care of themselves because no one else will do it for them. I don't think you're selfish, lazy, or a slacker because you're concerned about your well-being. It sounds like you're being responsible.
When we were younger, our bodies were more forgiving when we neglected them. Now in our 40s, 50s, and beyond, we can't get away with that anymore.
I don't think there is any value in being a martyr just so others don't think we're prima donnas. Good for you that you have decided to take charge and make wise choices for your life.
It was wise to take a week off - imo
[ In Reply To ..]Isn't it bad to be exposed to shingles if pregnant or a youngun who hasn't had chicken pox? I'm not sure about that, but if so, if a pregnant woman came in contact with you through the daycare thing, it might not be good.
I'm of the opinion that everyone is done a favor if someone with an airborne communicable disease, including a cold, stays at home.
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