progresssive times/time to progress

ONE GETS STUCK IN A RUT ONE MUST
COME UP WITH A PLAN TO
PLOW HIMSELF OUT.

I WAS IN COLLEGE
I WAS GETTING FIELD EXPERIENCE IN MINISTRY AND PERFORMING

THEN I DECIDED TO FORGO RETURNING TO COLLEGE
TO ATTEMPT TO TRANSFER TO ANOTHER ONE IN THE BAY AREA
SO THAT I COULD COMFORTABLY GET A JOB FIND A PLACE TO LIVE AND STILL ATTEND SCHOOL

IT TURNED INTO OTHER THINGS

UPON REVIEWING THE CURRENT JOB MARKET
NEW THINGS HAD BECOME STATUS QUO

FLMA
CDS
401K

THINGS THAT I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO USING
TO GET MY FEET WET I FOR THE SUMMER BECAME EMPLOYED BY SEVERAL TEMP AGENCIES
THEN I THOUGHT I'D TRY MY HAND AT FAST FOOD
BECAUSE I THOUGHT I'D MISS SOMETHING.

SO THAT I COULD APPRECIATE BETTER THINGS
I MADE SURE I WORKED THE EARLY MORNING BREAKFAST SHIFT
AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

LOW WAGES
AND ETC.

NOW I JOINED THE WORK FORCE FULL TIME AFTER BECOMING PREGNANT
IN 1996 I WAS GOING TO GO BACK TO COLLEGE AFTER MARRIAGE
I FIGURED AFTER FORGOING QUALIFYING FOR GOVERNMENT ASSITANCE
I SHOULD GET A ENTRY JOB WITH BENEFITS
FOR THE BABY

WHEN I WAS YOUNG MY MOTHER USED TO CALL ME A HYPOCHONDRIAC. ALWAYS ILL.


I TRIED MY DARNEDEST TO SAVE SICK DAYS FOR A LONG VACATION. BUT AS ALL INDIVIDUALS IN THE WORKFORCE
YOU MEAN YOU HAD A PLAN.

SO INSTEAD IT BECOMES TIME FOR DISCRIMINATION.

I CONTINUED TO WORK WITH OUT FAIL.

I HAD MY CHILD I HAD TAKEN LEAVE FOR 3 MOS.
JOB WITH BENNIE'S LOW WAGE
I FOUND A PART TIME JOB FOR MORE TIME WITH BABY AND FOR RECUPERATION
I FINALLY WAS ABLE TO GET ANOTHER JOB
FOR SLIGHTLY MORE PAY
WITH PAID FMLA (FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT) AND 401K
AND SO ON AND SO FORTH
SO I WORKED AS SICK AS A DOG ON MOST DAYS.

I HAD A SECOND CHILD
RETURNED TO COLLEGE AGAIN

I CONTINUED TO WORK
SICK
AND SAVED MORE DAYS AND CREDITS
AND BROKE DOWN
AND PARTICIPATED IN THE
FMLA FOR ONE YEARS.

BLISS SHEAR BLISS
TO BE HOME ALONE WITH THE KIDS MOST OF THE TIME. WHEN WE WERE HOME.

STILL DOING MINISTRY AND PERFORMING GOSPEL MUSIC ALL ALONG.

TIME FOR RECUPERATION AGAIN AND SPEND TIME WITH CHILD. TO RETURN TO COLLEGE AFTERWARD.

THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN LOOKING UP.

UP TO 70 HOURS A WEEK OF WORK.

AROUND 5 HRS A NIGHT AT CHURCH.
CHOIR DIRECTING, DEPARTMENT COORDINATING, SINGING. ON "VOLUNTEER" BASIS.
STILL SICK STILL GETTING THOSE FEET WET
AND EXCERCISING AROUND 15 HOURS WEEK

GIVE ME A BREAK!
GIVE ME SOME PAY!