Sunday, February 13, 2011

Swirling and Twirling

So my life has been a whirlwind lately, with changing positions in January and getting fully licensed as well as attempting to lower my sugar intake and also working on opening up a small private practice of some kind. I am busy to say the least.  Most of the time I'm tired and my brain is full of information at all times.  Some days it feels like if another person asks another question I might not be able to handle it.  Other days I feel like hey I can handle this and open a private practice AT THE SAME TIME.  I'm seriously considering hiring a maid to come in and clean the house.  It seems as if no matter what the house never stays clean for very long and there is an endless pile of clothes and a sink full of dishes or a dishwasher that needs to be emptied at all times.  This is with both Daniel and I cleaning, cooking and cleaning some more.  Does anyone else have this issue?  It doesn't seem like I get a chance to stop.  Oh and did I mention that I also work 6 days a week? That is not helping with my downtime, I have so little of it that I just want to spend it with my hubby.  On the other hand I MISS MY FRIENDS.  I think what it comes down to is that I miss free time, unscheduled time time to do whatever I want, whenever I want if I want to do it at all.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Another Update

     So another couple of months since my last entry.  The holidays happened and it was super busy.  Surrounding the holidays I was offered a new position at the same company and had to decide whether or not to take the new position.  When I was offered the position the company attempted to low ball me and to keep me at my same salary with greater responsibilities.  I received some fantastic counsel regarding this move and rejected the offer. This was a pretty big deal considering the company that I work for does not give raises and is divided between administration staff and the therapists.Nary the two shall meet unless it is negative in nature. I had to meet with the Chief Financial Officer in order to express my salary requirements.  I practiced my speech to Daniel of course and presented it to the CFO.  I stated the salary requirement that I would accept and IT WAS ACCEPTED!  I also got this in writing which doesn't happen at the company I work for, I was quite impressed with myself. :)
     So I accepted the job and one of the positives regarding this position is that it is ten minutes from our house!  It is glorious I LOVE THE COMMUTE!  Some days my hubby can even take me to work which is lots of fun~ I am the director of the unit at a psychiatric hospital which is a whole different thing for me to learn. Inpatient treatment is very different than PHP work but is still with the same population.  I see much more acute psychosis than I've experienced previously and so it is taking some time to adjust!  I am also in a team leader position which is a new supervisory position for me. I do like being "the boss" although it is a learning process for me.  In the midst of this I RECEIVED MY PERMANENT LICENSED as a therapist.  It is AWESOME  I can now go in to private practice if I want to do so!  It opens several doors for me! 
     Currently I am still in the learning curve in my new position and I am adjusting to the new position and responsibilities (I may need to go back to the CFO and ask for more money)  I am continuing to learn more about therapy and about myself through this process and look forward to the challenge in the future.