Uncledaddy's posts

@Totalanimefan: I appreciate this site's inclusion of pigs. They're the goodest of boys.


@vengeance: Item sent, thank you!

@Nyuu: Sent them your way, thanks!

@vengeance: I'd take 15k for it.

@Nyuu: I saw it, I just had to address my oopsie first lol sorry about that. If vengeance takes the cursed prince, would you still like the feline fatale and enchanting display? I'd take 1k for the enchanting and 3k for feline.

@Totalanimefan: yes. yes I did. leave it to me to write the wrong stuff while I'm sleepy and not even realize it while talking about it lmao
somehow I thought I was talking about the bundles I got with the ohms... thanks for pointing that out, don't want people thinking i have a ton of orbs to offer (and if I did, I'd probably have several of those darn pigs by now)

@Tuijp: I had to get some shinies, OK

trade sent!

>:ooooo PIGS
and a lot of other good stuff. you got me again, darn you.

Sick and dreading going to work because I doubt they'll send me home and I know they won't put me in an easier position for the day. Probably won't even send anyone out to help me, either. But I guess we'll see. Either way, I'm not gonna push myself beyond what I feel like I can do, so if they complain, it ain't my problem.

I like how it goes from "OK" to "really really bad" in a steady progression.

As far as I'm aware, I can't get unemployment if I quit my job or get fired, only if I get laid off. I don't know much about temp agencies, but I can look into it more.

I'm going to be out of a job soon due to my health, and I can only hope that I'll be able to hold out long enough to put in my two weeks notice and quit properly instead of getting fired for attendance. I was told to have request forms sent in for medical-related intermittent leave, but I don't expect to be here long enough to wait for all that to go through and be effective, nor do I have any idea how much leave I'd actually be able to get, if any. It's too much complication and waiting for too little benefit, especially when the bigger issue is the job itself, not just how much time I spend there.

So long story short, I need to be looking for a new job ASAP.
But what should I be looking for? I'm not qualified for much of anything, as I have only a high school diploma and a few years' worth of retail experience. No management/leadership jobs, no office work, no degrees. So my options are limited enough as it is. Even more so when considering the reason I need to leave my current job: my health problems.

I have Crohn's disease, which is an autoimmune disease that mainly affects the digestive tract, but it also causes other problems like joint pain, muscle pain, and fatigue. The medication I take for it suppresses my immune system, so I'm also more at risk for catching illnesses like cold or flu, and more likely to have a harder time with those things than others if/when I do get sick. With my medication, I'm usually fine while in remission, but I could have a flare-up at any time (could be months or years between flare-ups), which could last from weeks to months, during which my symptoms will be bad enough to keep me from doing much physically at all. When not having a flare-up, I still have to watch out for stress, which is my number one trigger for symptoms.

Lately, my life has been nothing but stress, and it's really starting to have an effect on my health. Paired with the physically demanding nature of my current job (I do maintenance in a retail store that combines this position with cart pusher, and I am the only maintenance person on my shift), I've been having a lot of trouble keeping up lately and frequently have to call in sick. The attendance policy recently changed so that we only get half as many sick days as we had before, so I'm already only one day away from losing my job.

As if that weren't enough, I've been having mental/emotional symptoms keeping me from being able to get my work done, on top of the physical symptoms. I don't know if it's the constant stress or another underlying issue or a combination, but I've been having a lot of anxiety and other problems cropping up here and there, some of which have also been bad enough to keep me from going to work.

Nothing I have is "bad enough" to get Disability (their requirements are extremely specific), and the accommodations that my current workplace would offer just aren't enough. An extra sick day or two each month, if I even qualified for it, wouldn't solve the problem.
I need a job that's less physically strenuous and less stressful. There's not much I can do about my current living situation, which is a major source of my issues, but a change in job would be doable if I could just figure out where to go.

The problem is, most jobs that you can get with my kind of experience and education are just more of the same. I'm a little afraid that I'll end up getting a job and then have to leave or get fired for the same reasons, or worse yet that I won't be able to get a job at all because no one will want to hire someone with health problems that doesn't have a documented disability.

There don't seem to be many options that match my "resume" besides more retail work and food service, but I'm trying to see what's out there. Ideally I'd love to work with plants or animals, as I feel that would really help with my stress and be less physically demanding (depending on the position, of course; being a landscaper or animal control assistant are unfortunately out of the question, despite me having seen openings for these positions that didn't have any required experience). But I know beggars can't be choosers, so I'll take what I can get--as long as it's something that won't drive me back to the hospital after a few months.

So if you guys have any recommendations for jobs that are low-impact for someone with chronic illness, jobs that are understanding and willing to work with people whose health may be unpredictable, or anything else you think I could/should do about my situation, I'd love to hear it.

That's great lol. I hope they stay out of your garden from now on; you have to update us on how it goes.

Nah, they keep it very clean. I saw, like, only a single loose cat hair the whole time I was in there. And the drinks were covered lol

It's been so long since I got to chill with a cat I forgot just how soothing they are to be around. I'd probably go back even if I did have my own cats...