MS, Jobs, and Such--Prayers, Please! - Multiple Sclerosis Message Board

april1848 · 12-02-2008, 02:49 PM

Hello Friends,

Some of you know that in May I started a new job that was a "step down" on the corparate level to get away from my evil, ADA-non-compliant boss. I love my job, and it is going very well. Well, a position opened up at my "new" job, actually the same position I held at my last job, and I put in a bid for it. I have my interview on Thursday. They will be interviewing me and another lady I work with, who I'm not worried about, but they'll also be interviewing "outsiders". I really, really want this job. I work with the mentally ill, and although I'd have less contact with my clients if I get this job, I'd have more opportunity to help them in other ways and make a real difference. Plus, the CEO of this company is honestly everything you'd want in a boss. This company has been extremely good to me.

The good thing is that if I don't get this job, at least I won't be going back to a job that I hate. Please pray or send happy thoughts to me on Thursday!

My MS has been pretty good lately. The long holiday weekend did me a world of good physically (I didn't have to cook) but emotionally, I was a wreck. I'm ashamed to admit it, but I had a pity party for one that lasted for almost five hours. My stupid left leg wasn't working well, the side effects from my shot were bothering me, and I lost it. I also lost a little self-confidence, but I'm feeling better since I went back to work on Monday. I feel successful there, and I don't always feel that way at home.

As far as MS and the job I want goes, I'm not too worried about that being a factor in whether or not I get it. My boss is extremely enlightened, and I haven't missed a day for MS reasons since I started. It will mean some later hours, but I don't mind that. I really want this job, but I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much.

Please send me your well wishes on Thursday! I love my clients and I even got an award from another agency for the work I do for them, but this job would allow me to do bigger things to make the agency the best it could be.

I hope everyone is feeling good, and thank you.

MSJayhawk · 12-02-2008, 06:34 PM

Prayers going out for you. Just do your best and you should shine. I hope you are blessed with opportunities that allow you to use your talents.

libybil · 12-03-2008, 02:28 PM

best of luck, april!! i know how important it is to have a job you love!! thinking good wishes for you!!

april1848 · 12-03-2008, 05:12 PM

Thank you both! The big day is tomorrow, and I'll be very happy when I know, no matter what the results. Like I said, I really do love the job I have now, so if I don't get this, it won't be a tragedy. I really do want this new job though!

It'll be a relief to know either way, and I don't know when that will be. Your prayers must be working, because I'm feeling pretty calm about this. No matter which job I end up with, I'll be in a position to help others and make them smile. I work with the mentally ill and/or mentally retarded, and for many of them all it takes to make them happy, even momentarily, is to understand them, listen to them, and most of all, treat them with respect and dignity. I feel blessed already to be able to do this, and extremely blessed about the bizarre, long road that led me into this field in the first place. I feel extremely blessed and most of all, completely humbled.

There are times at work when I want to scream because of an MS symptom, where I want to give up and cry like a baby. I love being around the mentally ill, because their diseases are as real and valid as mine, and most of them work very hard to get better and feel better about themselves. And they do it with minimal coping mechanisms. I've learned a lot from my clients about how to deal with my own illness.

glamour girl · 12-04-2008, 01:22 AM

Hi April,

I've read this its thur evening here. I hope your day was a sucess. I know how much you love your job.. Await your news.