lemon ice and nightmares… oh boy

My son has eaten almost 2 gallons of cherry lemon ice since yesterday. I'm also shoving milk shakes down his throat. I know the milk causes more mucus but he needs something to coat his stomach so these pain pills dont make him puke. Thats all he needs! He's still in major pain. The pain pills arent working for him at all. I feel so bad for him. I wish I could make all of it go away.

I get an email this morning from the company doing my background check. They need a copy of my GED. Well I dont have a copy of my GED so they give me the phone number of some state office to get a copy of the transcript. I called that office all day and got no answer. I was looking through some old folders hoping to find that stupid piece of paper and came across my HS diploma. I called these background checking people and told them that I would fax them that instead. Well... that isnt good enough. I have a strange history with GED and diplomas. When I was 17 and a half I got married. I couldnt stand my mothers husband. He was bigoted and abusive. This is the guy who bought my underwear for Christmas one year but wouldnt let me keep it unless I put it on in front of him. Yeah... keep your shit mister. You're a creep! He never did anything but boy did he try. I so desperately needed to get away from him that I conned my father into signing the consent form (he was in the hospital and highly medicated) and I got married. Well, the school board here in my town (and maybe others, I dont know) said that I couldnt be married and still be a high school student so they made me quit. It was either quit or be expelled. I thought quitting would look better on my resume than getting thrown out... 17 year old logic. What can I say. That was October 1982. In August of 83 I took my GED and passed it. In 1984 I decided to join the US Air Force. Well back then (again, I dont know about now) a GED was good enough for a man to enlist but a woman needed a diploma. The Air Force sent me to an adult learning program at a local high school and I got my HS diploma. So I have both.

SO, back on track. I called these background checkers and told them that I would fax them my HS diploma. The told me that a check of my background shows that I have a GED therefore I need to show it to them. As far as I am concerned, the HS diploma trumps the GED so they should be happy with that. I had to get a supervisor on the phone and argue with him for 20 mintues before they finally decided to accept what I had. The guy on the other end of the phone told me they are going to use the GED as proof of identy, not proof of a diploma. They already have copies of my drivers license with my picture on it, they have my social security number, they have proof of address. How much more proof of identy do they need? Besides, If I had to wait for a state office to call me back I'd never start this job.

So anyway... thats done. Drug test is done. More and more I'm finding myself hoping this job goes past 6 months to permanent. I think if I have to go through this nonsense for another job I will lose my mind