About Me

Physically, I am 50 years old. obviously. Emotionally I am about 4. After more than 30 years of depression, the last 5 being very severe, I found the cause was various autoimmune responses to gluten. I made 21 suicide attempts and was institutionalized 5 times. During my last stay, they threatened to permanently institutionalize me if I ever came back. I gave up gluten while on a waiting list for shock treatments as a last ditch effort.   Now I run around like a child exploring the world for the first time.

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As far as formal education, I have BA from Albright College in Political Science, a JD from Widener University School of Law (now Commonwealth Law School), and I went to a trade school for graphic design but I ran out of money before I could finish (unnamed because it no longer exists). I have had a large number of varied jobs - water ballet instructor, clown, pizza maker, transcirptionist, paralegal, realtor, retail, and currently I am a cook in the local school district. There were many more than this but too many to list. The job I am most proud of is being the fasted envelope stuffer in all of Harrisburg. I don't have a lot of jobs because I was bad at them, I just did a lot of temp work. For those not familiar, if you do a bad job on a temp assignment they never send you out again. Because of the time I took off to raise a son with autism and because of the mental health issues in the past, I am having a very hard time even getting an interview anywhere. I am hoping to go back to school to get my Master's in Social Work and become a therapist but earning $250 a week, I am beginning to doubt it will happen.

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My sudden rediscovery of the world has also led to many hobbies and interests. I became a good cook when I gave up gluten because I like to eat and there aren't too many places where I can get safe gluten free food. It is even harder to find cheap gluten free food. Other interests are writing, photography, quilting, gardening, and research. By research I mean I look something up and that leads to another search and three hours later I think I have uncovered a secret plan for my parents to steal their grand kids and escape into Canada. I also love a good road trip and take many with my son, who is my very best road trip buddy ever.

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Well, that is already more information than you probably wanted to know, so this is a good place to stop.

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