April 18, 2023 - Tuesday


Well, I just sent Jane a message asking if she wants me to quit. I feel like all of my interactions with her lately have been negative and I'm just sick of having anxiety every time I sign on to work. We'll see what she says and whether or not I have a job tomorrow! I think she's going to have a lot of upset clients if I'm not working there anymore. But it won't be my problem.

I visited with Patrice this morning and talked to her about our HC concerns. She does not think we should change HCs at all and, honestly, I think I agree with her. Ben...not so much. He's still so upset. But he also hasn't really gotten to talk things through with anyone yet. He and Alex haven't gotten together since he started feeling this way and his plans with John Matthews got cancelled too. I just can't be the only Christian sounding board for Ben when he's upset, and yet, I usually am. We had a good visit though. I really like getting together with her and I felt really encouraged by our conversation to just keep going. I've had a lot of demoralizing things happen in the last 5 weeks or so, starting with Clemi's disastrous situation, but I've had good things happening too. God is still with me and He's still doing big things that I get to be a part of.

I took Ollie to ballet today and, man, she does not know their routine at all! 😅 We still have a month until recital, but there is a lot of work to do. The poor ballet instructor always seems so disappointed that these 3-5 year olds don't know what they're doing. 😂

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