The crazy lady strikes again for Tuesday, August 10, 2004

I finally found the agency offering our area sliding-scale counseling. I'm so happy I was able to call their intake office to set up an appointment. I have to admit to being scared by the phone problems I had this morning, too. I had a cellphone - my daughter's - available to me to make emergency calls with, but I'd rather use the land line to clear up any problems that might arise. Sign in to see full entry.

I've been trying to find free or low-cost counseling services available to me, due to the problems I've talked about in this blog. It's been an adventure. The phone number I was given by the suicide hotline turned out to be a bad number. It turns out that I recognized the name of the agency, and it's not a low-cost mental health clinic at all. I've got the numbers of several other agencies, so I hope to get started with counseling soon. I feel it will do me some good. Thanks again for all your... Sign in to see full entry.

I have attempted to call the counseling center to which I was referred twice - in between phone problems. (Someone hacked into our line, apparently - I'd pick up the handset only to hear a conversation in Spanish for over an hour. We live in a Mexican neighborhood, so the language isn't unusual in the least - just that I wasn't able to get in touch with anyoe for over an hour.) I agree that I need counseling, so I will continue to try to get a hold of this counseling service. It's worth it not... Sign in to see full entry.