-=> Quoting Damon A. Getsman to Nancy Backus on 31-May-2015 16:33 <=-   
      
    DAG>> Yeah I've done a couple of shifts at Free Geek here, which kind of   
    NB>> That sounds like a good fit.  :)   
    DAG> I actually got sick when I had the last one set up that I was going   
    DAG> to go to, unfortunately.  However they're always looking for more   
    DAG> people that they've already certified to fill shifts, so I'll be trying   
    DAG> to see if I can get in another slot on Monday.    
      
   Bummer about getting sick... but good that you've got yourself a foot in    
   the door there now...    
      
    DAG> Right now I'm also thinking that I might _finally_ be able to afford   
    DAG> Aikido for myself (and possibly even my son, though he's already in   
    DAG> Tae Kwon Do) come this next paycheck, which should be Tuesday or   
    DAG> Wednesday. Needless to say I'm really pumped at starting to have some   
    DAG> different options available for socialization where I've really had   
    DAG> nothing but the volunteering or food hell places before.   
       
   To say nothing of being something that can help work off the nervous   
   energies...  :)     
      
    DAG> Yeah I could tell that the VA groups weren't for me even before I   
    DAG> met the members of the group.  I could tell by the person that was   
    DAG> giving the introduction and the way that she was treating the people   
    DAG> that were there that I was really far out of my element.  Perhaps   
    DAG> you're right, though.  The last time that I was in a place with lots of   
    DAG> groups I spent about a half a day making sure that I'd dealt with my   
    DAG> losses as best I could, and the rest of the time it helped me more than   
    DAG> anything to be able to sit down and help some of the other people work   
    DAG> through there problems.  I'm not trying to steal crap from Patch Adams   
    DAG> here, it's just kind of how it worked out, if you remember his scene in   
    DAG> the psych ward and all.    
      
   But it's true, for all that... helping others does indeed help you work   
   out your own issues, more likely than not...  If nothing else, as we've   
   said before, it provides perspective that focusing on one's self doesn't   
   give so well... :)   
      
    NB>> True...  the dynamic changes some when one HAS to keep the job... vs   
    NB>> when one can walk and find something better...   
    DAG> Right now I wouldn't throw away what I've got for anything.  It's   
    DAG> allowing me a degree of freedom that I never thought I'd have and   
    DAG> there's finally been enough of a ramp up in hours that I'm able to get   
    DAG> in enough work to do well. Not too much of it, though.  I never thought   
    DAG> I'd find that mix.  Plus I'm starting to get good at it again, which is   
    DAG> really nice.  I don't like having to ask somebody about every little   
    DAG> step every time.  Autonomy and the confidence in the actions that one   
    DAG> is taking is always a good thing.  It is quite a bit like riding a   
    DAG> bike.  ;)    
      
   Sounds like the IT job is a definite win...  :)  I was refering more to   
   the dead-end jobs, like in foodservice...  And the dynamic is even more   
   changed when one has a good job, with prospects, that is a very good   
   fit.  :)   Enjoy your bike ride...    
      
    NB>> Or the Sinatra song... high apple-pie in the Sky-y-y-y hopes     
    NB>> Whoops there goes another rubbertree plant... ;)   Things should work   
    NB>> out just fine... :)   
    DAG> I'm starting to feel that way, finally.  Even got some ideas   
    DAG> together on how to bring my credit up some points within the next   
    DAG> couple of months here, and get my cat the operation that he needs at   
    DAG> the same time.  :) Best wishes.   
      
   Definitely a nice turnaround of events for you.   :)   
      
   ttyl        neb   
      
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