Today was an energetic day at class at Wellness City.
Once again there wasn't any coffee or creamer so I ran home and got some. I don't live that far and I am more than happy to share what I have.
The staff there pulled me aside and thanked me profusely for all that I do there because I give so much they said. I don't mind giving a person a ride home or to some place nearby if it will help them. I'm just that way. I guess you could say it's in my make up. Anyway, they said I was a lifesaver and I felt touched. They insisted that I needn't bring things or give people rides or do the things I do, but as I told them I really didn't mind.
The classes were filled with very energetic and positive people today and I came home renewed and refreshed all except for one citizen who has been extremely clingy and demanding. He said "I miss my friend" and then pouted. Now you've got to understand this is a 40-year-old man and many times he is disruptive in class and acts like a 4-year-old faking crying jags or interrupting people with his crazy immature antics. I have decided that the next time he acts that way I will ask him if he needs a "time out" just like I used to do with the first graders I used to teach. That or I will just get up and leave the class until his silly tantrum is over. It's such a trigger for me that it makes me very impatient and angry with him. I don't want to express that in class. It wouldn't be appropriate. I've already had a Peer Support Specialist meeting to tell him that I just want to be friends at school and that I don't feel comfortable doing things with him outside of school. I mean he started asking me to taking him to my watercolor class and bingo which are things that I do for myself to relax, enjoy and recharge my batteries. Then the final straw was when he asked me to take him home to meet his parents. I felt like he thought we were a couple. It freaked me out so I had the meeting with him to ask him to take a step back and for us to just be friends at Wellness City which is why it upset me so when he threw his emotional hijacking behavior by trying to make me feel guilty for my decision. As I said before I just told him, "We are still friends just only here at Wellness City." I've had to set a healthy and protective boundary for myself. It's sad, but true.
As for the rest of classes today It was very positive and I learned a lot. When I got home I typed up my notes as they really rely on me to let them know what chapter or lesson we are on. I don't mind. In fact, it's a lot of fun for me and is very rewarding.
When I came home for lunch, I checked into buying "The Secret" which is a movie they need for class. I found it on Amazon for $2.49 + 3.99 for shipping. It's a new copy so I will order it so that we can continue with the class. I called the school and told them that it wouldn't be available until the 8th or the 23rd which if the latter date means I would be at my seminar to become a Peer Support Specialist myself. I will order the movie on the 3rd after we pay our bills. Since they couldn't continue on with the class I called the center and told them about the movie and that I wouldn't be coming back for class today.
Instead, Hubby and I went to the pool to soak in some sunshine and cool off. It was refreshing and when I saw that I was getting a little red I told him that that was enough sunshine for me for the day. Later today we went back to the club house and shot 6 games of pool. I'm getting much better at hitting the ball into the pocket and I won several games but I also scratched a few. Either way I had fun and was pleased that my skills are improving. Perhaps we will play some more today as hubby doesn't have to go into work until 4:00 p. m.
So when we came back home I worked on my class notes again, but I didn't print them out because we were low on ink and I didn't want to use it all up before we could see if it was in the budget to buy some more. We really use the printer a lot. Me for my class notes and hubby for his scripts. He's a writer as well as an actor a music teacher and a professional musician.
I am so pleased that when we moved we could buy our house outright. I mean how many people can say they own their house at 50? We pay association dues which also include our utilities but it's very affordable and I love our house. I still miss that we moved off of the mountain and it's painful to think about going back up there right now, which is why I chose to cancel my spot at the craft fair they are having in town. I would just want to see home again and it would break my heart to know that it wasn't my home anymore. Here's a picture of it in winter and spring.
In this photo (above) we had just laid down the bark and planted some of the yellow marigolds which hadn't blossomed yet. We put in the picket fence panels up by the door. I had a picket fence with a gate across the front yard at one time but the snow plows broke it down so this time I put the panels down at the bottom of the hill. It was still very quaint, don't you think. We had just painted the house too. I chose the colors. It looked very pretty in the snow. This was an average snow storm in January. My neighbor took a picture of it. I still have the key to the front door on my key chain. It just one part of the illusion I have that the house still belongs to me. Part of me is still upset and sad that I had to move off because Eric was tired of the snow. I loved it. Oh well, it's the past now. So is my life that I had up there.
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