Thread:Betty2015/@comment-28694170-20170525011303

I have played this game since 2015. I do not remember which month I started playing, but I do remember that it helped me through an extremely difficult time in my life.

If you would like to read some of my blogs, it details some of what I had gone through before I joined this amazing game forum.

My wikiversary is coming up soon, as is my 50th birthday. I joined the wiki last year two days before my birthday, and it was THE BEST decision that I have ever made.

It did not take too long (probably a week) after I joined this game forum that I started to feel better about myself. I met some amazing people, and I was laughing again and having fun being a trouble maker. I had a wonderful staycation at the end of June, spending time with my brother, sister-in-law, and the cutest nieces in all the land. I also spent time with my wiki family.

In July 2016, I returned to work a happier person, and I quickly realized that my inexperienced supervisor did not bring out THE BEST in me, and that she likely never would. We had already worked together for two years, and because I had been depressed for those two years, we got along okay. My supervisor proceeded to belittle the happier me in front of my co-workers, and she treated me like the lowest person on the totem pole who had nothing to offer our department other than to do what they are told.

I started looking for other work, but all the doors seemed to close. My Dad has Parkinson's and will likely pass away this year. I took time off in the middle of October because I could no longer handle the stress of an inexperienced supervisor breathing down my neck for the 10% of my work that did not meet her unrealistic expectations. Once I left, I realized that I had been doing the job of two people. Because I had been written up for playing on my iPad (it wasn't even this game!), I felt that I needed to prove myself, which is the worst thing that I could have tried while my Dad was ill.

I was scheduled to return to work at the end of January 2017, but they decided to terminate me without cause before I had a chance to show that I was a different person, and that I had learned some coping skills.

I had planned to quit at the end of February, but that was taken away from me. While they did me a favour, it hurt to be blindsided. I did have moments of feeling sorry for myself, but the fact that I am so much happier being away from that toxic environment makes up for it. And I got a severance package.

All this to say that my daily gifting and visiting is no longer a priority to me. It has not been for a long time. I will only be playing during the challenges, and my gifting and visiting will be sporadic.

I am chasing after my dreams of writing and publishing my first book, and I hope that it is the first of many.

If any of my friends on my wish list would like to delete me, feel free. There will not be any hurt feelings. I know that I lost three friends during my absence, or it may have been during the friend list glitch.

I hope all of you find the happiness and support that I have found here, as well as meeting some of THE MOST amazing people!!! I will continue to have my online parties, as I enjoy getting to know people.

I will no longer be participating on any of the forums (other than when I post about my online parties). I will not be looking at any of the wiki activity either. If there is anything that I can help you with, though, please post a message on my wall. I will respond as quickly as I can.

Please have confidence in the Leadership Team's ability to get us through this difficult time. I do believe that this place will be a happier place -- in large part to the caring members that are here. I was here when the troll wreaked havoc on this game forum last summer. We got through it, and we will get through it again.

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