Okay, so I wanted to write a little about TMU. Tilværelse Med Udsigt. Live With A View. Or Outlook. Or something. Just a little. Let’s see if I can make it reasonable understandable.

Basically TMU is a sort of “last stop” for people who have been stuck in the system for a while. When you are done at TMU you will be out of the system. You will either have a job (most likely flex job) or you’ll be getting disability retirement. To me that’s not exactly being out of the system. But you’ll be off unemployment support at least, you’ll be making more money and you won’t have to be afraid that the government comes and sends you in “activation”, also known as “slave labor” amongst some people. Like the people at TMU. They have a success rate of almost 100%. The only people who don’t end up with a job or retirement (or in rare cases starting education) are the people who quit, who drop out. As long as you turn up and work with TMU people then you should be pretty sure to get some results.

A flex job is basically a part time job that is “tailor made” to your individual needs. So for me that would be considerations about my social phobia and so on and so forth. I’d be happy with a flex job. In my first meeting with Peter he said something about vet assistant. That sounds good to me. Flex job as vet assistant and then working at the playground when I can. That might not be a “succesful career” and it might not make me rich. But I think it would make me happy to get up in the morning. An appartment of my own where I can have a cat or two, working with animals, being around the goats, having a few friends and acquaintences mainly from the playground. That would be an okay life for me. I guess I have made some “concessions” recently. I don’t think I’m going to start an education. I don’t think I’m going to be able to manage a fulltime job. I don’t think my social phobia is going to get a ton better. So instead of setting lofty goals that I can’t reach I will set more realistic goals. Like a flex job. Like my social phobia not stopping me completely from being around others. I am good with that. I think TMU will help me get a good life. And that’s all I need.

Hmm. That was more about me than it was about TMU wasn’t it? Ha. Well, I’m tired and don’t want to type much more. To quickly sum it up, they have a 100% track record of getting people out of the system. They have a job consultant, a psychologist, a pyshical therapist and other nice people. They are very into individuality. They don’t treat us as a group, they look at each person and find out what is best for us. And so on and so forth. Next week we’re going to have some tests and individual conversations with the different people working there. I guess they’re going to build a sort of profile of us. What we need, where we’re going. And then we have to make our own schedule. There are different things you can do there while they set the process in motion. There are some workshops. A plant school. Creative stuff too. You can paint and make jewelry. There’s even reading. You can bring your own book and you can read. Awesome. I’d like to do some reading. And some computer funtime. Maybe some guitar learning, although I’m not sure I have the guts for that. I’d kinda like to try to paint, even though I can’t paint or draw or anything. But it’d be fun to try. They assemble packages for a kite company too. Packing the bits and pieces that make the kites. So there are all these activities and workshops and stuff. And that’s what you do, while they work their magic and eventually, hopefully, you’ll find out where you’ll be going. It typically takes around 6 months. But as I said they are very into individuality. Some people are done in a month, some need more than the 6 months. And that’s no problem. The end date of the project is the date when you know what you’re going to do. This is the last stop, so you have the time you need.

And no more typing. Instead, videos.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MtIrfdMmDvg. New lambs part one. Four little lovelies.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=YyfLGKQNc5A. New lambs part two. If you’re only going to watch one then pick this one. Very cute cuddling involved.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qlKjbOq6LI8. And one of Mads. Poking through the hole in the wall. It’s so cute and funny. I could understand him doing it if I was holding up a treat or something. But I’m not. Every now and then I’d turn around and there he would be, watching me through the hole and sticking his mouth through it as if he was going to take a bite out of me. And if the sheep got too close to the hole then he’d bang his horns against the wall. Temper tantrum! It’s so sweet and funny though, everytime I’d see him there I’d laugh and go “aww Mads”. The big cutiepie.

OKay, all done. Another early morning tomorrow. We have got a schedule for the two first weeks, the INTRO weeks, and tomorrow it says we are going to first have teachers introduce themselves. And then students. That’s us. I guess we have to stand up and tell about ourselves. I’ll see if I can do that. Hopefully we won’t need to say more than our name and a quick story. Hopefully we won’t have to stand around in a circle while we do it.

Weather forecast says: possibility of snow. Cross your fingers!

PS. Lamb.

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