TFP Pity Party! Everyone's Invited

that thought will pass when the pain does... and it should... the beginning is always the hardest part of any lifestyle change. Keep at it, when you can out perform kids half your age, your gonna feel great! i dont know you, but i'm proud of you anyway... stick with it!

 

Pity my household. I ate salmon cakes for lunch and now I have gas

 

In trying to get a teaching certificate from Michigan I have jumped through so many freaking hoops and getting sick of it.
1. I had to get fingerprinted and a background check before getting a substitute certificate. This cost $75 but I figured I wouldn't have to do it again for my regular certificate.
2. Found out that the police do not keep a record of your fingerprints after completing the background check so I had to get fingerprinted again. $75 I kept a copy this time.
3. Started back to school to get my Master's because Michigan DOE said I needed an accredited school to acknowledge my previously unaccredited bachelors degree.
4. Finished student teaching after having to set up my own student teaching arrangements because the individual at my school who was responsible for this waited until after school started this past fall to start making phone calls. We have a population in the entire Upper-Peninsula of Michigan that is actually smaller than the population of just the City of Phoenix, Az. No one at my school could seem to comprehend this.
5. Finally got the school to send a letter to Michigan DOE with a listing of my credits and what particular endorsements (i.e. Health Impairments, Congitive Impairment, etc.) they applied to. This took more than 6 months an un-numbered calls and emails to try to explain this to one thick-headed individual after another.
6. Found out that since I initially applied for my certificate that Michigan has created more tests that I have to take to get certified even though I've already taken THREE tests.
7. My school forgot to include one of the endorsements that I am applying for in their letter to Michigan. Had to contact them to get the letter re-sent. I listed all of the endorsements in every email and phone calls to my school and yet they still don't get it.
8. Graduated with my Masters before the school got around to sending my Institutional Endorsement letter.
9. Michigan forgot to include one of my degrees on the certificate.
10. I have to apply for my extra endorsements after my tests. These tests cost upwards of $200 and the testing location is 3 hours away with the first test beginning at 6:15 in the morning so I will have to stay in a motel the night before I'm sure. This will amount to an additional $50 minimum for accommodations.
11. There is an additional fee for adding endorsements to my certificate $50.
12. I discovered today that my certificate was entered as a secondary education certificate, not an elementary education SPED certificate...
Fingerprints - twice $150
Certification application - $190
Additional Endorsements $50 x 3 = $150
Initial testing $245
Additional testing $200
Accommodations $50+
Schooling for Master's degree $40,000+
This is getting ridiculous!!!! What now?!

 

Crap, that sucks. But congrats on your Masters!

 

Wow. That's a load to bear for both of you.

Continued strength to both of you.

 

Just keep on keepin' on. It's surprising how much we can get through. I have a lot of experience with hospitals and taking care of sick family. It's tough, but it's worth it.

Hope is good to have and a terrible thing to lose, so grab on tight when you have some.

 

You've long had a fantastic work ethic and a practical 'let's get it done' attitude but with everything going on, one would certainly understand if you got discouraged. Your attitude though rogue49 , which I believe you've thanked your mom for in helping to shape, says to me that this guy, no matter what is gonna keep getting up, dusting himself off and taking on the next barrage of challenges.
Much luck and (((hugs))) to you and your lady.

 

I'm finally walking without limping, much. Hey, that's not pitiful... I do have a headache though.

I'm to happy to sing the blues, and that makes me sad

 

Went car shopping. I am giving up ('my precious') Mustang GT convertible for a Mercury Milan. Bleh. Old person's car.

 

I finished writing a lengthy email with several links I copy/pasted. I was about to hit send. The portable heater tripped the surge protector, turning everything off.

 

Seemingly , for most of my adult life, I have frustrated both myself and others, with some very irrational behaviour. At least, I’m aware of it, now, and am working, very hard, on correcting that behaviour. I'm not always successful though. It is a work in progress!

 

I'm just mentally & emotionally exhausted. Feeling pretty alone and more than a little bit lonely.

 

^this

 

My daughter will have to undergo yet another surgery on her back. This time to remove the hardware put in place to correct scoliosis. The bones are fused so the hardware will not have to be replaced. I have lost count, but I think this is the fourth or fifth time her back has had to be cut open for this. Most people only do it once.

 

My heart goes out to her.
Let's hope this surgery does what it should and the poor dear can be left alone.
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Spouse: 'I don't do feelings.'
Me: ' '

 

wow! How perfect! 'cos i can't throw pity parties anywhere else cos i don't want people to think i'm weak, but right now, i wanted to go to my fave karaoke bar tonight without healer and he didnt mind at all, but my mother just made me feel so dam guilty about going to a "drinking place" alone, that I decided to stay and now I sulk!!! :-(