Relearning to Say No Again - Open Memoir - Updating Blog Readers - Status of Health Issues

 

I spent some time talking to my medical healthcare contact yesterday... After a little ranting--actually perhaps more than a little-- I then said, I think I've agreed to do too much... Again...

Of course, I've said that before, but I've really been trying not to allow that old "PTSD" to creep up... that brings back memories of living within job burnout from being required to become concerned about getting everything done... But I've been having "nightmares" about every night... This time, I'm going back to my first promotion out of the clerical area, where I had bosses to give work assignments... I was now on my own, after being handed materials I could use to complete the job and meet deadlines... to ensure that all of the students at WVU were sent to the right classes at the right time. Working simultaneously on 4 different semester schedules... Yes, it was a lot of work, because I was on the phone many times, most of the days, handling the present semester, while working overtime to schedule for the upcoming semester. All manually... Interacting with representatives from every single academic department...

Actually, I was enjoying myself, I loved the work and continued those feelings until years later when the Director was replaced. So, while dreaming, it really wasn't normal nightmares, it was a time when, even working long hours, was happy and exciting...

But that doesn't mean that the dreams don't reminded me that taking on more work can cause problems mentally and physically...

I have to respond to my physical needs, first...

And, of course, trying to keep up with the crap occurring at the national level--never knowing just who will be hit by the violence, harm, and loss of jobs, etc., now occurring across the land, surely adds to the constant pressure of having to check your bank account to see if your check(s) are received... You all know what I'm talking about... Rather than sharing more of that personal depression, I decided to let you hear a couple of videos of women like myself who are fed up with a political party like no other in the history of our nation! In an extremely negative way!

Some of you may have seen that a post had been snatched back due to the changes that had been made on my last post which was written by my friend and ongoing legal contributor, Harold Michael Harvey... There were long lines heading into the right column, while others were short and continued that way for many lines... What happened? All I know is that I had reached my final draft and stopped for lunch...

When I came back, on the data entry screen I found it had been moved out of compose, even though that should never happen until I publish the article... At least that was how it's been for the last 24 years I've been on Blogger... Darn it, just like during my professional career, somebody decides to change something and proceeds to do so without any type of notification. I was fuming, mortified and immediately attempted to salvage it... which was impossible to easily do...it had taken me part of two days to pull the draft together... Finally, I just quite working on it and turned off the computer. That's when I knew I had to talk to somebody.

Those who are readers and followers of my blog have seen that I have a statement up that I am no longer accepting requests for book reviews. I had promised that I would continue with a series of books, and to help a couple of other authors with whom I had been working for years. However, I ultimately began to get requests and wound up with a TBR list again... 

To those individuals, I can only say that none of the discussions about a timeframe or deadline is now valid. I need to find out what happened, and ensure that what occurred will not happen again. That is not easy since, as most of you all know, NO SITE online provides routine procedure updates, announcements of changes, or any other method of communication until after the fact that damage has been done. Even then little is done to remedy the problem... I even had one writer send me an AI generated picture along with a message... I'm sorry, but there is NO WAY I will be using anything AI until I'm comfortable that there is no fake actions occurring... Nor trusting the sender. And given the state of the government and big corporations, it's not going to be soon...

For those to whom I've interacted regarding books and/or feedback of some sort, my only option is to say that, at this time, I will get to that project when I can. I will retain those activities in que or you can cancel any interaction or request... If you have not already read what happened to my eyes during an operation, then you need to do so... Every day I lose precious time trying to deal with this one change in my life... 

https://gabixlerpersonalopinion.blogspot.com/2025/07/if-somebody-offers-you-something-that.html

Just knowing that our healthcare is in the hands of a government representative that even his family refused to endorse, has made me question a lot of things at this stage of my life... But I love books and I love that when I post, there are those who immediately come to read about another book... 

May I be able to continue with that activity... I'll keep you posted...

God Bless

Gabby