Wuzzup

Elderly: Since the last time I posted about the laundry horror story for El, I have gone back for a thorough cleaning. As thorough as it is possible to be. I worked just prior to the arrival of, and alongside, two service master employees. I cleared rooms and hauled out trash, as well as things that used to be beautiful but now are ruined by cat waste, and filled an entire 4 yd dumpster by myself. Yes, filled it to the top.

I scrubbed the chairs, the tables, the windows, the walls, and anything else that I could. Service master shampooed the rugs. They looked remarkably clean, but everything still smelled just like the deepest part of a dirty litter box. Disheartening to say the least.

I was covered in grime and sweat and cat hair by the end of the day and traveled home with the usual "do you smell what I smell" grimace on my face.

She fell today. She insisted on trying to help me outside while I was scrubbing chairs and she slipped on the wet grass. Neighbor came running over eager to help. She was leaning on me at that point getting her bearings.

Note to all: when an elderly person falls you never pick them up. Let them lean on you and get their bearings and, as much as possible, let them get themselves up using you as leverage. If you try to provide the muscle you risk injuring them.

Neighbor shoos me aside and wraps his arms around her under her arms and YANKS her off the ground. Now THAT hurt her. Then he shows her to the door, introduces himself to me, and says "if you ever need anything let me know." Hey, wanna help rip out this urine encrusted carpet??? Didn't think so.

Anyway. She won't let me coordinate repairs. If I could fit her through my program I would. But she has plenty of money. She just doesn't think there's anything wrong with how she lives. She's not taking her meds. She's just failing. I can't help her. I don't know what to do. I can't bring myself to go to her home because I know she'll want me to go inside. I can't. I know that I said I would. But I can't.

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Work: Just found out that they are hiring a manager at a level one up from me for a temporary contract that should be within my dept. Now, if they have no budget for me or my work, how is it that they can afford to hire a higher level manager at a greater salary for a contract that is only temporary and which, by itself, doesn't even come close to providing enough support dollars? Priorities.

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Home: Being audited.....again. Last year I thought we had this settled. I asked for a payoff amount. We paid it off. Today they say, oops - there's more due from 1998. Conveniently just inside the 7 year cut off for auditing. But of course this is something different than what they said we owed last year.

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Life: It's all lies. It's so hard to keep my chin up when I'm constantly afraid of getting slapped.