Psyche's blog: "Proceed With Caution...."

Hello friends. been awhile since ive blogged and ive gotten many questions aking about my foot and all that jazz and also all the new things ive been up too. Well many of you know ive gone back to work as an asst store manager for casey's which involves many hours of overtime which of course is good for my wallet but not so great for my health. The last blog i made consisted of the incision on the bottom of my foot had busted open and i had to go and have it re-stitched as well a series of antibiotic treatments due to an infection with it. I was told not to continue working until my incision had completely healed which would have put me off at least 2 weeks...yeah right. Since the beginning of all my surgeries my life has pretty much been on hold since Feb of 08 and im sorry but i refuse to continue to allow my children and myself to suffer financially from it any longer. So against all the doctors orders i continued working anyway and unfortunately ive done a lot more damaged than i realized by doing so. 3 days ago my incision busted open again and i made an appointment with my specialist in springfeild to try and figure out why this keeps happening and i was given the worst news possible.With my job i stand on my feet anywhere from 8-12 hours a day and constantly moving and apparently by doing this the rods they had to insert into my heel when they did my fusion are slipping and falling out of place which is pushing against my incision therfore causing it to rip open. He also told me that im basically ruining his work and that this job is going to cause me to have to go through all my surgeries again just to fix what ive already damaged. Needless to say he is not happy with me and gave me an hour lecture on after such a severe surgery i cant work at these types of jobs and that i have to find a job where im able to sit at least some of the time and stay off my feet.  It kind of pissed me off simply because this is america dammit, all the lazy people have taken all the sit down jobs and with this economy i may never find such a job and the needs of my children come before my needs. I asked him if i quit my job is he going to pay my bills and feed my children because i dont see anybody else offering to help me out. He suggested trying to get disability and that he would write a letter on my behalf because after this foot finally heels he will be starting surgery on my other one. I explained to him that i started that process back in Feb of 08 after my 1st surgery and i keep getting denied and that disability is bullshit and they only approve people that diont really need it. In any case im frusrated and angry and feel like i have no options so ive decided im just going to keep working and sending out resumes until something better comes along..

Onto the good stuff. When i first starting looking for employment i had sent out my resume to a place here in town called startek which is cellular tech assistance for all major cell phone companies, a sit down job with a little office, great pay and even better benefits which offer awesome promotions for advancemnet within the company. I recieved a phone call 2 days ago that they are interested in me and that my skills are exactly what they are looking for and he sent me a link to my email to do a sitting one assessment. Of course i jumped right on it and filled it out yesterday and to my delight one of my mother's best friends brother is a supervisor there and so i think maybe something great will finally come my way. So please keep your fingers crossed for me and pray that luck has finally found its way to my life. These last few days many crazy things with luck has occurred for me and i definitely see this as a good sign. Friday i had to close and just before 11 a young woman had come in for gas and a few minutes after she left she walked back into the store with a little boy on her hip looking very distraught. I asked her what was wrong and she told me her car wouldnt start and this was the one time she had left her cell at home and that her baby was in the car asleep. I gave her my cell and told her to call whomever she needed and she tried her hubby but he wasnt picking up, she said he was a sound sleeper and probably couldnt hear the phone. So i started questioning her about her car and what type of noise it made when she turned the ignition etc etc... She said all her lights worked but when she turned the ignition it just clicked and she didnt feel it was the battery but probably the altenator. Well growing up around cars and learning a few things i went out and opened her hood, knocked on the altenator and checked a few other things. I brought my truck over and told the lady i believed it was just her battery, got out my jumper cables...she had a new van which required me to undo safe bars...thank god i carry a tools with me and proceeded to jump her off. Her little boy was scarred and thought this was all his fault so while it was jumping i played with him, tried to make him laugh and told him it wasnt his fault and that this was a good thing because playing with him made my night and he seemed to like that answer. Then he said the sweetest thing ever to his mommy, he told her i was their angel and that everything was going to be ok now. Anyway it was the battery and her car started so i put everything back up and got her situated and as i was getting in my truck she stopped me and gave me a huge hug and said she apologized she didnt have any money to give me but wanted me to take this giftcard she had. I refused and told her i didnt want anything and that i hoped if i was ever in this type of situation someone would help me. After about a 5 min argument i finally said ok and stuck it in my pocket..after a couple more hugs and kind words she left. Yesterday i got to work to learn that she had emailed the corporate office about the incident and gave me such praise that i was given a gift from corporate as well as a hand written letter from the owner. Btw i learned that the giftcard was $30 to olive garden and i was shocked..i think ill mail it to my father for a fathers day gift. THEN yesterday on my way home from the store i was listening to the local radio station and the 8th caller got free movie tickets and a free meal for 2 to one of the best restaurant/pubs in town..keep in mind i never win anything. So i figured what the hell..i call and it rang on the 1st try and all be damned if i wasnt the 8th caller so now ive won more stuff LOL. Maybe i need to go play the lottery or something or maybe its just time for good things to start happening in my life :)

So i have to start getting ready for work shortly and sorry this became so long but its a good read.

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