Continued Productivity

[chelseajmunoz]

In the last blog entry that I'd written yesterday I forgot to mention that Monday one of the Teacher Assistants (TAs) who worked at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) when I was a student there, commented on an FB status update that I'd shared with my FB friends. She and I exchanged FB comments back and forth for a little while Monday evening. I asked her if one of my favorite teachers still taught at TSBVI and she said that said teacher was indeed still at TSBVI. So I asked her if she'd give my contact information to said teacher then I sent an FB message to her that contained my phone number and my email address. So hopefully the TA will give my favorite teacher my contact information soon because I'd love to be in touch with her again. I say that I'd love to be in touch with her again because when I'd graduated high school in 2007 said teacher had given me her contact information. However upon leaving my mom's house in 2009 I lost said teacher's contact information which was very sad to me. In the last blog entry that I'd written yesterday I also forgot to mention the fact that when I'd picked up my medication at CVS Pharmacy Monday evening the lady who'd given me my medication asked me if I'd like for her to set up that particular medication to be automatically refilled by said business every month. I told her that would be great. In that same blog entry I'd written yesterday I also forgot to mention that Monday evening while I was at CVS Pharmacy I'd asked the lady who'd handed me my medication if I'd receive text messages from that particular business that would alert me when I'm due for a refill of my medications. The lady who'd handed me my medication at CVS Pharmacy Monday evening verified that I was set up to receive text messages from said business. However I'm unsure if that lady's comment meant that I'd receive text messages that would alert me when I'm due for a medication refill or whether that lady's comment was just a general comment that I was indeed set up to receive text messages from CVS Pharmacy. I guess time will tell what that lady's comment regarding the fact that I receive text messages from CVS Pharmacy actually meant. In the last blog entry that I'd written yesterday I also forgot to mention that a little while after I'd posted Monday's blog entry I read through the email attachments that the Academic Counselor I'd met with Monday at the college had emailed me. What the Academic Counselor at the college had emailed me was a lot of information to go through about the education plan that she'd created for me. What she'd emailed me was sooooooo much information for anyone to remember that I'm 100 percent sure I'm going to have to go over said information with her again each time I enroll in new classes at the college I'm going to be attending. I'm also going to have to go over said information with her again because I'm going to need her to look through the college's catalogue with me to explain what all the different courses are that I have to take before I transfer to a local state university. Another reason that I'm going to have to have said Academic Counselor at the college go through the college's catalogue with me is that I want her to explain to me what the classes are that I can choose to take. Because one thing that said Academic Counselor had mentioned during hers and my meeting with one another Monday was that many of the classes at that particular community college allow people to almost certainly choose classes that meet his or her interests. Hearing her say that made me happy because I'm all for freedom of choice, no matter what the thing happens to be that people want to choose from. Yesterday evening I called my new VRC and left a message with him to let him know the latest update regarding my progress with getting things ready for me to attend school this summer. In the voicemail I'd left him I told him that I'm right on track as far as having gotten everything done that I possibly can to enable myself to register for classes on May first. In the voicemail that I'd left my new VRC I also asked him whether he had any updates to give me. This morning I read some more comments that people posted on the FB status update that I'd written about the shitty Uber driver I'd had Monday. This guy who's what I'd define a hardcore conservative said something on that particular FB status update like "Why are you putting this person down? The way he or she treated you was the best way that he or she knew. Just let it go." My response to that person's comment was "I'm honestly surprised to see this reaction coming from you. I would've thought that you of all people would understand where I'm coming from. The kind of treatment I got from this person was not the next best thing to you know, treating people like fellow human beings. Such treatment is unacceptable!! I refuse to sugar coat how I feel. If people cannot treat me like a fellow human being, I will not respect them. Respect is earned, not just given. If people treat me kindly I will do the same. This is about being respectful. This person was in the wrong and yes I'm angry about it!! I have every right to be infuriated about it. This person sucks and it is fine for me to rant about it. I even gave her a one star rating on the Uber app so that I never get her again. If you are uncomfortable with my anger, that is not my burden to carry." After I'd written that response to the hardcore conservative who'd commented on that particular FB status update I texted a friend of mine to share with her how the phrase "that is not my burden to carry" came to me. In the text message I'd sent my friend I told her that that particular phrase just randomly came to me a few days ago. I want to elaborate on this here in my blog though. Lately I've been thinking about how I could respond to people when he or she expresses that he or she's uncomfortable with my anger or that he or she's uncomfortable with any other emotions that I express on my FB page or in my offline life. I've been thinking about this particular thing lately because it used to be that I'd say "I'm sorry" when I realized that something I'd said had offended someone. But the truth is that the reason I used to apologize was because I've been socialized as a woman to always be the polite peacemaker throughout my life. However one of my core values that I'd figured out when I was in therapy from August of last year until January of this year was the fact that I'm a nonconformist. Being a nonconformist means that I'm the type of person who says "fuck society" in the way I think about things. Being a nonconformist means that I'm the type of person who says "fuck society" in the decisions I make for my life. Being a nonconformist means that I'm the type of person who says "fuck society" in the way I willingly share my opinions with people about things that I know are controversial subjects. Being a nonconformist means that I'm the type of person who says "fuck society" in the way I won't back down from things that I'm passionate about. Being a nonconformist means that I'm the type of person who says "fuck society" in the way I'm passionate about the fact that forgiveness means different things to different people. Being a nonconformist means that I'm the type of person who says "fuck society" in terms of me not being religious at all. In short, being a nonconformist constantly challenges me to stick to that particular core value of mine as well as the 10 other core values I'd figured out in therapy that are my truths. A little while after I'd texted a friend of mine about my thoughts on the phrase "it's not my burden to carry" I re-read the email that someone from the county had sent me last weekend so that I could get the number that I'd been given to ask for a reasonable accommodation. So once I'd re-read that particular email I called said number. However the person I spoke with at that particular number told me that he couldn't help me with my reasonable accommodation request. He then gave me a phone number that I could call that he said would help me with my reasonable accommodation request. While I was on the phone with Mr. Unhelpful, the hardcore conservative that I'd mentioned had commented on the FB status update i'd posted about my frustration with the shitty Uber driver I'd had Monday, commented on said FB status update again. He basically said exactly what he'd said the first time he'd commented on said FB status update, telling me to let that particular incident go. Given that I felt I'd already said my piece though I didn't respond to his second comment. After I'd gotten off the phone with Mr. Unhelpful I called the phone number that he'd given me. When I told the person I spoke with at that phone number that I was told that she'd help me choose a secondary insurance plan she said that I was given misinformation. She then told me that she'd put in an accommodation request for me to receive a packet in Braille that would allow me to choose an insurance company for myself that's going to act as a secondary insurance. I told her it would be great if she'd have that information sent to me in Braille because then I'd be able to choose which plan I want to have as my secondary insurance. It took her what seemed like forever to put in an accommodation request for me but I was patient with her. When she'd finally put the accommodation request in for me she then gave me a phone number I could call to ask this particular state to send me all future correspondence in Braille. Upon looking at the number that lady had given me I discovered that she'd given me the number that I'd called right before I'd spoken with her. She also gave me a second phone number in case I couldn't get a hold of anyone using the first number she'd given me. While I was on the phone with her I received a phone call from my new VRC. Go figure! LOL. When I'd gotten off the phone with her I called the first phone number she'd given me. I told the man I spoke with what my situation was and asked him if he'd set things up to where anytime I receive anything from the state, the state sends things to me in Braille. He asked what my secondary insurance was and I told him that I don't have a secondary insurance right now. I told him that I'd just gotten off the phone with someone from the state who's going to mail me a packet in Braille so that I can choose a secondary insurance plan for myself. I then told him that the person I'd spoken with before him gave me this phone number to call and ask that everything the state sends me in the future be sent to me in Braille. It took him what seemed like forever to grasp what I was asking for and honestly I'm not totally sure he understood me. Because after he'd told me that he'd put in the accommodation request I'd asked him for he then told me that someone was likely going to call me from an agency and ask me some questions. If I'm not mistaken I think the agency he'd said is likely going to call me is Medicare part B. Shortly after I'd gotten off the phone with that man I returned my new VRC's call. During his and my conversation with one another he told me that he'd submitted the paperwork that's required for me to be able to have an Assistive Technology (AT) evaluation done. He then suggested that I call him at the end of next week if I haven't heard anything from the business who's going to actually do my AT evaluation. He then asked me if I'd provide him with information on one of the things I'd requested him to get me so that he can work on how to get said item for me. So I told him that I'd send him the information that he'd requested of me. Shortly after I'd gotten off the phone with him I emailed him the information that he'd requested of me. A little while later I asked a friend of mine to ask an acquaintance of mine whether he'd emailed that form for the Travis County Court that he'd filled out for me. So my friend asked said acquaintance that question for me and my acquaintance replied right away saying that he'd forgotten to take care of that. My acquaintance's response was very frustrating to me because I really need to have that document so that I can become a resident of the state I live in now. A little while after my friend had gotten that particular response from my acquaintance, said friend and I went to the UPS store that was holding my package from Samsung because I needed to pick said package up before the end of this week. And unfortunately the lady who I'd thought had scheduled for UPS to bring me my package last week had not done her job at all. That being said, things worked out well because it would've been inconvenient as hell for me to have to sit around and wait for UPS from 8:00 in the morning until 8:00 in the evening. Interestingly though when I'd picked up my package from the UPS store I discovered that Samsung had given me three Visa gift cards!! I asked the man who was our Uber driver to see whether any of those Visa gift cards had an amount of money on them but unfortunately none of the cards did. A while after my friend and I'd gotten back from the UPS store I contacted UPS to ask said business for help modifying my communication preferences for said business. A little while later I received an email response from someone at UPS informing me that said business couldn't make any account changes for me. In the same email though the person from UPS gave me instructions on how to make any changes to my profile that I wanted to make. And fortunately the instructions the lady from UPS had given me were spot on which was great because it's kind of a complicated process to make changes to one's profile on UPS's website even using my iPhone. Fortunately though I was able to set up my notifications as I'd like to receive them: through text message rather than through email as my notifications had been set to by default. Shortly after I'd taken care of that, I wanted to update my information with Fed-Ex as well. And much like UPS's website, Fed-Ex's website was difficult to navigate (even when using my iPhone). However even though it took me what seemed like forever to make the changes to my Fed-Ex account that I'd wanted to make I'm glad that's done now. At least until the next time I have to update my mailing address. LOL.