It seems like forever since I’ve posted. Life has been very busy, and, as always, things have been changing very quickly. For instance, not to long ago my sister-in-law and her fiance weren’t sure if they were going to graduate from college, but that has since changed to at least my sister-in-law graduating, most likely. We don’t know about her fiance yet. He has been accepted at a college in Boston, so, as long as he graduates, they will be moving out there. We will miss them, but we also are supposed to get there apartment, if all things work out as planned. We’ll see what happens, this is a big life change for them, and would require my sister-in-law to move away from family and friends, which is something that she is struggling with, understandably.
The front in Montana has been changing quite a bit as well (my family is currently located there). My sister, who is 16 – almost 17, has a new boyfriend, has been going through a lot of challenges with family and friends, and now my family might be moving back to NY (although at one point it was just going to be my Mom and possibly the two youngest children). They have been having her work in their newly opened butcher shop (which, according the they Child Labor Laws of Montana is illegal), and she has been struggling with it because of her cutting history/long hours. So we really have no idea what’s going to happen there.
As far as my job goes, everyone seems to like me, and I’m learning fast. The job itself is really nice, but this past week has been somewhat stressful. I took my first hotline call, and the person was in a near panic attack when she was talking to me; and then I had some other people call the office that were either having panic attacks or were frantic. My job also requires me to read a lot of articles regarding sexual assault/rape/domestic violence, which, when it accumulates, can be difficult to deal with. It has even been affecting my sleep, which in turn is not helping me deal with the things that I am exposed to day in and day out. Any suggestions on how to deal with this job stress?
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