About a month ago, I had someone come over the counter where I work.

It was 4am, she was yelling ‘don’t let him get me, don’t let him find me.’ She scaled the counter and hid behind the desk. I called the police. They came, she started to get belligerent and yelling and kicky and they took her away for disturbing my peace and trespassing (not a guest) and other things.

I hadn’t thought about it again until I got the police report. I filed it away in the back of my head.

I got a call on Friday from Victims Services from the local Police Department. They needed my correct address to send me papers because of the case State Vs. Chick who came over the counter at me. State Vs Chick. … It’s going to court.

Realizations have hit. I really am not okay since this happened. I have applied for jobs, listing reason of wanting to leave my current job… because of safety as my main reason.

I work alone. I have no security on property with me. Yeah we lock the doors now and are locked in a glass box (lobby) for 5 hours of the night.

I don’t feel safe anymore. I hate working on Fridays. I hate it. I feel sick when I come into work. I want to throw up and hide and NOT be there. I’m not okay.

This only started after what happened.

Nothing physical happened to me. But it does haunt me. How it could have turned out. How it could have be different.

I don’t know whats wrong with me. I can close my eyes and see what happened and it won’t go away.

Is this normal?

Okay gang. My High School (which I Graduated from in 2005) has a chance to go to Edinburgh Arts Festival in 2012.
About this project When 85% of a school’s students qualify for free, or reduced lunch, you don’t expect them to drive nice cars, and carry laptops to school, much less go on trips to Europe. But a lack of material wealth doesn’t mean those kids can’t be rich in dreams and talent. Case in point: the drama department of Highland Park High School in Topeka, Kansas. They won the honor of participating in the American High School Theatre Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland in August, 2012. Long recognized for its entertaining and innovative productions, Scots Theatre was selected by the American High School Theatre Festival as one of 51 high school theatre programs to represent the United States as part of the 2012 AHSTF program during the August Fringe Festival. The AHSTF Board of Advisors reviews all completed applications and identifies the top high schools based on their most recent bodies of work, awards, community involvement, philosophies, and recommendations.
As you can see, it’s a tremendous honor, but it presents a daunting challenge as well! In order to take their theatre troupe and its show to Edinburgh’s prestigious Fringe Festival, they need to raise $95,000. That’s roughly $6,000 per student!

Can you help?

Here is the link to their Kickstarter Page
Here is an Article from the Topeka Capitol-Journal about the trip as well.

As of the time of the Article in Mid-December they still need about 75,000 dollars. ANY little bit helps.

PLEASE if you can help in ANY way this would be amazing. I can tell you, my school deserves this great opportunity. We are the underdog of Topeka and always have been. I am doing my best that I can to help from Arizona but please… boost a signal, send a dollar. ANYTHING. Please help. Feel free to DM me if you want. Here is a FB link about the cause and info on the trip itself.

Just pass this on PLEASE it would mean a lot to me and the kids at the school.