Hi! Happy New Year to you too, and to this group. Also, I'd like to
welcome dharma_depth to our group. Hope you find this group helpful.

Lisa Marie, I totally hear you about the whole job hunting chore.
I'm doing the same thing myself, and I'm scared. I've been working
part-time for so many years, but now it's time to find a full-time
job. So what kind of job are you looking for? You said you are good
with children and teens. That's a really popular field to get into.

So how did your workshop go with your friend?

My holidays were fine. But I got too drunk on New Year's eve. I
shouldn't even be drinking! Now it's January, and I hate January. I
just hope it goes by quickly.

So you said you are at a stopping point in your therapy right now.
Are you not in any kind of therapy at the moment? I was in a few of
those day treatment programs too. They were very helpful, instead of
going into the hospital. I just hope I never get that bad again that
I have to go to the hospital.

Take care for now. Talk soon.

Love,
Tara Michelle



--- In borderlinecreativity@yahoogroups.com, Lisa Marie Kuhn
<lisa@b...> wrote:

> Hi Tara Michelle! How are you? Happy New Year!!! 2004 =) Wow!
> I apologize for taking a while to reply back to your note. I've
been having
> some e-mailing ups and downs which has resulted in an e-mail
address change.
> My e-mail address now is lisa@b...
>
> Thanks for sharing about some of what being BPD was (is) like for
you. Not
> surprisingly, I can relate. I was diagnosed in 1996. I am a lot
better now
> than
> I was back then, that's for sure, but I feel I still have a long
road ahead
> of me too.
> I'm currently at a kind-of stopping point in my therapy...
>
> Between the beginning of October and mid-November I was a day
treatment
> patient at the hospital here. I attended group therapy four days
a week
> from 8:45 a.m.
> until 2:30 p.m. The program was alright but when the six weeks of
the
> 'course' were
> over, and I was discharged, there was no real follow-up care in
place for me
> :-/
> (Oh the joys of the health systems...) The uncertainty about my
treatement
> (if
> there would be any) was a bit hard to cope with.
>
> Then the holidays came - ho hum! - got the Christmas spirit thing
happening
> for a while,
> had a good one really. I enjoyed seeing my daughters experience
Christmas.
> :o)
> In between all of it, I had a flu bug and had an allergic reaction
to a
> pasta dish I had at
> a friend's party and those two things kept me feeling under-the-
weather for
> a little bit.
> Now that it's the New Year, I feel a little un-focused again and I
wonder
> just how I am
> going to organize my time in the next weeks -- especially since
one of the
> tasks within
> this time will be job-hunting :-S
>
> I'm a good worker. But I tend to excel in short-term work
projects;
> something that has
> a definitive beginning, middle and end and is completed and
tangible to see
> after three to
> six months. Being a cashier at a grocery store or a clerk in a
clothing
> shop would never
> keep my attention enough. Also, I have a lot of experience
working with
> children and teens
> and in teaching. We'll see what comes...
>
> OK, well aside from that...
>
> I haven't done a whole lot of creative anythings lately! I did
make a few
> cards for Christmas
> which I gave to family and friends. I completed one 12x12
scrapbook page of
> my daughters'
> first bath together in the "big tub". Julia, who is two and a
half, has
> been accustomed to the bath
> tub for quite a while now. Kathryn, on the other hand, had been
bathing
> exclusively in the baby
> tub until about a month and a half ago. I took some snapshots on
the night
> when I first put her
> in the "big bath" with Julia. We have a seat that suctions to the
bottom of
> the bathtub that Katie
> can sit in. It was fun to see them splashing about together. And
what
> mother can resist bare-baby-bum
> pictures? ;-)
>
> I spoke with a friend named Vicki today who I met while I was in
the day
> treatment program. In mid-
> November I had brought her along to a scrapbooking
Christmas "party" and she
> bought some items from
> the CM consultant. Well she still has not gone to get them so she
asked if
> I would go with her, and I
> suggested Vicki and I attend the Monday morning workshop together
this
> coming week. I hope it works
> out! I enjoy the workshops -- mostly for the time to scrap
someplace where
> little hands and feet are not
> hampering my progress ;-)
>
> Write soon and let me know how your holidays went and how you are
doing :)
>
> Love,
> Lisa Marie
>
> Halifax NS Canada
> Wife to William since 2000
> Mom to Julia, born 03/15/01
> and Kathryn, born 03/01/03
>
> Email: lisa@b...
> Web: http://b4c.jvb.ca