Family :(

[the_wanlorn]

 
In case the world is curious, I am having a rather shitty time of it. My da got laid off and doesn't really know what to do with himself right now. My mum might be getting laid off/fired because the school system has decided she doesn't have the proper certification (even though she's been teaching there for ten-ish years now) and she can't afford to take classes to get it and I can't afford to give her money for it. My sister is incredibly broken because her boyfriend dumped her a little over a month ago and I don't know how to fix her.

I am so stressed out that I am picking at my scalp until it bleeds and skipping my meds and not getting out of bed after I fall asleep and not falling asleep until the single digit hours and all that. And I haven't wanted to talk to anyone about it because they're just going to say "lol not your problem" except it is because no one else is dealing with it and someone has to.

Sometimes I wonder if most of my hippie desires come from just wanting to be somewhere where I don't have to worry about anything more than will this early frost kill my carrot sprouts.
 

Comments

[emiweebee.livejournal.com]

Let's you and I run off to the John C. Campbell Folk School (http://www.folkschool.org/).

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

Dude, that would be so much fun. When I am driving through NC this summer, I am TOTALLY going to visit there. :D

[carlanime.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Oh, gods, that sounds awful. I wish I had something useful to say. Try to take care of yourself, though. *hugs some more*

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

:) Thank you.

[author-by-night.livejournal.com]

*Hugs*

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

:) Thanks

[jetamors.livejournal.com]

*hugs* I hope things get better soon.

[livii.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear this, hon. I hope things get better for you and your family.

[techiemikey.livejournal.com]

::hugs:: if you want to talk or anything, i'm in the boston area alot now. I just need a days notice so i won't get stranded or anything.

[verrucaria.livejournal.com]

That's pretty shitty. :(

Are there any private schools in the area? They're not bound by the same requirements as the public ones...

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

None that are hiring SpEd teachers right now. :( It's a massively shitty situation all around, and she won't find out anything until she calls the Dept. of Ed. tomorrow morning.

[verrucaria.livejournal.com]

I hope the Dept. of Ed. can do something... :-/

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

Meee too. Logically, she's fine. She's certified for 6-9th, and that's what she teaches. But they recently changed the certification to be 5-12 and the school administration is telling her she has to be recertified (and pay for it herself!!!).

Now, if only the DoE works on logic, unlike the shitty school admins...

[orla-fey.livejournal.com]

My mum might be getting laid off/fired because the school system has decided she doesn't have the proper certification (even though she's been teaching there for ten-ish years now) and she can't afford to take classes to get it and I can't afford to give her money for it.

Oh man. *shakes fist at the education system* Something like that happened to my mom a few years back and it really was such a frustrating situation. I hope things end up working out for her--I don't understand how administrators and whatnot don't realize that experience> suchandsuch certification any day for a teacher.

I'm sorry for such a late comment, but *hugshugshugs* Take care of yourself and hang in there, hon.