posted January 27, 2007 05:40 PM         

This week has started off with a big headache and at the present I have no shoulder to have a good cry on, but I need to get the tears out and rolling.

I started singing with live musicians and I'm finding that musicians that have been around for a while are highly relcutant to give a new singer a chance. I went to a jam on sunday and the guy running the show asked me if I was going to sing and I said yes. During the night he was getting plastered on beer and didn't call me up once. (It is not a jammers responsiblity to tell the hose that it's time to go on and sing). Many times during the night, I would go try and talk to the host and he would get very elusive on me. By the end of the night and sitting around for nothing. I was upset at that point and went adn asked him what EXPERIENCE do I need to go up and nothing happened........As a new singer I am serious about the work I do and really hate to be brushed off. I don't think I did anything to offend this guy.

My employer keeps cancelling shifts on me and says he has enough staff to work the shifts. I rely on relief hours and can't make ends meet with the boss always cancelling. I haven't had a moment yet were the boss was available to discuss matters.

On Tuesday some quack Child Psychologist diagnosed my 4 year old with ADD and was told that she really need to be medicated up. My instincts told me that it was a lie diagnoses and so I got a second opinion from my ND and she did a few tests and told me that my daughter does not have ADD. That little incident was a very deep blow to my system and left me feeling fiery for days.

The last thing on the block was my respite lady that comes in every wednesday night and every second friday night has been calling in sick - that marks 3 consecutive wednesdays in a row that she has called in sick. I'm a single mom and at times I do need to get out of the house and have some time by myself to do things. After this stressful week, I really needed it.

So I relieved the respite lady of her duties - if she is too sick to work then she can take all the time off work as she needs and get reassigned to somebody else. I'm rather steamed with the agency who is running a service and they are not owning up to what they offer.....

on the plusside - after 3 or 4 months of not doing stand up I went on stage on monday night and had a good set. One of the comedians there said I did good and to hold my head up high...

ID

posted January 27, 2007 06:11 PM         

I hate the fast diagnosis to many 'caregivers' make.
It's a fast food world, and that includes potential 'illnesses' that should be taken seriously but instead end up over diagnosed.