HOORAY!!!
my dad just informed me of some good news....IKEA is in utah!!!!!! i'm thoroughly excited. now, i just have to figure out when my trip down there will be:)
Thursday, July 19, 2007
life's a country song... (that doesn't necessarily rhyme or go with a beat)
got sworn at by a person with extreme mania,
the hamster (Bear) at the center died,
heard passive-aggressive remarks for a full hour at work after telling a client not to lick all the batter out of the bowls (appropriate at home, not when cooking with 12 other people),
and spent much time throughout the day on the phone with an obsessive, schizo-affective type client and got hung up on 6+times.
glad the work week is over. it's been CRAZY i tell you!!! the full moon is coming up next weekend, i believe. i didn't used to think that stuff mattered, but after being around cows and people with mental illness, i'm swayed to think that it definitely plays a part in behaviors. now, Bear was just old--poor old guy:( , but the other stuff almost put me over the edge... hope you all have a relaxing weekend, i intend to!
got sworn at by a person with extreme mania,
the hamster (Bear) at the center died,
heard passive-aggressive remarks for a full hour at work after telling a client not to lick all the batter out of the bowls (appropriate at home, not when cooking with 12 other people),
and spent much time throughout the day on the phone with an obsessive, schizo-affective type client and got hung up on 6+times.
glad the work week is over. it's been CRAZY i tell you!!! the full moon is coming up next weekend, i believe. i didn't used to think that stuff mattered, but after being around cows and people with mental illness, i'm swayed to think that it definitely plays a part in behaviors. now, Bear was just old--poor old guy:( , but the other stuff almost put me over the edge... hope you all have a relaxing weekend, i intend to!
Monday, July 09, 2007
adriane, the bunny trainer...
i'll admit it, when i started working at my current job, i did not think that social work would cross with animals. yes, there is evidence that pet therapy is a good thing, etc., etc., but me, being allergic to any animal with hair, found animals in the workplace less than a perfect situation. don't get me wrong, i love animals. first came the bunny, ringo. she's black and white and SOOOO soft, which makes a person fall in love with her. next came iggy, the iguana. no, i'm not allergic to him, but he is quite unnerving, especially after you see my boss' arms with scratches all over them. however, the way he reacts to a gentle bath with a squirt bottle allows him to squeeze into a special iguana place in a person's heart. most recently, we added bear to our zoo....office. he's a little hamster that fondly reminds me of my first real pets fuzzy and gumdrop. i love the little guy. these animals get SPOILED! this is where my latest title "bunny [personal] trainer" comes in. because ringo is so spoiled and in too small of a cage (she's lazy anyway, so i don't think a bigger cage would help), she is now obese. seriously obese. she eats healthy, veggies, apple cores, whole wheat bread butts, however, i think the caloric intake is much too high for a lazy animal. today, a coworker and i decided she needed to do some running up and down the hall during our staffing. she ran to the other end, and sat there the rest of the time. after staffing, my boss told me to make her run by stomping behind her (no animals were physically harmed in this push for exercise). i tried that, but ringo like my feet. so i had to scoot cardboard behind her. we got a good 15 feet of running and 6 stair climbs in before she almost pooped on me. i feel sorry for the poor gal, she has a quadruple chin and fat rolls under her armpits. i'll admit it, i called her a lardbutt, but it was a term of endearment. this wrapped up an exciting day of work.
i'll admit it, when i started working at my current job, i did not think that social work would cross with animals. yes, there is evidence that pet therapy is a good thing, etc., etc., but me, being allergic to any animal with hair, found animals in the workplace less than a perfect situation. don't get me wrong, i love animals. first came the bunny, ringo. she's black and white and SOOOO soft, which makes a person fall in love with her. next came iggy, the iguana. no, i'm not allergic to him, but he is quite unnerving, especially after you see my boss' arms with scratches all over them. however, the way he reacts to a gentle bath with a squirt bottle allows him to squeeze into a special iguana place in a person's heart. most recently, we added bear to our zoo....office. he's a little hamster that fondly reminds me of my first real pets fuzzy and gumdrop. i love the little guy. these animals get SPOILED! this is where my latest title "bunny [personal] trainer" comes in. because ringo is so spoiled and in too small of a cage (she's lazy anyway, so i don't think a bigger cage would help), she is now obese. seriously obese. she eats healthy, veggies, apple cores, whole wheat bread butts, however, i think the caloric intake is much too high for a lazy animal. today, a coworker and i decided she needed to do some running up and down the hall during our staffing. she ran to the other end, and sat there the rest of the time. after staffing, my boss told me to make her run by stomping behind her (no animals were physically harmed in this push for exercise). i tried that, but ringo like my feet. so i had to scoot cardboard behind her. we got a good 15 feet of running and 6 stair climbs in before she almost pooped on me. i feel sorry for the poor gal, she has a quadruple chin and fat rolls under her armpits. i'll admit it, i called her a lardbutt, but it was a term of endearment. this wrapped up an exciting day of work.
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