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Actions and Consequences

When I was a child, my parents taught me that there was a consequence to each of my actions, good or bad, and often, if I did the wrong thing, they were the ones to enforce the consequence. For example, leaving my room in a mess despite repeated warnings...

Published 22 Feb 2009 11:57 PM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a (not quite) Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: alcohol, attitudes, emotions, FASD, homelessness, intoxication, learning, mental health
yikes... too much.

Maybe it's stupid, but I always feel bad posting rants on my blog about how tired I am. I always vowed I'd never be on of those "emo" bloggers who just complains about how much life stucks and how the world is out to get them. Especially...

Published 28 Jan 2009 4:34 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a (not quite) Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: crying, emotions, mental health, shelter, sleep, sophie, staff relations, whining, work
things I love...part two

The last time I wrote about the things I love I wrote about specific clients who really touched me. I think today however I'll just make a list, because I need a reminder of some of those great things in love, those things that make life special,...

Published 23 Jan 2009 8:20 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a (not quite) Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: emotions, life, me, thoughts
things I love

I post a lot about the hard stuff at work. The stuff that breaks my heart. The stuff that hurts. The stuff that makes me wonder about society and the world I live in. And that stuff is very real. What's also very real is all the good stuff. The great...

Published 30 Dec 2008 4:48 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: emotions, homelessness, thoughts, work
what you do unto the least of these

There's a verse in the Bible which has been on my mind a lot lately. Jesus is telling a parable about the Kingdom of God and what things are going to be like in the end times. Jesus tells his followers, as recorded in the book of Matthew. In the story...

Published 30 Dec 2008 12:36 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: church, crying, emotions, homelessness, intoxication, necessary evils, nights, snow, whining, winter, work
overwhelmed - or something

I'm feeling a little overwhelmed these past few days. The enormity of the problems I see on a daily basis can be kind of consuming. For the most part, I'm quite good at maintaining a healthy distance, putting things in perspective and staying...

Published 16 Dec 2008 1:24 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: church, crying, emotions, first aid, firsts, homelessness, intoxication, IPDA, me, nights, social work, winter, work
remembering

It's amazing how the things we did in our past can begin to invade our futures no matter how much we try to ignore them, forget them, or pretend they never happened. Nobody likes to remember their mistakes, especially the ones that affected us in...

Published 9 Nov 2008 6:30 PM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: emotions, me, thoughts, work
The sad cat

This is my Sophie cat. She's pretty awesome. Although, I've been working on clipping her claws... one paw at a time, with a day inbetween. She is NOT happy. I still have a paw left (back right) and a one claw on each left paw when she FREAKED...

Published 1 Nov 2008 5:10 PM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: emotions, ethics, sophie, thoughts, work
Finding Balance

Balance is not the easiest thing in life to achieve. I realized yesterday, after I spent the majority of my morning crying (and eating most of a frozen pizza) that my life was out of balance. I continued on my way, upset, but glad for a night off and...

Published 29 Oct 2008 2:21 PM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: emotions, life, me, staff relations, the enforcer, thoughts, work
bad bad bad

The meeting this morning did not go well... and while I don't think the enforcer will actually try and sue me for slander and libel, well, he did put it out there. He says I'm trying to be the coordinator and tries to claim the incident never...

Published 28 Oct 2008 3:15 PM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: emotions, staff relations, the enforcer, work
sometimes we get what we want (and realize we're not sure we want it)

So after a lot of heart searching a consulting with a couple colleagues I trust, I decided I would talk to my boss about what happened, and what's been going with, the enforcer. It was hard, harder then I thought it would be. I discovered there's...

Published 21 Oct 2008 2:58 PM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: crying, emotions, necessary evils, nights, policy, staff relations, the enforcer, whining, work
tear off a piece of me

I got in a huge fight with the enforcer today. The kind where I wound up running to the bathroom and crying. NOT a good thing. I'm not sure I'm ready to write about it, although I will. I had so many posts planned out in my head, but now I'm...

Published 10 Oct 2008 3:41 PM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: crying, emotions, the enforcer, work
bad bad day

I had a bad day at work last night. There's no other way to describe it. Yuck. Part of it is that I'm really stressed about packing, cleaning and moving, but part of it is just that last night sucked. I went into it with a really good attitude...

Published 30 Aug 2008 2:58 PM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: emotions, first aid, IPDA, mental health, nights, work
mood swings and me

Every now and again I have a crazy weird mood swing. Not often, not once a month, maybe once or twice a year? It really depends. Before therapy and well, becoming not a teenager I used to be permanently this way, a mood swing was what happened when I...

Published 26 Jul 2008 5:09 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: emotions, me, street ministry, substance use, thoughts, work
writers block

I had an awesome night last night. I had a couple clients just really open up. It was hard to hear in some cases; hearing dealers talk about the young people, mothers, pregnant women they've sold to. But it was good. Good for them especially. Now...

Published 25 Jul 2008 6:38 PM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: church, detox, emotions, evenings, substance use, work

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