JennaB's Journal - DailyStrength Keep a personal wellness journal on DailyStrength to track your health and communicate with friends. http://dailystrength.org/people/5068/journal Thu, 04 Dec 2008 02:33:35 +0100 DailyStrength RSS 0.11.3.0.6833 (FeedCreator 1.7.2) http://dailystrength.org/images/comprofiler/avatar/5068/1228113262.jpg JennaB's Avatar http://dailystrength.org/people/5068 JennaB's entry on 12/01/2008 07:55 http://dailystrength.org/people/5068/journal/1407549 We are one day away from the December Project Homeless Event, and we're gearing up for it to be huge.  It will actually kick off National Project Homeless Connect week, how cool is that, and I am part of the original deal.  I am not stressed at all this time around, since my work load ... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:55:03 +0100 JennaB's entry on 12/01/2008 01:52 http://dailystrength.org/people/5068/journal/1406549 So my holiday ends with a disappointment.  It started out great, but then drugs got involved, and despite my dislike remained a big part of the weekend, it was neck to neck- drugs and snappish insults all the way through.  Now I realize that I am the kinda girl, that doesn't know ... Mon, 01 Dec 2008 01:52:46 +0100 JennaB's entry on 11/25/2008 07:32 http://dailystrength.org/people/5068/journal/1400568 So I am writing the last email I will write during the final stretch at the office for almost a full week.  I am so excited for my mini vacation that I could pee. I found out today that I will not be doing the family thing with Javid's family because there will be no family thing, Javid and... Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:32:20 +0100 JennaB's entry on 11/24/2008 07:07 http://dailystrength.org/people/5068/journal/1399109 SO I am actually looking foward to the upcoming holiday.  Javid and I will be attending a lecture and photo presentation by his step mother Aida Dargahi called Women of Iran after the 1979 Revolution.  It will make for exellent small talk during Thanksgiving.  I was starting to feel a... Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:07:04 +0100 JennaB's entry on 11/22/2008 06:20 http://dailystrength.org/people/5068/journal/1396486 So the weekend has been chill, a little uneventful but nice.  It has been slow business wise for Jay so we just sat around the house and even posted a video to YOU TUBE about the new Obama Scandal.  They are trying to accuse him of not being a natural born citizen and so he canno... Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:20:51 +0100 JennaB's entry on 11/19/2008 06:50 http://dailystrength.org/people/5068/journal/1392560 Today hasn't been to bad, I guess, I have basically been craming myself up with Hershey's milk chocolate and Persian Hot tea and trying to stay busy.  I found out about a part time gig, that I might be able to swing, it is temporary, and pays more than I am getting.  God knows I ne... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:50:43 +0100 JennaB's entry on 11/18/2008 07:35 http://dailystrength.org/people/5068/journal/1391181 So the work day is drawing to a close, slowly as usual.  My boss is back from vacation so gone are the glorious days where I could leave early on a whim.  I dunno why I am complaing I do not have anything exciting planned for tonight.  I think I am going to be making chicken and ... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:35:42 +0100 JennaB's entry on 11/16/2008 04:07 http://dailystrength.org/people/5068/journal/1387946 So I asked my therapist for help with my ticket/job situation during what turned out to be one hell of a session.  I have found myself glamorizing "checking out" in my journals, and on friday after Javid left to work and I got up to get ready, had one of my staring in the mi... Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:07:18 +0100 JennaB's entry on 11/13/2008 04:26 http://dailystrength.org/people/5068/journal/1383931 This morning I woke early, got up took care of my chores and got ready, letting Javid sleep in.  He came in super later, around 2am last night, after telling me he would be home around 9pm, didn't happen and he didn't call to let me know he would be late, but I managed to let it go, don... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:26:04 +0100 JennaB's entry on 11/13/2008 12:52 http://dailystrength.org/people/5068/journal/1382950 So Veterans Day was nice, we just kicked it around the house, I made pasta, and we watched this really great movie called "An American Crime"  with and coming actress Ellen Page, if you don't know who she is, look for her, she was the girl in "Hard Candy" and now this, ... Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:52:25 +0100 JennaB's entry on 11/09/2008 06:36 http://dailystrength.org/people/5068/journal/1378003 My weekend was pretty mellow, and I loved it.  It rained all day Saturday, and I pretty much poked around the house and what not.  Javid and I got a new couch last night and brought it in the house today, and i am quite pleased with my job rearranging the living room.  One of my bette... Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:36:39 +0100 JennaB's entry on 11/09/2008 06:36 http://dailystrength.org/people/5068/journal/1378002 My weekend was pretty mellow, and I loved it.  It rained all day Saturday, and I pretty much poked around the house and what not.  Javid and I got a new couch last night and brought it in the house today, and i am quite pleased with my job rearranging the living room.  One of my bette... Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:36:38 +0100 JennaB's entry on 11/07/2008 10:28 http://dailystrength.org/people/5068/journal/1375802 So today was a pretty crappy day, not only did Javid's father continue with his scheme to break us up, by attending Javid's probation and telling him, only god knows what, Javid wouldn't tell me details, only that he wished his dad wasn't there and wasn't planning on having him t... Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:28:46 +0100 JennaB's entry on 11/06/2008 05:09 http://dailystrength.org/people/5068/journal/1374021 SO things have been decent lately, today is my friday so I am looking forward to the weekend, tomorow is my appointment with SSI to try and get my money back.  Everyone I have spoken to seem to think that I should have no problem getting it back, since I am not working the way I was working bef... Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:09:57 +0100 JennaB's entry on 11/05/2008 06:37 http://dailystrength.org/people/5068/journal/1372622 So last night was exciting on so many levels, though it has a downside to it, at least for Californians, it seems that Prop 8 passed, the proposition to take the constitutional rights of same sex couples away.  It is a minor set back in a Civil Rights Struggle, that in the eight years since it ... Wed, 05 Nov 2008 18:37:42 +0100 JennaB's entry on 11/03/2008 06:05 http://dailystrength.org/people/5068/journal/1369637 Monday morning came way too soon this time, I swear I felt like the weekend ended way too soon.  Last night was a chill easy night for Javid and I.  I wanted to go to the Day of the Dead festival in the upper mission, which has a spanish name meaning Day of the Dead, and basically it is a ... Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:05:52 +0100 JennaB's entry on 11/02/2008 06:54 http://dailystrength.org/people/5068/journal/1368190 I swear i a am jinxed, or better yet downright cursed. I was so excited for payday, right, well it rolls around and not only did my SSI not go up, or was it direct deposited, my check from work was $596.00!!! Which the bank swiftly charged me a $100 in overdraft payments!!!! So basically after I pay... Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:54:13 +0100 JennaB's entry on 11/02/2008 06:54 http://dailystrength.org/people/5068/journal/1368191 I swear i a am jinxed, or better yet downright cursed. I was so excited for payday, right, well it rolls around and not only did my SSI not go up, or was it direct deposited, my check from work was $596.00!!! Which the bank swiftly charged me a $100 in overdraft payments!!!! So basically after I pay... Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:54:13 +0100 JennaB's entry on 10/30/2008 05:17 http://dailystrength.org/people/5068/journal/1364339 I never realized how complicated the process of changing my name is.  Though, I have a feeling it is much easier to do so in San Francisco than just about anywhere else, especially since I am having the gender on my driver's license reflect my gender identity.  I printed out a sixty pa... Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:17:34 +0100 JennaB's entry on 10/28/2008 04:41 http://dailystrength.org/people/5068/journal/1361486 Today I got out of bed early because Javid has an early morning job, and instead of going back to sleep until he got back, I got up, picked up the house, which I have actually been staying on top of lately, made a pot of coffee, caught a few minutes of news, and had a pretty nice little morning.... Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:41:59 +0100