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| Tue, 06-06-2006 - 7:50pm |
Well...I just want to start off saying hi to everyone and that I hope your week has started off on a good note!
I haven't posted in a while, but that doesn't mean a lot hasn't been going on.
I had to quit my job yesterday. I don't know if I posted this before, but I was being sexually harrassed at work. It wasn't just verbal stuff, but some of the male employees were grabbing me and pulling my shirt down and stuff. I talked to management, but nothing came of it. Actually, our head manager was doing it too. Well...last Tuesday I was pushed into the dry storage closet by two guys and one held the door shut while they tried to touch/grab me. When I said something about it I was sent home. So...needless to say, I'm looking for another job.
DD has gone camping with my mom and step-dad. She's supposed to be home Sunday afternoon. I'm not worried about her being gone b/c I know my mom will take extremely good care of her. Leah was so excited to go too. She helped load up the camper and get all the stuff ready. She was so cute leaving this morning in her little blue jean shorts and cut off shirt with her sunglasses and hat on! They're only about an hour away, and I'll probably go over there and stay with them on Thursday.
As for potty training, I've gotten no further in my quest to get her out of diapers!
I did really well on the LPN entrance exam and start school in August. It's a 10 month program and then hopefully I will have a career, which I'm really looking forward too!
Everything with Crush is going exceptionally well. We went to the PBR together last weekend and I sang the national anthem both nights. It wasn't televised so I didn't bother to post when I would be singing. However, I had a blast. I got to stand in the middle of the arena and it was just so much fun!
Everything isn't "great" but it's going. I've gone out and applied for ALL kinds of jobs and hopefully something will come along here in the next few days. I'm going to use the time that Leah is gone to find something.
I'm a little worried about the summer months. Ex is supposed to get her 1 week in addition to his every other weekends June, July, and August. Ex's birthday is the 12th and he wants to use that week so I'll be really upset while she's gone. But...he said that he wants to split the time up since he has to work, so maybe will be able to work things out.
But...that's about it for me I guess. LOL!
Kait

Hi Kait,
Congrats on your test results and your singing. And thanks for your post! We always love to hear your updates. It is great that you are going to put yourself through nursing school.
Sorry to hear about the stuff with the job - but I do agree with you. Sexual harassment does occur unfortunately and it is not something you should put up with. Sometimes there is legal recourse against an employer, but if you can find another job quickly that is probably the best and least time consuming route, especially after all you have been through.
I am hoping you can find a way to keep Leah safe while at her dad's house. How has that been going? Is he getting any better? Are you still documenting?
Good to hear Crush is doing good and that your mom took your dd camping - that is great for all.
Just got back from a 2 week vacation with my DS and am trying to recover - glad to be back and see everyone!!
Hope others will post congrats, too.
Kait,
You really should file a complaint against the employer you left.
would urge you to file a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Comm. (EEOC).
They can advise you on how to procede with your complaint. I would also try to file a complaint with your local police dept. When you were held down, so another could attack, that's sexual assault. If they did this to you, they do this to other women as well. I would try to contact some of the women that worked or previosly worked there, as collectively as a group, you would have more clout. I know it's easier to walk away, but
by remaining silent, you unwittingly put other women in danger as well. That's why these lowlifes get away with it, because they know who to mess with. Me personally, I would have grabbed something from the kitchen when they were done and put all of them in the hospital.
>>>Well...last Tuesday I was pushed into the dry storage closet by two guys and one held the door shut while they tried to touch/grab me.<<<<<
If this had happened to me, as soon as I was released from that closet, I would have made it over to the police station to file a report. That's called sexual assault, not sexual harrassment. It's a crime.
Kaitlyn, I completely agree with the others about the assualt. NO ONE should put up with that, and at the very least, your former employer should have a documented complaint filed against him.
Congrats on the singing, though, how cool!
And I betcha Leah's having the time of her life camping with Grandma! I hope you get to enjoy yourself some while she's camping, and good luck finding a (better) job, too!
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Dear Kaitlyn,
Sexual harassment is AGAINST THE LAW.
Stephanie, CL of the Dating as a Single Parent board: http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-p