Free to do in Los Angeles

Fun and cool LPA centric activities that anyone can enjoy! http://blogs.laweekly.com/arts/2013/11/free_things_to_do_hikes_bike_paths.php ♢♢♢personally I enjoy being a tourist in my own city and trying everything! Feel free to pick a few and join me!

My day at work

I don’t just do case management. I sometimes get to train. Sometimes my newly hired staff are certain that I am a idiot. Today , a lady let me know how little I knew.

International bring your super loud family in Day … a frustrated rant

Today wasnt just Vinegar Day. Oh no. Somewhere a calendar named today " International Bring your Super Loud Family in Day". Or… more accurately. ..Pack Your Kids and Possibly All Of The People You Sat On the Bus With into my cubicle and the feed them candy. Next… fail to parent. Gain next level of […]

Victem or Victor

Hardships and obstacles suck. Hardships and obstacles do not define me. They don’t. I have faced , stared down and climbed over some icky stuff. That stuff is not how I am pigeon holed or defined by anyone. So it is with with a headache that I listen to people come to me and proudly […]

Welfare and Hating Women

I came across an article today about a woman who was not working and had 4 children. Here’s the thing. If she were married to a rich man, no one would criticize her. If she were livinng off an inheritance, we would be cool with it. If she were the father, he would be called […]

Stop the Over-share

Imagine you are 30 feet away from a mother who is loudly crowing about her children services case and divorce and anxiety and sleep problems and how she wants to have SSI and how she won’t leave her teen boys in after school programs……..basically every reason she is indicating she won’t find a job or […]

The Great Shakeout

Happens each October 17th at 10:17 a.m.. I am never available for climbing under this desk and getting staples in my knees and gum in my hair – unless it is the real deal. And seriously…given how much the office shakes when even skinny people tip toe around ; an actual Earthquake here will kill […]

I did some writing

About Arcadia and wanted to share book.pdf

I hated my Welfare worker

So I became one to see if I could do a better job. As the kids say "Like a boss!". But I will admit that the ever changing policies and the worst database program to work with make it difficult. Having to read and interpret legalese and translate it into English for myself and coworkers […]

My client listened

And went to @mendpoverty . Somewhere around call 54 today she was calling and sobbing in relief. This is the reasons that it pays to know your audience and your resources.