Anywhere, but here....

I am ready to get out of Baton Rouge and Louisiana. Once Jon gets his Ph.D., we are out of here.

I thought Thursday was bad. Today was even worse. I am not very happy with my job right now.

People don't think the rules apply to them. When they are told to follow them, they get mad. Then I get harassed and told that I "don't know how to talk to people."

Which really means that they just don't like being told that they can't do something.

Well, when I have to say the same thing over and over to the same people, I'm not going to be Little Miss Sunshine. Sorry!

I have people still pissed off about things that happened 6 months ago. I'm just doing my job. I did not create the policies, but I have to enforce them.

I am tired of being harassed by adults that act like children and parents that believe the untruths their children tell them then lash out at me.

I have been there for one year and 8 months. I have tried everything to get these children to read books, but they are not interested. They want to play video games on the computer. I have to constantly tell them that they cannot play violent games. It is policy. They don't understand why they can't.

Before I was even hired, there was a murder across the street. A man was standing over the dead body laughing. About six months ago, a man was shot and killed in the street only one block away.

Violence does not need to be encouraged.

Everyone says that it will be like this anywhere I go. I am willing to risk it and learn that fact on my own.

Some good things are:

I have a loving and supportive husband.

Great friends.

Employment. Even if it is a crappy time right now. An income is nice.

Dreams of living in a new place, where people know how to behave. One can dream, right?