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Oh going to the media is a great idea!! It is the only thing that works sometimes..............unfortunelty with CPS what works is dead children..............just wait the paper is gonna be full of stories of dead children..........they thought last summer was bad they have not seen anything get............were are gonna be down 200 workers since last summer........... Oh and they are laying of masters level social workers and keeping the batchelors (6 year degree vs. 4 year) County is going with the cheaper labor............over the schooling and experience. They will regret it. When kids die.........the papers will be all over the fact they let the grad school SW's go...............CPS is suppose to be staffed by MSW's not BSW's ...........they were only around becuase not enough Masters apply for the jobs or they leave after a year...............for better jobs!! I think the papers need to know the truth. We have been told not to talk......................wonder why!! Terry Schutten is up for reelection. He doesn't want people to know CPS is going down until AFTER he gets re elected!! Oops did I spill the beans??? :-)

Chris I skipped protection once and have a 14 year old!! LOL. But my periods have been really crazy all summer. But I would be surprized if your pregnant...........they said it happens ALOT after surgery!!! I thought Nicole was pregnant last week thought. Nicole did you take the test by the way?? Thanks for all the resumes ladies!! REally great stuff and Jes the questions are great prep.......I think I have actually been asked a few times the same stuff............Most interviews I have done have had 3-4 people interviewing me and hard questions.......organization, ethical stuff........hard to know how to answer but important!! Donna I got your resume too. Thanks so much ladies tons of support........... Nicole I don't know what is in the paper. I think just that CPS is all but shutting down................hopefull that is all they write............just that we won't be taking as many calls or addressing as many situations anymore...........just the worst of the worst. But who knows what the journalist will write........ Heather glad you like your class. I don't know why you didn't get the email about forloughs. But I just got it at 5:30 pm today so maybe it is still coming.........it was kept hush/hush...........we are being told they are laying all county workers off to void current contracts....than hiring them back on 9/10s without new contract........crazy huh. I don't know if your department is included but we were told ALL county employees..........interesting to see what turns up. Ok nite ladies. Gotta get up early

Reggie your fill is coming up??? Yea!! I am a social worker and psych type. I sorta know why I overeat but that doesn't always stop me. For me it is stress or bored..........although the last few days I am stressed to the max and I can't eat. It makes me throw up..........sick as it sounds I am not complianing except to I went up two pound from NOT eating!! LOL. Just case we have the education and knowledge doesn' mean we can stop the patterns!! Ok, ok that is me I am talking about............maybe your just scared of your upcoming fill and that is why you did it?? I am starting to feel smaller and it is weird......I am not sure I am comfortable like this yet.......I feel strange somehow. LIke this isn't my body............I like it but I don't feel like me right now.......... Chris you could have done worse. I think you'll survive it. But Chris isn't your band tighter?? MIne gets tight this time of the month....... Ok off computer gotta get this resume out........... Jes you have my mail. Any ideas on resumes and what YOU look for would be great......also interview tips!! :-)

Ah Jes if you have something on resumes or any advise on what you think works............I would love to have it. I just talked to my parents and got alot of tips and a sample resume. I would totally do this job that is up for grabs. I just have to sell myself......... I am scared to leave CPS after 10 years and not wanting to lose Kaiser but I think maybe I can work something out with Liz and Dr. Baggs or maybe just buy Kaiser for awhile..............I wish I could email Liz and aske her what to do. I can't get her by phone very easy.........I will try to find her on the 3rd!! Well working on resume so nite ladies......

I tried to call Liz but she wasn't in the office..........I was gonna tell her about this weekend since I needed to talk to her anyway.............haven't been able to get to her. Sacramento County is laying off all of its workers in October. Everyone. The will than turn around and offer you a job at 9/10's and force the forloughs. They also will reduce health benefits most likely at the same time. If you don't accept the offer they will report you to the unemployment office so you can't get unemployment funding. They are doing this void any contracts or obligations to union workers. They will than hire you back with a new contract you will have to sign to keep your job that reduces pay, adds forloughs and reduces health benefits...............so I am not sure that avoiding the first round of layoffs is a good thing. At least the first group will get thier unemploment when they go.......... Union is calling for a strike which I think is useless. I don't have the time or money to strike or turn down a job...........last time they went on strike I couldn't pay my rent that month!! :-P Not doing it again.......... I am working on my resume as we speak. Anyone have a good resume I can look at.......need ideas!!

I won't be there Satuday!! I am gonna see my baby cousin who is about 4 months old!! LOL. I still haven't made it up to see her and I still have her present which may or may NOT fit!! I just need a family weekend it has been way to long........*******feeling jealous however and wishing it was a different weekend************* Nicole you guys staying at The Holiday Inn?? I LOVED that place by the way.............to many memories of PB'ing all night!! LOL But other than that it was great.........loved the hot tub!! Work was crazy. People are chaotic. I only went in half day and worked in the field half day......I just needed to chill. So the final work is 62 masters level positions will be cut. 16 Batchelors will be cut..........the rest is supervisors and upper management clerical and Family Services workers............the total is 200. workers. They said CPS will no longer be investigating all referrals and we are cutting way, way back..........we might only be addressing kids 0-5 .............they don't know but they are gonna put out something in the paper so that the community will know CPS has been pretty much disabled and we can only address the worse cases and probably the youngest kids............ Am I staying or going? I don't know. Looks like if I am willing to work nights or weekends they might let me stay. Than there is that 17% paycut to consider. I won't have a choice of my job or my hours but if I can accept that they will probably let me stay........Also every friday off starting in NOvember........that might not be so bad .........just the pay cut is bad. So I don't know. I think I stay and stick it out no matter how bad it gets.......I have a couple of places to turn in my resume tomorrow. I don't know what to do. No good options right now BUT Kaiser...........I am almost willing to put up with anything to keep my kaiser and keep Dr. BAggs and my fill schedule.........I could also try to find another job after I get to my goal weight!! So better news today but still not 100% sure of anything...........and nights and weekends!!!!!!!!!!!! And back to court and attorneys again........... What can you do??? California sucks??

Careful Nicole.............:-) I thought you were heading down to Sac today??

Oh that FMLA stuff was complicated. My supervisor did the paperwork wrong and I missed a paycheck......or lets say I didn't get a paycheck for almost 6 weeks. I think you get the FMLA stuff done at work. THan the day of surgery you get the paperwork as you leave the hospital. You give the paperwork to the medical secratary beforeyou leave. That is sorta a pain cause you don't feel like doing that. YOu can have the person who brings you turn it in for you. Ok crazy busy today trying to get stuff closed out and wound down............will check in but probably won't be on to much today. Thanks Jes. I still may stay in Sac but just not sure yet. I have other applications out around town but for stuff that is not social worker related. I think for social work I have to get out of California.............I could still make the CPS cut but not likely. HOnestly I don't think CPS will survive the next year.............by next summer I think it will close down. They won't be able to operate with the current staff levels and more layoffs in January is what we are hearing.............than another round next summer. ONly 220 left so not much left to cut. I really think CPS will close down.............we are thinking the sheriff's department will take over CPS jobs eventually. I don't think CPS will be around much longer or if it is It will be reduced way down to just the very, very worst cases............

nite ladies I will be off and on the next few days.........but I will read and keep up just can't post from work and I am gonna be there alot this week!!

OMG HEather they still laid off 200 officers!! I didn't know that. Really sux!! Yep Probation took a HUGE hit in February I had a friend there. I think they just keep rotating between the three departments.............I am really scared what is gonna happen in our county, never mind our state........... We are cutting sheriffs and probation and CPS and letting the felons out. At the same time we are closing the mental hospitals so add the mentally ill to the mix. I think public safety is gonna go crazy!! YOu can't help but predict the worse.............crazy, crazy, crazy stuff. Get your surgery as soon as you can before the county does any more crazy layoffs Heather!! I am so glad I got mine done..........working on Dentist and eye doctor this week.............trying to get it all in just in case!! Now I need to talk to Dr. Baggs about coming in twice in September and mayb October.............If I could get to my sweet sport before I move or lost my insurance that would be so GREAT!!

Ok here is the final word coming down....... We lost 10 million in funding to the sheriffs office which is a huge part of the reason for the layoffs. So I am hoping that the Sheriffs are ready to do social work to help CPS out cause they sure are gonna need it.............to bad it has to be either or..........they are saying they saved 200 sheriffs jobs by cutting 200 from CPS...............seriously things are pretty bad when you have to decide between safety for kids and safety for a community........ But I think the whole county (everyone) is going on forloughs 2-3 times a month starting November 8, 2009. You hear anything Heather about forloughs??

I need to look into Cobra I don't know to much about it expect it is expensive...........Thanks for the tip!! How are things at the sheriffs department?

I have family in Denver!! And one of my sisters friends is banded and that is how I found out about the whole thing. I even think they have a bariatrics in Denver through Kaiser right in town................ Candra. I will be getting a pink slip cause my department is shutting down at 60 of us will get one. 200 totall CPS workers will be laid off. That is half of CPS. If I have enough seniority I can take the pink slip and give it to someone who has less time than me and take their spot. I think how it works is I tell managment I want their spot and they than give that person a pink slip and take me back..........sorta brutal. But my number is right at the 50% cutoff so it is very likely I don't have enough seniority to trade my pink slip out........ ANyway they are predicting 10X the normal caseload. I am at 4X now and barely surviving I don't think honestly I can keep up with the 10X thing.........so it might be a blessing to go. NO more overtime and 2-3 furlough ordered a month starting in November.............more work, less time, less pay, less workers................might not be such a great deal............If I get laid off I can get unemployment I think for 12 weeks.......should give me enough time to find something in Denver!! :-) This was my backup plan. I have Denver all worked out. I will live with my sister and babysit her kids until I find a job...........I might just totally get out of the social worker field. Not sure I want to do it anymore.......... I also applied to work as a computer programer and an hospital worker in town. My only issues is Kaiser............ah I want to keekp Kaiser until APril or so. I gotta call Liz tomorrow........

I am around..........sorta. Really busy tonight!! My band is getting loser and loser!! LOL. Back to bandster hell. I can eat way to much. Trying to stay under 1000 but really hungry and not doing well..........I will go get a fill in 10 days!! I really hope he gives me more than .5cc's this time. Good chance I am getting laid off on September 27 and I am working on getting all my medical appointments in before than. I need to call Liz to find out how this works with bariatrics. I hear different things...........I really want to be at my sweet spot before I get laid off. Hoping I can maybe see Dr. Baggs a couple of times before than........I will talk to him. I am headed out to Denver either this weekend or next to look for jobs out there. Looks like I am moving.......I am actually sorta excited to go.......just waiting for the final word. I both want to stay in California and than again I don't want to stay.........mixed feelings...... Anyway. Totally busy trying to clean my office and close out my caseload the next two weeks!! I will be off and on but I will still check in even if I don't have time to post much....... Ok back to work!! LOL

I would like to know what your fill level is......... I am 4 months post op and was up to a 6cc fill after three fills...........good restriction but than that time of the month struck and the fill got so tight I couldn't eat or get liquids down........unfill of 2cc's due to swelling...........very little restriction now...........I go back on September 3, 2009 to get some of the Fluid back.........I don't think 6cc's will work for me but I hope to get back up ton 5.5cc........... I have lost 50 pounds so far.......25 pre op and 25 post op. It has been slow go until the last month when I lost about 10 pounds.......but now back to no fill so just trying to hold on and not gain anything.................15 pounds during the first month post op....... I was just a tad over my sweet spot but so miss being there...........I can wait to get my fill again!!

Well I need to write down what I eat after every meal.......cause the last two days I start writing at night and than I can't remember what I eat for lunch!! Maybe it is the headaches.............but I serious can't remember the last two days what I ate for lunch.......... Breakfast is always the same to easy but I could be cheating big time and not even know it!! LOL. From what I remember it is 940 yesterday and 990 today.......but I feel like I am forgetting something........Ahh 7 days without salad is hurting my brain getting one tomorrow!!

LOL!! I hear Candra and Nicole too when I try on clothes!!! How funny is that. My outfit on Saturday was for you guys I do believe I did better in the something that fits departments...... Warming up lentils and sausages. Gonna end the day on the good note..... Ah I don't want to go back tomorrow either. So much about the budget is gonna come down this week.......and no 9/80 this week. From what I hear county is about ready to go on mandatory forloughs twice a month .............in addition to layoffs but no one really know exacty how this works out. So ah not looking forward to this week at work.......

Chris sounds familiar.............be careful girls!! I so know what it is like to try three different things for a meal before I gave up and ate soup!! LOL. (of course I slimed everything but the soup) All I can say is watch it and if you do need an unfill do it sooner rather than later!! I waited to long so that is why I had to get some much out..........I really pissed off my band until the darn little hole swelled and closed up on me!! I wish I would have gone in a bit earlier to get an unfill and than it would have been no big deal.......probably just a tiny bit of fluid. You know me stubborn and don't like to ask for help unless I am SURE I need it!! Don't be scared of unfills though. I just waited to long I am the exception to the rule..........LOL. ALways!! I can eat to much. Now doing it out of wilpower but I could eat alot if I wanted to..............I am keeping it 1000 or under right now. Averaging about 800 but gonna switch it up today with the yogurt. Ok back cleaning the house.........and yep I ate some frozen yogurt. I think we all saw that coming.

I have never had french onion soup and I think I am gonna have to............I thought it would taste like chopped onions which I don't like!!

Here is my secret most kids warm right up to me.........I interview kids all day long and hang out with kids alot at work!! I also have two nephews 2 and 4 who I always tell they are the boys I didn't have!! LOL. Kids are so much fun!! Kids are refreshing. They haven't been tainted by all the social norms and crap yet!! I really enjoy kids............they are fun!! So bring it on with Auds!! I am eating raspberries and my dad brought use enchiladas and beans.............yep I had one. Suprise the tortilla stayed down.........ok it has soy meat in the middle so sorta healthy but still all that cheese and the tortilla........I think I will survive though!! sausagae (veggie) this morning............so if I can just chill this afternoon and not eat to much I will be doing ok!! Back to cleaning..........

Yep I am thinking that I need to get a prescription. I was doing better not getting migraines but this summer I am getting them again.................It did help!! I take ATenol for my blood pressure. Yep even post op!! And that is suppose to be for migraines too. I have to be honest I have forgotten to take them the last week so that might be why the headaches are back...........I need to go get the prescription refilled on Monday!! But atenol is listed as a migraine medication too...........just don't notice a huge difference!!

Ok weird but everytime I cough I can fell the port....like really feel it..........doesn't hurt but I can tell it is attached to my stomach muscle...........strange feeling!! I know, i know ..............you all appreciate the 411!!

Molly your sticking around!! Glad your back!! I see you in the user room...........join in the chat girl!!

Move over Auntie Candra cause Auntie Tina sure does like kids too!! Good thing I was not at lunch yesterday cause there would have been a competition for that sweet baby!! LOL. I love kids that age................ next time...........like I said NIcole leave AUds with me some evening and you and Mike can go on a date!! :-) I need a baby fix!! LOL. It has been to long since my nephews came out to visit . They are Auds age and I love to spoil them rotten but they live in colorado!!

Hey Guys Not feeling to hot but sore throat and cough so at least I know the reason why!! My parents came home from Alaska with colds so no huge surprize.........like Nicole said maybe my band will tighten with the cold!! Positive thought!! LOL. Candra I figured out the tongue thing!! I always look up meds on the internet before I take them. I am weird with meds I pass out easy so I am careful. THanks so much that helped me chill and sleep yesterday..........I am sure my cold won't be as bad cause I am rested up now!! Darn headaches though........have been worse the last two weeks. Does anyone else get migraines right before your period.........cause post op I am getting headaches that time of the month......... I can't make it next weekend. So sad about that. Just can't keep driving over to the BAy area so much the gas is killing me and I have to go again on the 3rd. I also haven't been to church in a couple of weekends and want to go hang out with my friends there next weekend, never mind I haven't seen much of my family since I got surgery I have been so crazy busy..........maybe we should do a monthly hike day so I can go next time. So weird I go from being a recluse to having way to much social life to balance right now. Gotta love the band and losing weight...........sure did help me get back in the game. Ok ladies my daughter needs frozen yogurt for her throat so we are gonna take a short drive...........she rarely eats sugar so I guess I can grant this request.......I am still debating if I will have one........but I bet I will!! I like the tart yogurt!!