Am Not Coping

lol let's hope it is not that far away @Faith-and-Hope I can imagine you in aged care organising all the other residents doing art Hon - with a paint brush at the end of your walking stick lol

😆 maybe that is where we will meet @Zoe7 ..... ZF&H Rocking-chair Art Studios .....

haha that is exactly what I was thinking too Hon - wouldn't that be something - we could have a whole chain of Rocking Chair Art homes @Faith-and-Hope - and I certainly would be happy to move in my later years to somewhere warmer lol

Heeheehee @Zoe7 .... and on that note I had better get my toosh out of bed and moving ..... have had a right royal lay-in .....

A sleep in is good when you can get it @Faith-and-Hope Sometimes a slow start to the day is needed

I need to get myself moving too - want to get a few things done before I go to the pool today. Catch you later Hon

A further update re the work situation. It doesn't look like I will be starting this week - things are still very much up in the air. The Principal was under the impression that I wasn't going back until next year - either she is totally stupid or just doesn't listen to anything - either way it is getting far beyond a joke and this latest setback is really affecting me. The HR person is now looking into other schools I could possibly be able to help out in as a secondary solution to all this. I have asked that it all be put into writing to me so I have a record of what has been discussed so expecting that over the next couple of days. HR will get back to me tomorrow or Thursday when they hear back from the Principal again - as far as I am concerned she is showing no willingness to have me back at all and that also makes it difficult for me - not sure where this is all going to go but my priority now is getting paid.

I’m sorry @Zoe7 today wasn’t a better outcome. The principal doesn’t sound nice or competent. I hope something is worked very soon. This must be frustrating you a lot as well as stress. But I’m sure that things will work out.

Thinking of you. ❤️❤️

Right now I can't even think straight @MDT This is all doing my head in and significantly increasing my anxiety levels. Throw in that I am seeing the psychologist again in the morning and those levels are increasing 10 fold. All I need to do right now is get through tonight and tomorrow and then see what happens from there. One hour at a time right now is the maximum I can look take. All those thoughts that I have been handling better of late are back and I feel totally lost - I know there is nothing more I can do but wait. I certainly couldn't handle tutoring or any other job right now - my heart is not in it. The idea of going back to the same school was to have that familiarity around me to be able to make it a little easier to handle the job - feeling useless right now on all fronts.

Grrr @Zoe7 ..... I am angry for you, but also not surprised. It sounds tome that the Principal is playing up, after saying in the first place that she didn’t have a job for you, then it being made clear to her that it is in your contract that she provide you with a position. I am guessing she has lost face and is doing a push-back ..... and it would suit her if that caused you to spin out. Hold your ground Hon ...., don’t let a bully like that undo all the good work you are doing, and now you have all the reason to ask for financial compensation because all of this is already in writing.

It was made clear to her that you were to be given work from at least two weeks ago, and even if they have you stacking books into library shelves, you were to be provided income for that time. Can you ask the HR person about that, so it is costing the Principal if she is stalling and you end up getting paid anyway ...., it just helps to show up that she is misbehaving.

Let the HR person deal with it all, but maybe just ask the question ? The timing was designed around providing you with necessary income, and I think that was made clear, wasn’t it ? That makes them responsible.

Hugs and hugs @Zoe7.