A long rave

[Owlunar]

That's wonderful @eth 

I really commend you for doing this work to help women recover from abuse of all sorts and helping them to develop their self-esteem -

I have been thinking about that a lot - abuse destroys so much of a woman's life - anyone's life - anything that can be done to help has to be a really excellent thing

And good work for doing this without coming unstuck yourself - well done

Dec

[saturnzoon]

Not a good day for me today as it's my daughter's birthday who lives in Newcastle,  we were really close, but she couldn't handle her father and my eldest son treating her not nice and her father made her do everything. 

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[Former-Member]

@saturnzoon 

Thats sad u must really miss her

I always wanted a daughter so i could become friends with her cause my mum didnt become friends with me

Mother daughter relationship can b quite special

[eth]

Sending warm wishes @Former-Member  and @saturnzoon  and want you both to know I'm thinking of you.  

Too stirred up this evening to respond to others in depth.  My day started and ended with major frustrations and a healthy dose of anger (a relatively recently re-discovered emotion for me).  The early incident was a support worker telling me she wouldn't come until after my first appointment had to start - I was counting on her to get me there.  Just another in a long list of stuff-ups by that organisation.  They are meant to let me know before the day what's happening, and they didn't.  Luckily I found another support worker who was able to come at very little notice.

The meeting I had was my first face to face with my peer mentor and that actually went really well.  We talked for over an hour and have quite a bit of common ground.  So that was the good part of the day.

Then this afternoon I have another organisation telling me I haven't signed a document they need when in fact I have, and have a photocopy of the signed agreement to prove it.  They keep asking me to sign a new one electronically which I am not able to do.  And to top it off I received the report from the occupational therapist who did the MH specific driving assessment (on and off-road) and he says I refused to have a manual assessment  and has only recommended automatic lessons.  I have a manual car....... insert many expletives here.  I'll stop ranting now - not sure who to tag so I just won't.  Nothing anyone can do about any of it at this time on a Friday. 

[Former-Member]

@eth 

Omg what a total messup!

Im glad u recognised it was justified anger tho as it is.

Organisations dont get how much these set people back.

Sometimes im just too stressed to know who to tag just know i need to write my frustration out to try & get it out of my head.

Doesnt it peev u off when all this happens on a Fri!!!!!

Its like a real tester to c if u can hold it together for 2 days.

I felt i had a lot of that sorting out the dva claims & dealing with so much paperwork & people.

My life is a little easier now with less people involved thank god.

Thats a mess with the car tho. That has to get sorted! 

Try & hang in there til mon. Easier said than done if ur like me u like order & everything working to plan

[eth]

Spot on @Former-Member  and it has to be a plan in advance too.  I'm sick and tired of being stuffed around by so much that relates to NDIS one way or another. (  @Appleblossom @greenpea @Queenie @saturnzoon @CheerBear @Alone  too p'd off to move this post to the NDIS thread).   I'll be moving away from the support organisation that stuffed me around this morning for sure now, but have to do it in a strategic way (which I also hate).  I prefer honest direct action.  And just now I was outside thinking about the driving organisation and realised you know what - stuff it!  I will assert my rights and ability to keep track of paperwork (which they clearly can't manage) and my right to have the correct service delivered re manual driving and if it all falls apart it'll be them that misses out on having me as a customer spending around $8000 just to get back on the road.  It's so f'd up.  It almost seems like a sign to withdraw my requests for support with both organisations before they can bill me up through the nose.  

The whole thing about having NDIS funding is that it's supposed to give the recipient 'choice and control' - so I am going to exercise that policy.  The only concern I really have if it all breaks down with the driving mob is that they also reported to Roads and Maritime (I'm in NSW) and they have the authority to have my licence cancelled.  So the worst that can happen is I have to pay out of my own pocket for enough lessons to get it back.  Will cost a whole lot less than what that mob wants out of my NDIS funds.  It will eat into my emergency savings.  I'm almost angry enough to just get in my car and drive!!!!  I still have an open driving license.  

There is also the possibility of asking my brother to recommence taking me for practice drives, which I will ask him about when he gets back from his latest trip.

Rant over temporarily!

[Former-Member]

@eth 

Rant away.......

I hope u can sort the car mess out without having to pay out yourself tho.

Try & avoid that hey u need that emergency $ hey. Its a sense of security & relieves pressure

Just something to consider. U know ur own situation tho. 

[Former-Member]

@Owlunar 

Well said!

[eth]

Thanks @Former-Member .  Hanging out on the weekly Friday Feast thread for a while if you want to join in.  Need to escape from all the dross (for want of a better word - I don't mean here I mean off-line) for a while.  xx

[greenpea]

@eth  Hey eth I have been thinking of something to say but am lost for words .... I really have no idea on what to say. Except you have been really let down and frankly it isnt good enough.