Montly Update!
It's been a month since I posted here. And damn, what a month. Lacey graduated May 15th, then totaled her little VW bug in a wreck on I40 that could have been so much worse. I couldn't be anything but thankful that my child was unhurt. There was no room for "mad". I was immediately grateful for the lessons Lacey would learn from the scary experience, grateful for her health, grateful for God taking care of her and grateful for full coverage insurance!
Things settled down for a little while. Lacey had to slow down because she didn't have a car. I was back to working my usual 12 hour shifts. Things were basically back to normal...I was tired and over-worked, Lacey was running with her friends, doing some babysitting here and there to fund her bank account and Karen and Allan were working like dogs getting their house ready to sell.
Then last Tuesday, things changed! I got fired from my job along with 9 other nurses. The next morning my boss walked out declaring she couldn't run the building without her key people. The new administrator from Ohio has plans for the building that don't include "people of color" or "people with southern accents". Helloooo??? The building is in Memphis, Tennessee.
I left the building while talking on the phone with a girl I've worked for on and off for 7 years. She was glad to hear that I was now available to work for her again. I had a new job lined up the next morning before 10am. And it's not just any job. I'm now the director of a fledgling dementia unit. My task will be to spearhead the physical remodeling of the 28 bed unit as well as to totally revamp the actual program. There is some staff already in place but I'll have to replace a few. It's in a facility that's new to me but familiar in the fact that it was the sister facility of the building I worked in for the first 4 years of my career in long term care. Plus, I'll be working for my "beloved" administrator buddy and the Director of Nursing that originally hired me in long term care. Memphis is a big city but the long term care community is small and close knit. We all seem to catch up with each other again somewhere.
So, I'm excited. The new job seems to be right up my alley. I've been well prepared and feel like I can do this and do it right. I'll have the backing of my full administrative team and from what I hear, the corporate people are looking forward to my input. I've done the initial orientation classes and tomorrow I'll actually get a chance to get into the unit and see what shape things are really in at the moment.
This seems to be a great opportunity and I'm really looking forward to it. Let's also not forget that it's a pretty substantial raise and money is always a great motivator for me. It's going to take a little while to make this building my own, but I'm well versed in slowly wiggling in and making places home.
Then today, my old boss tells me she wants me to come with her back to my original building in Cordova and wants me to take over the vent unit for even more money than I'm going to make now. That's not a definite as of now...she hasn't gotten the director's job just yet. And I don't know that I'll jump to get back into a job with her but it's nice to know I'm wanted and nice to know that there are always options!
Lacey is out still swimming with a big group of friends. Karen and Allan are on vacation on the east coast and I'm enjoying being home at night again. All is well in my little corner of the world!
Things settled down for a little while. Lacey had to slow down because she didn't have a car. I was back to working my usual 12 hour shifts. Things were basically back to normal...I was tired and over-worked, Lacey was running with her friends, doing some babysitting here and there to fund her bank account and Karen and Allan were working like dogs getting their house ready to sell.
Then last Tuesday, things changed! I got fired from my job along with 9 other nurses. The next morning my boss walked out declaring she couldn't run the building without her key people. The new administrator from Ohio has plans for the building that don't include "people of color" or "people with southern accents". Helloooo??? The building is in Memphis, Tennessee.
I left the building while talking on the phone with a girl I've worked for on and off for 7 years. She was glad to hear that I was now available to work for her again. I had a new job lined up the next morning before 10am. And it's not just any job. I'm now the director of a fledgling dementia unit. My task will be to spearhead the physical remodeling of the 28 bed unit as well as to totally revamp the actual program. There is some staff already in place but I'll have to replace a few. It's in a facility that's new to me but familiar in the fact that it was the sister facility of the building I worked in for the first 4 years of my career in long term care. Plus, I'll be working for my "beloved" administrator buddy and the Director of Nursing that originally hired me in long term care. Memphis is a big city but the long term care community is small and close knit. We all seem to catch up with each other again somewhere.
So, I'm excited. The new job seems to be right up my alley. I've been well prepared and feel like I can do this and do it right. I'll have the backing of my full administrative team and from what I hear, the corporate people are looking forward to my input. I've done the initial orientation classes and tomorrow I'll actually get a chance to get into the unit and see what shape things are really in at the moment.
This seems to be a great opportunity and I'm really looking forward to it. Let's also not forget that it's a pretty substantial raise and money is always a great motivator for me. It's going to take a little while to make this building my own, but I'm well versed in slowly wiggling in and making places home.
Then today, my old boss tells me she wants me to come with her back to my original building in Cordova and wants me to take over the vent unit for even more money than I'm going to make now. That's not a definite as of now...she hasn't gotten the director's job just yet. And I don't know that I'll jump to get back into a job with her but it's nice to know I'm wanted and nice to know that there are always options!
Lacey is out still swimming with a big group of friends. Karen and Allan are on vacation on the east coast and I'm enjoying being home at night again. All is well in my little corner of the world!