a number of things

I guess I will open by saying that obviously my strike did not last long. I am a blabbermouth. There's just not much silence from me. And besides my life is just soooooo interesting that everyone needs to know about it. LOL. It has been a fruitful week. I'll go ahead and update on my job situation since I feel pretty comfortable that I've found the right fit for me. I started Monday and each day I've decided that I'm going to like this job more and more. It's completely different from anything I've ever done. Which at this point is an enormous plus. I'm so burnt out on what I've spent the last 8 years doing. The problem with being and admin assistant or receptionist or similar clerical position is that most often it is the least paid job in the office with the most responsibility. And it can be hard to balance excelling at your job and taking on more that what you are really entitled too. At every job I've ever had I've been organized, efficient and added duties and responsibilities with the amount of time I was there.........but never had a reasonable increase in pay. To start a position and have say 4 daily responsibilties then to be a few years down the line and have maybe 10 or 11 daily responsibilities (quite measurable ones, not just little piddly tasks) but be paid the same or maybe ten cents more than you were in the beginning is the quick road to frustration and burn out. It's not an easy positon to be able to say "Well here is an entire list of everything I do and why I feel I should be paid differently for carrying all this work." Those positions are basically the mother of the office. She does far more than anyone else realizes and gets minimal recognition or appreciation for it. But when she's not there or sick or wants to take a vacation the place falls apart without her. I figure I would now like to keep my mothering just to my children. I don't need anymore stress than I've got! So anyhow I've now found a position doing something different and new and challenging. I am enjoying the change. Even though I've had several jobs in the past it's always been doing the same thing. I desperately needed a change. I've spent a lot of time thinking and praying and listening in the recent months especially in the recent weeks. I feel like some of my prayers have been answered. Not just because I think I finally have a job I can enjoy and excel at, but a multitude of things that are happening in my life. I'm not really sure how to explain my new job. A lot of it I have yet to understand. There is alot of medical terminology and coding and things that I am not familiar with, but am studying up on. There are a whole big list of things I have to do everyday and it's actually kind of complicated to orchestrate but it basically comes down to making sure that all the home health care patients in two regions are taken care of. Meaning they have the right number of visits scheduled at the right frequency with the right type of caretaker (RN, LPN, PT, etc.) I have a few hundred people that I am responsible for their daily schedules. This includes employees and patients. There is actually quite a bit of responsibility involved. Most of the patients are really ill and it's important that things are done correctly. Some of them are even seen 4 times a day (diabetics). I'm learning a lot. I've picked up pretty quickly. They doubled their inside staff (basically). They had 4 people in these positions and have now grown so much that work load requires 10 of us to be doing this job. We each own seperate areas of the state so we work seperately, it's just the same position. So started 6 new people this week. Some on Monday with me and some later. Out of the 6 I'm the farthest along. I credit some of that to my mother being on 400 medications so I've become familiar with a lot of pharmacutical stuff. And because I got lucky and got a desk and computer and phone first. That was just the supervisor somehow picking me. Luck I guess. So that's the basic update on that. My favorite thing has to be that I can wear scrubs to work. It's just like getting to wear pajamas to work every day! I love it. Plus I feel official. I suppose all uniforms make people feel different though. You don't see grown men slapping each other on the butt unless they have football gear on. So there is something in the power of a uniform. It makes me look smart I think. LOL.

I guess you all liked my old people post because I got 3 comments in one day. That is a new record for me. I figured I might hear something back on that one. I just enjoy the little things that older people do. I look forward to that stage of my life. I feel like that is exactly what we work our whole lives for. One day I will this and one day I will that. I feel like that is the time when one day is actually lived instead of dreamed or worked for. Shirley is right. There is a honeymoon phase of older and a serious phase of older. I suppose I'm amused by the honeymoon phase and terrified of the serious phase. I just don't want to grow old and have dementia issues. That freaks me out. Anyway, that's my update for today. My posts are always so long. I still haven't updated you on Macy's new anger issues (real ones) and Caden's fights at school. I'll get there if I can stop rambling about myself long enough. Maybe a new post tomorrow!