My once weekly then
biweekly and now whenever we generate enough interest meeting was
called off this morning. Hopefully, looks like will have a full
meeting next Tuesday. I really don't mind that much except for at
least a pretty big hole in my day that I've got to figure out what to
do with. It's sad that I don't have anything going. Today was pretty
enough almost warm enough when I went out and jumped on the bus
anyway just to go down between the college who hang out there for an
hour or so. I wander through the bookstore. I always enjoy
college/university bookstores. Great place for art supplies and of
course mechanical pencils which I seem to have need to have all the
time.
So Thursday, of course I
have my coffee group in the morning of then bookclub in the
afternoons. Thank God for Thursday's. Need to find a gig of some sort
not so much for money (that would be nice however) but for time and
self-esteem. It's nice to have somewhere to go. For some reason this
last week I've been seeing twitter and Facebook postings regarding
211. As you faithful readers will remember I did a stint with 211 5
to 8 years ago when I was finishing off my career with the state. I
don't know how much I liked 211 is an organization but I sure like
the people at my pod or group. I am kind of amazed at how many of the
folks are still at 211 in one facet or another. Sadly, 211 has still
not provided an operator to answer questions on disability – –
this of course was supposed to been the project I was involved with
and bringing that expertise to the 211 operators – – I don't
think 211 management will ever get this base covered. I think that
they would not demand so much of me to fit into their group I would
even propose volunteering my time, again not so much as to make sure
211 had its priorities covered as much as having a place for dual
Mark to go to a couple times a week.
Having written all this,
like the dog who catches the car is chasing was the dog to do with
the car? Would I really want to be chained to a headset answering
calls to which there are no real solutions or answers for. My strong
skill set was to work with individuals and families of people with
disabilities to try to think outside the box and to try to find
solutions that were atypical. I don't know if I still have that skill
set the spoon so long since I've used my skills however on the
bright/dark side the resources that once were out there have totally
minimized their availability. I'm afraid, that's what I would end up
doing is being the operator to inform his poor callers there was
nothing left for them. Again, having just written that I always
thinks there's some kind of a solution maybe that's what makes me
special I refused to accept the status quo at least in the disability
poor section and I have the ability to inform the person there is no
other option and figure out how they are going to punt. But I feel
like Capt. Willard in the opening scenes from Apocalypse Now where he
makes the statement every day he gets further and further from the
action…
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