Anonymous
Beloved of All
I'm 36 years old who still lives at home with my parents because I am on the spectrum, suffer from maladaptive daydreaming, and still am in school. It took me about 14 years to pay off my student debt from college. Anyway, I have been having a bad week and everybody has been picking on me.
1. I bought something for a school project to do with my students and the teachers were upset because I didn't consult with them first before buying it. I didn't do it because I didn't think I needed to do that and I was under the impression that my boss would be happy to reimburse whatever stuff I bought. I wasn't aware that there were five rolls of contact paper (I couldn't find it in their closet and the one I saw was running low and I thought, "That's not enough, I need to buy more contact paper.").
2. I was supposed to observe at a center for my observation assignment for Early Childhood Education. I thought it was at 10am when in reality, it was at 9am. Now I have to reschedule. Normally, I am good at getting times right so the fact that I got it so wrong over the phone was really out of character for me! Not to mention that I wrote down the wrong time on my calendar.
3. I was supposed to register for workshops including breakfast and lunch at my workplace's learning Day session. I signed up for the workshops but the breakfast and lunch sessions were closed and I don't know how to explain that to my boss. I had emailed the people in charge about it but I doubt that they would do anything to help because they are such sticklers for rules. They don't make wiggle room or exceptions for anyone.
4. Going to church with my mom is never fun because she's always angry at me. First, it was the fact that I had to be told to be on the lookout for people who are coming around with baskets so I wouldn't miss putting my money in there. Next, was the fact that I had trouble focusing on the sermon because my mind wanders off. Third problem was that sometimes I get confused on which direction to exit for communion. The last straw was when my phone dinged because someone left me a text. I felt embarrassed and didn't turn it on silent right away because I didn't want anyone staring at me. And my mom yells at me A LOT for never being happy or smiling at all or for never being joyful.
Please help me learn from my mistakes and recover from them. Help me to be joyful even when the whole world hates me or is angry at me. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.
1. I bought something for a school project to do with my students and the teachers were upset because I didn't consult with them first before buying it. I didn't do it because I didn't think I needed to do that and I was under the impression that my boss would be happy to reimburse whatever stuff I bought. I wasn't aware that there were five rolls of contact paper (I couldn't find it in their closet and the one I saw was running low and I thought, "That's not enough, I need to buy more contact paper.").
2. I was supposed to observe at a center for my observation assignment for Early Childhood Education. I thought it was at 10am when in reality, it was at 9am. Now I have to reschedule. Normally, I am good at getting times right so the fact that I got it so wrong over the phone was really out of character for me! Not to mention that I wrote down the wrong time on my calendar.
3. I was supposed to register for workshops including breakfast and lunch at my workplace's learning Day session. I signed up for the workshops but the breakfast and lunch sessions were closed and I don't know how to explain that to my boss. I had emailed the people in charge about it but I doubt that they would do anything to help because they are such sticklers for rules. They don't make wiggle room or exceptions for anyone.
4. Going to church with my mom is never fun because she's always angry at me. First, it was the fact that I had to be told to be on the lookout for people who are coming around with baskets so I wouldn't miss putting my money in there. Next, was the fact that I had trouble focusing on the sermon because my mind wanders off. Third problem was that sometimes I get confused on which direction to exit for communion. The last straw was when my phone dinged because someone left me a text. I felt embarrassed and didn't turn it on silent right away because I didn't want anyone staring at me. And my mom yells at me A LOT for never being happy or smiling at all or for never being joyful.
Please help me learn from my mistakes and recover from them. Help me to be joyful even when the whole world hates me or is angry at me. In Jesus name we pray, Amen.