holymotherofgod, is this real?!
So I went in this morning to negotiate my salary and discuss the compensation package at my new job. I was all pumped up to stick to this one figure that everyone around me was telling me to push for. Personally, I thought this figure was a bit high for someone in my position- that is, someone unlicensed and just out of grad school. But I kept reminding myself to push for this salary amount anyway...and guess what happened?
They offered me $10,000 more! Right off the bat! Plus full benefits (health, dental, and vision) and they will take over the whole licensure paperwork process for me to ensure I become a licensed psychotherapist! Holy shit!!
I feel like it's all too good to be true. Once it finally sank in (which means, once I was able to stop swerving off the road yelling, "holy shit! holy shit!" haha) I started to worry that by celebrating it too much I'm somehow jinxing it. I don't want this to be too good to be true. I want a house and a car. And preferably, I want those to be two separate units. I mean, right now, I have nothing of my own. Nada. I still have my student loans on "economic hardship" deferrments and couldn't even pay taxes this year because I didn't make enough. The beauty of grad school. You get so used to working for free.
I'm going to have a lot of responsibility on me, yes. But they are going to ease me in with lots of training, workshops, and a long orientation....woooo.....*deep breath*.....I start on the 22nd, which gives me enough time to complete the HR process, sit in on a staff meeting, attending a couple workshops of theirs and then take off to the beach with my baby for a week! The last hurrah.
Oh and amidst all this madness I've been asked to be a substitute instructor for my exercise class on Monday and Wednesday nights since our instructor has a blood clot in her leg. Haha, I'm now an exercise instructor all up on the stage, but I don't have a headset yet. Which is fine. I mean it's not like I'm not doing air traffic control or anything. I did it for the first time last night and had a blast, so now she's after me to get certified. I told her, "I don't think I'd be good because I can't keep up with all the counts and when to shift to other sequences," when she said, "you do it everytime, I see you. You just don't know it." Nice. So I think I'd really like to get certified, actually. But one thing at a time......and CELEBRATE SOME MO'! I get to see my Melanie today!
They offered me $10,000 more! Right off the bat! Plus full benefits (health, dental, and vision) and they will take over the whole licensure paperwork process for me to ensure I become a licensed psychotherapist! Holy shit!!
I feel like it's all too good to be true. Once it finally sank in (which means, once I was able to stop swerving off the road yelling, "holy shit! holy shit!" haha) I started to worry that by celebrating it too much I'm somehow jinxing it. I don't want this to be too good to be true. I want a house and a car. And preferably, I want those to be two separate units. I mean, right now, I have nothing of my own. Nada. I still have my student loans on "economic hardship" deferrments and couldn't even pay taxes this year because I didn't make enough. The beauty of grad school. You get so used to working for free.
I'm going to have a lot of responsibility on me, yes. But they are going to ease me in with lots of training, workshops, and a long orientation....woooo.....*deep breath*.....I start on the 22nd, which gives me enough time to complete the HR process, sit in on a staff meeting, attending a couple workshops of theirs and then take off to the beach with my baby for a week! The last hurrah.
Oh and amidst all this madness I've been asked to be a substitute instructor for my exercise class on Monday and Wednesday nights since our instructor has a blood clot in her leg. Haha, I'm now an exercise instructor all up on the stage, but I don't have a headset yet. Which is fine. I mean it's not like I'm not doing air traffic control or anything. I did it for the first time last night and had a blast, so now she's after me to get certified. I told her, "I don't think I'd be good because I can't keep up with all the counts and when to shift to other sequences," when she said, "you do it everytime, I see you. You just don't know it." Nice. So I think I'd really like to get certified, actually. But one thing at a time......and CELEBRATE SOME MO'! I get to see my Melanie today!