Untitled Poem
by Gertie
It’s my birthday and I can
eat all of the cake if I want to.
The flavor of this cake is
to die for
as it is strawberry chocolate.
You’re not getting any as
I don’t want to share.
Weekly Plans
Sunday
- Mindfulness meditation practice
- Continuing education class on stress management
- Celebrate my birthday with my mom and uncle
Monday
- Mindfulness meditation practice
- Continuing education class on stress management
- Spend time with friends and celebrate my birthday with them
- Attend a twelve step meeting
Tuesday
- Mindfulness meditation practice
- Last assignment for continuing education class on stress management
- Travel back home to Seattle via train
- My grandpa brings my cat, Billie Dean home after taking care of him for me while being out of town
Wednesday
- Mindfulness meditation practice
- Work
- Attend a twelve step meeting
Thursday
- Mindfulness meditation practice
- Work
- Attend a twelve step meeting
Friday
- Mindfulness meditation practice
- Work
- Attend a twelve step meeting
Saturday
- Mindfulness meditation practice
- Clean apartment
- Attend twelve step meeting
- Do art work
Weekly Check-In
Good Evening, World!!! I am currently in Olympia, Washington. I am here to spend my birthday with my mom and uncle tomorrow on my actual birthday. I rarely spend my birthday with my mom’s side of the family.
Anyway on that note, I celebrated my birthday with my dad’s side of the family yesterday evening. I had a good birthday dinner with my dad, grandpa, two uncles and my cat, Billie Dean. In fact Billie is currently at my grandpa’s as I will be in Olympia for a few days. My cat, Billie, loves my grandpa and I am thrilled that my grandpa is willing to take care of Billie while I am out of town. My uncle made an awesome dinner for my birthday and I really enjoyed the food.
Now to check in on other things. My new job it going great. I love it my new job so much and I feel really appreciated by my supervisor. Sadly, we had some issue with email yesterday and it might take up to a week to get it figured out. I hope it doesn’t take a week to get the email issue fixed. Anyway, at least I won’t have to worry about it till Wednesday as I will be taking this Monday and Tuesday off from work as I want to spend time here in Olympia. I did have to go home from work early last Tuesday from not feeling well and appreciate the fact that I was encouraged to take care of myself.
Sadly, the day I did leave work early, I ended up in the emergency room. I thought I had Covid-19 as I had many of the symptoms. Thankfully, it turns out I didn’t have Covid-19 but had strep throat. Strep throat is no joke but sure better than having Covid-19. I am taking antibiotics for the strep throat and am feeling better.
I have been attending a twelve step meeting that I feel comfortable going to. This particular twelve step program has you focus on your own recovery and not trying to “fix” other people which I really like. I did find someone to be my sponsor and finally got the nerve to call them before starting the particular blog post. I hope this potential sponsor calls me back as I really want to start working the steps.
I do not have much more to say. I do want to thank you for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you do read my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for ready my blog. Have a great Saturday evening and a wonderful weekend. Peace Out, World!!!
Intro to Poetry; Day 6: Screens
Damn You, Covid-19
by Gertie
Staring at a computer screen all day give me a headache
but the headache is well worth it as it is
because I love my new job more than I realize.
A job that is helping me along my career path even though staring at a
computer screen all day isn’t the most fun thing in the world to do.
I don’t blame my career choice for me staring at the computer
all day; I blame this stupid ass
pandemic known as Covid-19.
If Covid-19 didn’t happen, meeting clients in person;
face to face would be happing and not having to do
virtual appointment would be ideal to not having to stare a stupid computer screen
all day.
Damn you Covid-19, you are causing me to get migraines due to
staring at a computer screen all day;
just to help my clients.
The migraines are well worth it though as
helping my clients is the best feeling in the world.
Intro to Poetry; Day 5: Imperfect
Arms of Imperfection
by Gertie
Looking at my arms,
all I see are railroad tracks.
Railroad tracks due to scars.
Scars that were caused
by acts of self harm.
Thankfully, no more acts of
self harm and now just
reminders of it.
Intro to Poetry; Day 4: Journey
Untitled Poem
by Gertie
Walking along side someone,
on the path to recovery
is very much like hiking
with a friend.
It’s just this friend is
someone you help guide
through the life of recovery.
A life of recovery which is a
life worth living.
Lunch Time Ramblings
Good Afternoon, World!!! Part of me wishes I took today off as I have strep throat. I thought I had Covid-19 and it turns out that I most like don’t as it is strep throat that I have and am waiting on the test results of the Covid-19. I know this as I went to the emergency room yesterday afternoon at the urging of my supervisor.
The two main reasons, I went at the urging of my supervisor is because I am going out of town for my birthday this weekend to visit my mom and I left work three hours into my shift. Yes, I have been working from home and I would have called out sick if I was going into the office.
I’m still waiting on the results of the Covid-19 test and am pretty hopeful it will be negative. I am hopeful that it will be negative because of what the doctor said to me in the emergency room yesterday evening. I am also hopeful as they tested me for strep throat and it came out positive.
I do not have much more to say in this particular blog post. I do want to thank you for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from my end of things that you read my blog. Again, I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. Peace Out, World!!!
Intro to Poetry; Day 3: Friend
Billie Dean
by Gertie
Boy oh boy,
I didn’t realize how much I would fall in
Love with you and how much that
Love grows each day.
I love your facial
Expressions and your
Damn crinkly
Ear is what caused me to fall in love with you and your
Awesomeness.
Never stop being my lovebug.
Intro to Poetry; Day 2: Face
Feed Me NOW
by Gertie
The look on my cats face says it all;
“Feed me now.”
Ignoring that feed me now look,
Is a look no cat owner will forget.
As if you forget it
You might regret it.
Before Work Ramblings
Good Morning, World!!! It is eleven thirty-three in the morning in my corner in the world. Today, I don’t start work till twelve noon and am grateful that I am able to sleep in on Mondays. I have a challenging time getting in work mode on Mondays and starting at twelve noon on Mondays helps me get into work mode.
Speaking of work a couple of my colleagues and I will be getting together later today via Zoom. We will be having a late dinner with each other. It is cool that my colleagues invited me to dinner over Zoom tonight. I am thrilled that I am starting to sort of fit in at work. I am loving my new job. I am beyond grateful for my new job.
Billie Dean, my cat is currently sitting my lap as I type this blog post. I love Billie so much and I love the fact that he is such a lap cat. He is so lovey dovey. I am grateful the Billie chose me to adopt him.
I do not have much more to say in the particular blog post. I want to thank you for reading my blog. It is greatly appreciated from end of things that you read my blog. Again, thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading my blog. I hope everyone has a great Monday. Peace Out, World!!!
Gertie's Journey 
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