A Little down in the dumps... Documenting abuse is draining at best and downright depressing most of the time. The type of scumbags I hear about and the human being, drained of every vestige of self worth and defined by violence, I work with, drain me equally.

I'd always known this existed..the dark side of humanity. But it's when you deal with the victims of violence everyday, and reality stands up and slaps you in the face that you begin to understand it.

Some days, I feel I'm still reeling from the shock.  ¶ 3:20 pm

  To remember... just something I read somewhere and want to remember...
"Indication of harm and not proof of harm is our call to action"

So true for those of us who are direct service providers. And I'm so glad that the police force has begun to see things this way as well.  ¶ 3:18 pm

  A Little bit of this...a little bit of that.... For some reason, I've lost any motivation I might have previously had, to work and to blog! Perhaps it's the change in weather, changes in my life...I don't really know...

One good thing is that I've gotten back in touch with some old friends - it's not that i ever thought we'd lose touch, it's just that we hadn't spoken in ages. I love the way it's always the same, when we eventually do get round to chatting and catching up on each other's lives...it's like some things don't change...while we've probably all changed, grown from certain experiences, developed in ways we never imagined possible, the way we relate to one another has remained the same. And for that, I'm grateful.

There are still other friends I need to get back in touch with, but I'm sure that'll happen soon enough.

Things are changing in my life...huge, big, leapfrog changes. But all for the better. Someday, I'll blog about them, but now's not the time. Perhaps I'm being superstitious, perhaps I'm a bit paranoid, maybe I'm just plain lazy, or perhaps I just want to tell the 2 and 1/2 ppl who still read my blog, in person. Or perhaps it's a combination of them all. Who knows.

I've managed to do a decent amount of work today and will do more tomorrow. Despite my lack of motivation of late, i'm always hopeful about the next day. I'm always convinced that tomorrow will be the day that I work from the minute I get into to work till I get out. I'm constantly amazed at my optimism!

Anyway, I'm off soon, to stop by Irma's (she's the sweetest) and return her toolkit, and then I'm off home. And tonight, I will watch my first episode of Desperate Housewives since I left Palmy, over 9 months back. Yes, people, we bought a tv yesterday :)

Labels: musings

  ¶ 12:45 pm