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Sigh...

Bad news: I am in crisis again.

Good news: Who wants a job?

Looking for somebody with executive function and a driver's license with the ability to bring some grounding kindness to a burned out autistic trying to get her blazing dumpster fire back down to a smolder.

Need help with all sorts of adulting, my cog is just fried. Pretty flex just need extra brains and body.
Pay $20/hr 5-10hr/wk.
#Guelph area

Boosts appreciated.

in reply to Valerie Roney

☝️also if yer in the Guelph area and think, hey that Valerie would be pretty cool to hang out with, boop me. The social isolation has been a huge drain on my energy, I find I perk up quite a bit around kind, authentic, loving people (aka you lot). So could definitely use a meatspace kindness fix.

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in reply to Valerie Roney

You're in Guelph? I've always wanted to go there! I knew a professor from university there. Sounds like a great place.
in reply to Deep Breath; Start Again

@caban4 it's really a lovely lil city. Quite progressive, well cared for city trees (as a weird stick I measure by).
in reply to Valerie Roney

I am all the way on the other side of the ocean, but if you would like to chat via video and see cats, let me know 😊
in reply to 🌼 Dagnabbit, Pascaline! 🌼

@pascaline aw.. wow that is so kind to just drop in and say. Melts mah lil heart. 🥰

I'm gonna focus on meatspace right now, but may circle back to stuff like this.

In the meantime, if yer not hip to @lonelinesscorps it's a group for anybody that wants to connect online one way or another. Battling social isolation one toot at a time. Might be interesting for ya.

in reply to Valerie Roney

Thanks 😊
I know how bad it all can feel, and how draining. I am glad my words made you smile. Get better if you can, get well, and by 'well' I mean in the way that makes you happiest 😊
Thanks for the top, too ❤️

@lonelinesscorps

in reply to Valerie Roney

@Valerie Roney Guelph is closer than I expected, but still a little far for me (Kitchener). Also, my executive function is only moderate at best these days. Boosting for reach.
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

@me aw thanks Jonathan. And job posting aside, I am definitely looking for meatspace connections anywhere in the area, Kitchener isn't too far away, if ya wanna hang out sometime.
in reply to Valerie Roney

The skills trainer at the local meganationalconglomerized therapy place suggested a "Personal Care Attendant" apparently there's actually certification for that sort of thing. She said carina.org/ might have listings of PCAs looking for work. It requires a login, but I signed up and it seemed relatively straightforward.
in reply to Cy

@cy thanks. I've been through that sort of thing a few times and it just doesn't cough out the right kind of support for me. I don't fit.

I mostly need to connect with other beautiful weirdos to do the sort of stuff a competent friend would do. It changes all the time depending on how I am feeling. And right now I need big problem solver mode, care attendants are too structured a support.

@Cy
in reply to Valerie Roney

Have you talked to the Community Resource Centre people 519 843 7002?
in reply to Larry

@quoidian thanks! Well tapped in to all the resource stuff, that's coming along too, just slower.
in reply to Valerie Roney

I am a bit too far away, but did boost. I hope you get what you need. Hang in there.
in reply to Valerie Roney

Could any of this be done remotely? (Not the part that requires a driver's license, obviously.)
in reply to Rich Puchalsky ⩜⃝

@richpuchalsky As an ND living in an ND home, I can attest that there is often a significant and obvious "remediation of the physical environment" component to treating burnout.
in reply to Admiral Memo

@AdmiralMemo ug! Geography, amirite?!
Hope you find some local connections that work for you too.
in reply to Valerie Roney

If I were closer, I'd take you up on the job offer. Alas... I'm 4186 km away. Also, I'd offer up my oldest daughter who does want to move to Canada but alas, she doesn't have her driver's license yet.

But we can video chat sometime.

in reply to Sarah Sammis

@pussreboots
Thanks! I am open to all sorts of things, driver's license would be very helpful, but nothing is crucial aside from someone grounded and kind. I need help with all the things, brain and body, company and problem solving. It's throw spaghetti at the wall and see what sticks time.
Vid chat sometime would be nice. 💛
in reply to Valerie Roney

☝️ also also, I need local IT help. Lots of fiddly things like the OS boot order on my laptop (w Ubuntu). Helping set up and sort out a bunch of stuff on my android phone.
Mostly stuff that would be easy peasy bits for somebody with those skills, but horribly grindy on my broken brain.

Can do as a fun social thing, or also happy to pay for the support, as I know just about everybody is struggling.

Boosts appreciated.

#Guelph #KitchenerWaterloo #cambridgeON

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in reply to Valerie Roney

There's a program called grub customizer which will set your boot order. It's easy to use, but it's not the simplest to install because they don't have it just in the repo. Do a search on "install grub-customizer on Ubuntu xx.xx" using the version number of the Ubuntu you're using. The instructions will be simple cut and paste, but you will need the terminal. After it's installed, you can run it from your desktop.
in reply to Lukewarm Flystalker 🇨🇦🇧🇧🇲🇽🇬🇱

@bardmoss that's very kind, but I don't have the reading comprehension to turn those words into concepts. Thus I am looking for someone in meatspace I can work with in person.
in reply to Valerie Roney

And I would love to do that for you, but you know the distance. I hope you can find someone to help.
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Valerie Roney
@mloxton aw thanks! Those help too. 😀
in reply to Valerie Roney

Does tge person have to own a vehicle or just have a driver's license?
in reply to Ariel Kroon

@arielkroon just a driver's license. I have a car, just limited cog for navigating n suchlike.
in reply to Valerie Roney

☝️yet another also:
Also, for context, I moved to #Guelph 18mos ago, got covid on the way here, which wrecked me, and left me with weird brain injury.

Am deeply grateful for my online community (you lot✨) that kept me sane and filled up my soul while I was too ill to get out and meet new ppl and build a network here.

But now the lack of local connection is making lots of stuff hard, and lonely. So am throwing spaghetti at all the walls.

So boop me, even if it's tangential to my asks.

in reply to Valerie Roney

"So boop me, even if it's tangential to my asks." Okay, I'm taking you up on that! Would you be interested at all in a friendly Discord server for "disabled people with caregivers"? It doesn't require that you *have* a caregiver, just that you *need* some sort of support in that way, including informal.

My headmates and I have been a part of this server for about a year now, and we really like it. We've gotten help before in there with the wording of caregiver ads!

No worries if not!

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in reply to Fern (Rainbow system)

@fern this sounds awesome. I am desperate fpr meatspace connections, my online community is rich but I need something more visceral right now.
Would love to boost this for others though if yer cool with that. Sounds like a great community.
in reply to Valerie Roney

in kitchener and on ODSP so existing is financially impossible, let alone travelling anywhere at all.

hope you can find some decent help before too long

in reply to mānas

@manas_ thank you for your well wishes. Sorry you can relate. 😕
in reply to ⁂iwein⁂

@iwein aw thanks! I think it could be really awesome, with the right connection.
Probably lots of people could use similar pairings. Spoonies needing a lil extra support, and folks looking to pick up a bit of community minded work that nourishes their soul a bit.

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