The weekend was uneventful for me. Just stayed home on the computer, my favorite place to be. I get to communicate with all my online friends that way. I love it. One of my sisters wanted my other sister and I to come to her house on Saturday for a St. Patrick's Day party, but we decided that we didn't want to go. Too tired and didn't want to make the hour drive. As it turns out, it snowed a lot. We were lucky that we didn't go or we may have been stuck there. I absolutely hate being stuck somewhere other than my flat. When I called her to tell her we weren't coming, she didn't complain. She had gone to a birthday party the night before and was hung over. She was just going to relax and watch movies. It worked out for the best in the end.
I'm starting week 2 of my orientation today. I have some assignments to do and discussions to take part in. I will probably get the assignments done quickly so they are out of the way. Then I can just participate in discussions the rest of the days. I'm getting more comfortable with the school website. There are a lot of learning tutorials and help with math and writing there, so that is good to know. I'm still nervous, but excited at the same time. I just hope that I do good in my classes. I'm dreading the math though. I'm not really good at it.
I've been on MDJ all morning commenting on discussions. I've been very active on that site. It's because I have a lot of time on my hands at the moment being unemployed. I will be busy when my school starts in April though. I will probably have to cut down my time on MDJ. That makes me sad, but I will still post comments when I can. People comment on how much support I give and that they like what I have to say. That makes me feel good.
Still no job prospects. No calls, no interviews. It's discouraging, but I'm still trying and I'll keep trying. I'm just so lucky that I have unemployment. I really need them to approve me collecting it while in school though. I would think it wouldn't be a problem because I'm taking online classes and can do that at night. Look for jobs during the day. It wouldn't affect my job search at all. I need to be able to survive. I've prayed about it. Hopefully it all turns out okay.
I've felt pretty good. The medications are doing their job it seems. This is a very good thing for me. I don't want to go into an episode right now. It wouldn't be good. My county mental health finally contacted me. She was going to fax the information to the clinic I will be going to and I should hear from them in one to two weeks. I'm wondering how much they are going to do for me. I should be getting a psychiatrist and medications from there. I may have to change some of my medications around though and I hope that doesn't upset my stability. The county doesn't give you the best of medications. Usually the cheaper ones, not the name brand. Guess I won't know until I meet with them.
I'm supposed to call and make an appointment with my psychiatrist, but he is too expensive. I think I could wing it this month, but not every month. He'll give me samples to take as long as he has them, but I am going to be getting a new psychiatrist through the county more than likely. I will tell him that I will come back to him when I get insurance again because I can't afford the $125 a month to see him for 20 minutes. I think he will understand. He's a fabulous psychiatrist though. I will miss him for sure and will be happy when I get to see him again.
I started a blog on my school website and made my profile. It's going to be a lot like this one. Just my everyday happenings and mood. I kind of did my first blog as an introduction so whoever reads it will learn a little bit about me. I'm curious to see who comments on it. I have mentioned that I have bipolar and that my goal is to become a mental illness counselor. I wonder if I will meet a lot of friends that way. I always welcome new friends from anywhere around the world.
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