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  • When you do anything else

    As the war in Ukraine drags on it’s become harder & harder to watch the news. It’s soo sad that a war criminal would block civilians from leaving & terrorising them from above with bombs.

    It makes me angry & particularly at pootins soo called “pep rally” he had the other day. Where Russians where forced to attend in order to make it seem that they’re for the current war.

    I stand with Ukraine & it’s people. Period. Maybe that’s why I prefer junk TV that has become my distraction. There’s food competitions & housewives to watch. Yes, I check BBC to see if anything new has happened but mostly I watch junk TV.

    This war that’s happening should Never have gotten to the point that it has. We went from worrying about catching COVID to wondering if we have a third world war on our doorstep. It worries me. What’s happening to our planet & our people.

    So I will watch junk TV & see parts of the news. Even if it’s painful. I stand with Ukraine & it’s people.

  • BridGes

    I have been pondering this recently as I got a writing prompt & I feel that it has changed in my life. What is a bridge? It can be many things, sometimes we burn them, other times we build them.

    Sometimes we cross them, even when we’re afraid of what is on the other side. Bridges can mean building of friendship & connection. It can mean safety in the time of war & leaving some things behind on the other side.

    It can be daring to cross IF you want something better. I can recall in my twenties how I was literally a hot mess & constantly would put my new friendships under a pressure cooker & then be surprised when they Failed.

    Now, I don’t, I tread more lightly & I have learned to set better boundaries with people & to nurture friendships, the way you do plants. I have learned to build bridges & make sure the posts are strong enough to take the pressure.

    Bridges are important, they sometimes guide us where we least expected to that can mean more than we expected. My husband & I have a strong posts on our bridge, even when it sways in the wind, we’re firmly planted.

  • When you only want out.

    I have been on some type of assistance for almost a decade & I am sick of it. The hoops they make you jump through & constantly being treated like a pentualent child. I want to work & I want to make a difference.

    That’s why I’m soo excited to be applying for grad school in art therapy in the Fall. I know how much my writing has helped me now that we’re in a crisis, I think my skills will be a real asset in the future.

    As for the assistance I have been getting, it’s okay but it’s nothing to brag about. I want a real pay check & a stable job & to no longer be treated like a child by the system. It’s that simple really. Don’t get me wrong, I am grateful But Fed up with it.

    What I am looking for is a stable work environment, a boss that recognizes that I am asset where I work & treat me as such. That I am early to my shifts & that I do more that is required for customers. That values my time & theirs.

    I am willing to commute but not more than 30 minutes & I want non-toxic co-workers that realize that we’re all equal in the eyes of the boss, that Always has the last word. No micro managing, being spoken down to, no bs when it comes to hours I want at the job.

    So if you know someone who’s hiring hit me up with info & I’ll look into it. Till next time, I stand with the sovereign nation of Ukraine.