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I interacted with 14 client files today. I cannot tell you how much I hate that expression. Read More...

Published 29 Sep 2009 4:15 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: paperwork, pet peeves, whining, work
craaaaaay week

It is amazing to me, that one of my clients could ingest more than 200 pills, wind up at the hospital in an ambulance, be treated in emergency and be released with no admission, not even a follow up. The day before that they refused to admit her to psych...

Published 22 Aug 2009 5:53 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: me, mental health, Oliver, suicide, whining, work
rant around the clock

I'm having an issue at work that I'm kind of getting sick of. My clients seem to have a VERY difficult time keeping their appointments. Now, I don't mind the occasional missed appointment that was forgotten about, and I of course don't...

Published 13 Aug 2009 1:39 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: counseling, mental health, pet peeves, thoughts, whining, work
cleaning (gulp)

So, things you may not know about the dreamer. I am VERY messy. Very, very, very messy. My apartment was definitely turning into a fire hazard (although some claim it was turning into a bio hazard). So, naturally, instead of cleaning it myself, I exercised...

Published 8 Jun 2009 3:58 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: life, me, sophie, whining
just a bit frustrated

I'm not sure where this post is going to go, so I apologize in advance if I offend anyone. I'm tired. I'm a bit grumpy. And a bit pissed off. So, I worked at the shelter today, in the detox unit. I haven't worked there in ages, so it was...

Published 7 Jun 2009 6:34 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: detox, whining, work
I'm wearing a dress...

I'm off to a fundraiser for work right away. Label me not impressed but going to make the best of it (rant to follow). At least there's decent silent auction prizes. (rant begins now). See the thing of it is, I had to buy a ticket to the stupid...

Published 4 Jun 2009 11:48 PM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: m, pet peeves, whining, work
dreamer takes a sick day

If you've been following this blog for a while, you'll have noticed a trend, for a relatively healthy 22 year old, I'm really not all that healthy. I'd given up posting about my sinuses, but in the past eight weeks, I've been to urgent...

Published 30 May 2009 2:11 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: life, sick, whining
Staff Meetings...

We had a staff meeting yesterday. All the staff in our organization. I can't say I was impressed. I am NOT good at sitting still for 2.5 hours listening to stuff that is mostly irelevant to me. Then our executive director was all like "how come...

Published 21 May 2009 1:32 PM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: pet peeves, staff relations, the intrepid one, whining, work
the investigation is over!

I wish I could do this to Mr. boss man at the shelter, unfortunatly, that would definitly get me in worse trouble then I was in. Some of you may recall that I was being formally investigated for unprofessional conduct...two months ago. Well, I finally...

Published 1 May 2009 12:16 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: attitudes, crying, me, staff relations, whining, work
antibiotics and yuck

I don't like antibiotics. I think they're a wonderful invention, I totally agree that their lifesaving. I also think they're over prescribed, and generally, they don't make me the world's healthiest person (I tend to get stomach side...

Published 20 Apr 2009 12:00 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Social Worker (with a little help from her Sophie Cat)

Filed under: intake, life, me, sick, staff relations, supervision, whining, work, workshop
it's almost spring

I can't believe I haven't posted in a week. Things are not going well in dreamerville, and writing just seems like too much, that and I just haven't seemed to find anything I really want to write about, I know I'll feel better if I write...

Published 8 Mar 2009 7:45 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a (not quite) Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: IPDA, life, me, mental health, sick, sleep, social work, the enforcer, thoughts, whining, winter, work
Oh how I miss Social Work supervision aka all the things I wish there’d been time to say

For the most part, I’ve been doing pretty well working without any proper supervision. As I’ve said before, it’s nice not to have to over analyze every single little thing I do. Most of the people I work with are completely uninterested in debrief and...

Published 25 Feb 2009 12:08 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a (not quite) Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: first aid, learning, life, me, social work, thoughts, whining, work
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
just a little sleep

It's amazing how much of a difference sleep makes in a persons life. I haven't posted this week because I've been exhausted. I had something every single day this week including a doctors appointment at which I discovered I'm anemic. Joy...

Published 10 Jan 2009 10:45 PM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a (not quite) Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: friends, life, sick, sleep, the enforcer, whining, 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
the pressures of sick days

I'm feeling MUCH better today, certainly not 100%, but the antibiotics have really done their job, and it no longer feels like daggers are stabbing me in the throat each time I swallow. Hurray for that! I work tonight, and then I have two days off...

Published 3 Dec 2008 4:50 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: me, sick, thoughts, whining, work
false alarm

I think I've written about this before, but it happened once again. When people come into IPDA, they're supposed to be searched. This may seem rather trivial, but a bad search can lead to bad consequences, hangings, cutting, or fire. Yes, that's...

Published 26 Nov 2008 2:29 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: intoxication, IPDA, nights, shelter, whining, work
gong show

Sometimes, the only way I can get through my shifts is to have a mantra that goes like this "i love my job, i love my job, i love my job". And the truth is, I really do, it just has it's moments... take one of the days this weekend for example...

Published 17 Nov 2008 6:22 PM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: crisis, intoxication, IPDA, nights, whining, 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
like little children

An ongoing conversation among the staff at work is the fact that in many ways we feel like we are working in a daycare though we are in fact working with adults. There are many reasons for this, but in some cases it is just the pure immaturity that we...

Published 9 Oct 2008 3:00 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: homelessness, whining, work
office politics

I find that picture incredibly amusing, although I'm not sure it completely relates to what I want to write about. My favourite supervisor is leaving the night shift. My awesome, yet very old and very in need of moving to days supervisor, is moving...

Published 6 Oct 2008 4:17 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: nights, staff relations, the enforcer, whining, work, yoga
less then healed but definitely better

I'm finally almost better! Actually, I've gotten over whatever this was very quickly, and today I'm not even taking decongestants. As long as it doesn't settle in my chest I'm free! Considering it was just three days ago I was lying...

Published 14 Aug 2008 8:13 PM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: detox, evenings, mr. nice guy, staff relations, whining, work
Client Counting aka the awkwardness of the er.

So, one of the annoying things about hanging out in the emergency room of my nearest hospital happens to be the number of clients I see there. I decided to play the client counting game, but really, I was too tired. I saw at least two that I know quite...

Published 12 Aug 2008 10:19 AM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: crying, life, me, sick, whining, work
sexual harassment and me...sigh

I'm mad enough right now that I'm going to post a fairly real story. As usual, details and stuff have been changed, but really, I don't know how I could even begin to make this up. Did you now I have "buffalo breasts"? Because I...

Published 7 Aug 2008 3:13 PM by Awake and Dreaming - The Ramblings of a Brand New Social Worker

Filed under: intoxication, IPDA, me, mental health, paperwork, policy, whining, work

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