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I agree Chris just enjoy being pregnant and don't worry sucking anything in!! LOL. Don't go hog wild and gain a ton but seriously your being to hard on yourself............... HEather. Hmm if your in 005 I think you get the forloughs if they go through. I think the county is gonna play around with the 24/7 thing. Is your office open 24/7 or do you have round the clock staffing? Cause that is what they are looking for!! Ah good luck...........they told us to today if we do sign the contract for part time work to write after our signature. (signed under duress) Legal term that we use here at CPS all the time..........LOL Parent say that when they sign agreeing to services than later say they signed under duress since we had their kids..........they try to sue or drop out of CPS by saying they ........."signed under duress" That can legally void a contract............. All to complicated for me. Ok that thing about not counting the layoffs right that makes sense!! Oh total sense. Case in my class there are four different salaries depending on your time in county.........they are laying off the new people first so ......less salaries...........ah geez but that extra six means my job...............Even 4 more would mean I was ok!! I am hoping they will at least give the five positions back.......******crossing fingers******* CPS and the board are planning to hand off alot of our worse cases--sexual abuse and physical abuse--to the sheriffs office. We won't deal with them anymore.........we will do neglect and drug type stuff. I think that is how they plan to save money at the Board of Supervisors to hand stuff off to the Sheriffs..........will it work I don' know, I don't know!!

Will try!! I have my fill at 10:30 and than need to see Robin first.........my guess is I see Robin than at 10am she goes to teach your class..........her class is second!!

Hey all!! Crazy day. MOre layoffs announced. Geez you would think they could get the budget right the first time!! LOL. The cut six more spots positions depends now on if it is a master degree or BSW that is cut. MSW or BSW. Ah if it is MSW that is a BIG problem. Right now no one knows. They need to cut anohter department and leave CPS alone............... Ok I am going to Kaiser tomorrow. Can't change the appointment and I can't miss I gained 2 pounds since the unfill and I was on a roll. My interview was changed to 4pm so I should be able to make it back in time. Well I have to.................:-) I have to stop by work in the morning to drop some reports off at work that are due in the morning (doing them tonight) I have to get Kayla to school by 7:30am so I plan to head out about 8 or 8:30am at the latest. Anyone can ride with me just not gonna be in Richmond by 8am!! LOL. MOre like 9:30 to 10am. Nicole you could ride with me later and than come home with Donna? I have to get back to Sac unless you want to go back early......... When does the pre op end? I might be able to do lunch but probably not. I will look for you guys but my guess is if I am not there at 8am I won't be able to come in.................Liz would not like that I am late and that I have to leave for a fill!! Maybe ya'll will have a break so I can say hello......... Donna you wanna go over later with me? Just an idea but I know you guys want time to chill and get lunch/bridge and I don't have alot of time for that..............****sigh****maybe in a month when things calm down a bit and I figure my schedule out better!!

Chris I think you will have to wait awhile to get an appointment. I tried for next week but they were booked.........Monday is a holiday. That is one reason that I am trying so hard to get tomorrow scheduled for later the schedule is pretty full right now. Staying the same weight is good..........you know weight loss is your second goal now!!:-) Nicole how ya doing girl? You were to tight yesterday just checking in with ya!! So alot of us are on forloughs this month?? Hmm new trend...............i just hope we don't get that health care problems Riley. Don't know how you do it. Yep Jes your lucky with the health insurance. I think the majority of mine goes for my daughter. I think 400 goes for her and 100 for me........still alot of money a month. Heather :-) you work for the Sheriffs office so your in good. The Sheriffs and the BOS have some kind of understanding right now. YOu guys are being protected right now.........you guys got the CPS funding and now they are laying off CPS workers and making CPS and Welfare workers go part time.........you guys accepted no COLA's we didn't. BOS is making a point!! It is polictical!! Your safe our darn union would'nt do away with the COLA's and now here we are............200 layoffs and part time work for the rest. CPS is gonna be majorly reduced.........like I said it is all political in my opinion. BOS is angry with our union............I sorta just wish they would bargain cause this is getting out of control............we are shutting down offices and cutting services, there is nothing left..........I am really tired of all this. A forlough and no COLA would have been easier. maybe the BOS would have left our funding alone than......I am not happy with my union right now!! :-P Interview tomorrow and maybe a fill!! Gonna chill this weekend. Pack up my office on Sunday evening.........closing cases out!! Shutting down shop.......than off to Denver. Jes Candra I want to hear how the pre op goes!! Donna you do...........have some clear soup for me!! LOL.

Lentils are the best!! They have a different taste.....much better. Yea Donna I think about 5:30am..........if traffic it not bad. Hard to tell. Usually I hit it about right if I leave at 5:30am. Traffic starts in fairfield and vallejo area.....sometimes from vallejo in.........hate those days!! coming back from pinole three weeks ago at 5pm was bumper to bumper. I had to pull off at the outlets for an hour but when I got back on it was still really bad............ Well if Kelly doesn't call me I am still on for 10:30am. I really need to talk to Liz to but she will be in pre op. LOL. Can you guys ask her about coverage if you lose your insurance for me??? PLease?? Still hoping for a late appointment. If I decide to come up in the morning I won't leave until about 9am.........drop my daughter off at school and gonna stop by work first and drop off some reports........too much to do this week!! LOL. So jealous girls have fun for me too!! Donna we live close we have to pick another time really soon!!

I pay almost 500 for health care right now That is Kaiser. The forloughs will cut us 9.2% and they get to pick the days. They are taking away all 9/80's. I am still working trying to get stuff done. This is crazy. I have deadlines tomorrow or else I can't take Thursday off. I also have deadlines next week before I can go to Denver. Just way to much to do........... I think I am working this weekend...............gotta get some boxes to pack up on Sunday. How crazy is all this?? Ah no I didn't think about traffic. Geez I might just cancel. I don't think I can do back to back traffice on Thursday..........

Donna I will give you a call when I get home.......if it is not to late. So sorry I know you wanted to go..........I wish!! Candra and Jes I wish you the best!! You will be fine sad I am missing out I was looking forward to seeing everyone. If I can't change the appointment to afternoon I might be there around in the morning but I will have to head right out. I won't have time to chill out...........:-) Chilling with all in my thoughts...............

At this point I want to forget it cause today was extremely stressful at work...............still at work now. They want ALL our paperwork done before we get laid off............but no overtime so it is on my own time right now. I am not sure I can get it all done in two weeks. I have thursday/friday/monday off.........than Friday next week going to Denver......than 5 days inthe office.......but I have to pack my office up too............I am just stressed...........they gave us deadlines today........I am sure cause half the office called in sick and they are getting worried that people will walk away without doing their work..........

Sorry guys!! I would love to come but tis true I need to get my work situation together first............I may not end up coming at all. I am trying to get a later appointment but Dr. Baggs has to approve. I might have try to go in the morning ........but geeze it would be cutting it so, so close............

Hey girls....... Well we found out more cuts today. They are adding in another six cuts as of today to my department. Don't know what it means yet. But not good. I think Heathers job is safe!! Right?? Donna, Jes, Candra. I don't think Thursday is gonna happen. I might still go but maybe at 4:30pm instead of the morning. Trying to switch the time to later in the day so I can interview in the morning. Right now I am keeping the 10:30 but hoping to change it to later in the day........If I do keep the 10:30 than they are gonna try to get me in early so I can get back to sac by noon....... I just don't know what is going on but I have to be in and out quickly to get this interview done....... I seriously need to get a fill and I seriously need to get another job............. I am working late tonight. I have to make up for the work I will miss on Thursday...........totally overwhelmed right now.......... I am waiting to get a call from Kelly. I am actually to stressed out to go over to Richmond but.......I have to get over there........a

So Riley your county or state? I thought SEIU won the forlough battle? THat was on the news last night. Ah Riley 800 a month. I couldn't do it. But than again maybe I could. I think at this point I am gonna do what I have to do to survive. Even nights and weekends just I will never see my daughter I will have to let my parents take over when I am gone. And weekends? I won't be able to make the support groups anymore.......... Riley forlouughs and raised insurance? Yep if I stay that is where we are headed too. How do you survive? Isn't that a 10% paycut? I was told 2 forlough days is a 10%

Oh course if I am laid off I don't have to worry about forloughs!! LOL. 64 workers gone, 37-47 upper management and welfare social workers will bump into those spots, so only 11-17 spots left for those of us left.........12 of which are nights shift or weekend shifts. After all the math is done I could very easily be laid off. 64 workers competeing for 11-17 spots is not good numbers. But I have a chance of making the cut if I will take the weird hours. So I am not sure why I am worrying to much about forloughs........might not matter in the long run. Heather I am still not convinced you are on the forlough list. Really depends on which unit youare with UPE. I don't think ALL of the units are up for forloughs.

Hey Heather. This is illegal. But I still think they might go through with it. I just don't like how sneaky it is.........they are getting around forloughs by laying people off instead and rehiring them. The State workers just won the forlough battle. But I am afraid that the next step is Arnold will have mass layoffs in stead.........might set the stage thought for this whole mess in Sacramento. There is a union meeting on 9/2/09 at 6pm at the UPE office. And I think tomorrow the union is meeting with the 005 bargaining unit to see what is going on? YOur in 005 or 008? Anyway. Yea I sorta wouldn't mind two fridays off and 8 hour days again.........but I want to chose it not be blackmailed into it...........I think that is the sticking point it is really sneaking and underhanded the way they are doing it............ I sorta think it won't happen if we agree to give up the colas and do one forlough a month..... and yep the open ended thing is scary. They said it is door to taking health benefits away. That is why the union is concerned. If you go to low in hours you loss your health benefits. Crazy stuff!!

CAlled Dr. Baggs office today..........If I don't go on Thursday I will have to wait until the next group fill.....I think on the 16th.......... I am going to Denver next weekend to see my sister and look for jobs. So I have Thursday to MOnday off this week............than I leave Friday morning for Denver.....than walking back into regular schedule and the layoffs should be in place when I get back.......... Jes and Candra!!! I am so sorry I wanted to be there for the pre op class. I still will be there with Donna if I can work my schedule out. I might just have to head over the Richmond than come straight back right after.......but I will try to find you guys!! I am sorta distracted tonight........thirsty too. I didn't eat or drink enough I was to busy.....working on it now. NOt the eating the drinking...........LOL

Night Ladies. I just got in a few minutes ago. I went to my mom's house to get her to read the resume. We changed it up again.......mostly just formating and fonts and all the fancy details. So it is totally ready........ Sad, sad, sad..........to be leaving. My supervisor and the program manager (her supervisor) don't want me to leave. They want me to stick the layoffs out if I can and just go where I am assigned than try to promote back to a better program later. It took me 8 years to promote from the bottom programs and I am not sure I want to wait another 8 years to promote to a good spot. I am getting to old for that. Going back to the courts is required overtime every night.............that was fine 8 years ago.......not sure I can to that again never mind nights or weekends..........I am getting to old for all this!! LOL Ironic that I was in a program that you had to promote to. Now the program closes and if I stay I will bump a brand new worker out of their position............so back to step 1 again.........humbling to say the lest. I will have people with less seniority than me in better positions and supervising me............. I put out resumes for 6 places today. Waiting to hear about the interview this week. I know they are interveiwing Thrusday and Friday. I asked for afternoons or Friday morning. Ahhh..............feeling chaotic today. But I did only eat protien and drank water........Oh I had a wheat tortilla that is a carb.......

I had top roman yesterday and that had sodium up the wazoo................I am feeling heavy and bloated today. Hoping the water makes it go down.................. Funny how a couple of bad days................ Oh and Riley I was 205 now I am 210 I was 209 at my last weigh in than dropped another four the first week.........so two pounds last week and two point something this weekend...............I need my band tighter as a precaution!! LOL. I have no restriction at all.........stress and a loose band is a band combo. Heres to shrinking livers!! Ok my boss just told me "business as usual" and not to do anything different until the day you get your slip. What?? We should be working on closing things down........this is gonna be a nightmare if we all get slips on Friday and are gone on MOnday. Whoever is left will have a nightmare situation to clean up...............mixed messages why don't we just do the right thing and clean up things and get ready to shut down in a respectable manner. They say your going than don't anticipate going...............grrrr............how will all the kids and parents we serve feel when we just disappear without an explanation..........I don't like this at all!! Doesn't feel right..........they are saying now we MIGHT stay open if the budget changes..........?????...........budget won't change we live in Cali!! I am overruled yet again.................I can't tell my clients we are shutting down and get them prepared...............wrong on so many levels.....

Jes I would love to meet up on Friday if I can get an appointment than. I still haven't cancelled the thursday fill cause I want to go..........I might just have to leave right after if I have an interview that afternoon..........waiting for a call. Turned in the resume this morning............:-)

Riley it has always been my plan to do foster care. Just didn't know when. I know I can't be a social worker and have fosters kids. The only twist is that single mother's can only be foster parents IF they are working at an outside job..........so I need to get that dealt with first. The job I am interviewing for has some out of town travel so I have to think about things and see if I get that job. But yea they want you to have a full time job so you don't just live off foster care money. That money is for the kids............. So great idea just waiting to see how it goes. My only other option is to get married so that one of us is working than I could stay home with the kids!!! I am not about to marry just to do foster care!! But yea maybe, maybe.........

What is it with gaining weight over the weekend?? Me to Riley...........I had a bad weekend and that darn 2 pounds is sticking like glue.................fatty liver for sure on me!! I am hoping water will take care of that.........so disappointted. If you can believe my band has loosened up alot. I think two weeks ago I might have had some restriction but now............I don't even know I have a band. I don't feel a thing!! I think I took advantage of that too!! Time to get back to the routine!!

Riley that is what I heard too. So I am thinking it will work out somehow. I am at almost 5 months out right now.......so I will ask Dr. Baggs about labs. I am hoping to see him twice in September anyway to back up to a good fill level. Maybe I could just do them early?? If I do get laid off I will still have insurance until October so I could be at my sweet spot by than................ Feeling less stressed today. I have a pretty solid game plan in action now. I turned in alot of resumes over the weekend and sent some back to colorado. Now watch the county will decide to keep me cause I am getting excited about leaving now.................LOL!! I think this is gonna be good for my health to leave. I have been thinking about leaving CPS for over a year now. Also if I leave the county I can be a foster parent. So I am seriously considering that right now. I wanted to do it for years but couldn't becuase you can't work for CPS and be a foster parent..........conflict of interest. So glad everyone is doing well!! Will check back in later this week. Oh got the resume done...........pain in the butt!! I had to revise it 4 times over the weekend. 7 pages had to be condensed into 2..............LOL. I will just have to explain the rest in the interviews................LOL. As we all know I write ALOT!!

Ok Ladies I think I have an interview on Thursday........so I might be rescheduling my fill for Friday? Or if I can work it out I might try to get the interview on Thursday afternoon so I can still go to my fill I should hear something tomorrow for sure............ Candra and Jes: I might have to miss the pre op class and bridge walk. Bad timing I know but having an interview is exciting right now..............Donna I will keep you updated. I would love to able to go ahead with our plans but really need this alternative job just in case...............lets see how it works out. I heard last night if I do get to stay with the county that I could be put in weekend shift (tues-Sat or night shift 11pm-7am) Neither would work being a single mother..........If I have another job lined up I can just walk if I get transferred to a department that won't work. Checked out COBRA and unemployment this weekend. Things will work out. Just that I really would rather have a job than go on unemployment. Gonna call Liz today or see her this week about how Kaiser works this. I might have to tranfer to Sutter in town if I get this new job. That is the insurance the new job has.............less driving but I would rather stay with Dr. Baggs since that is whoI started with. Things are falling into place.

Ah Pam that sounds so familiar.............hang in there. I might be in your position next month doing the work for two people or more. I guess we all just hang in there and know things will get better!! yea school lunches. Expensive. We might have to stop that here and go to making lunches again. Funny you dealing with the same issue....................My parents are helping with other stuff so they can't help with the food this time around.................. I like Nicoles idea of saving some. I am not sure how but I do know I am gonna try. Cut out starbucks and cable this weekend..............internet I need for work but if I get laid off that goes too...I will use the library for job searches.............I would really like to put as much aside as I can............great idea nicole!!

waiting for my daughter to finishing tutoring. Anyone online.............. I am trying really hard to have a good food day. Protiens only............. I am up to 210........after two days of carbs 5 pounds!! Ah geez I am hoping it is part water weight...........but serious I gotta reverse this ......TODAY!!

I am from Sacramento and had my surgery at Richmond Kaiser. Dr. Baggs was my surgeon. My sugery was April 13, 2009. We have a sacramento support group if your interested.

Yep Heather I hear ya girl...........I have great for five months but the last two days serious........it is hard to get back on track again. I hear ya............Tomorrow I have to get back on track I see Dr. Baggs on Thursday and I better not have gained anything...........ahh...... I think it is all the stress this week I am thinking I deserve some carbs and geez I have a headache from hell. I know better than this...........it has been five months since I have gone on a carb fest like this....... At least I didn't go for the diet coke though!! I am still afraid of carbonation!! LOL Nite all........