| Sunday, February 03, 2008 |
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New Beginnings
It's is 2008 and it's a new year, another year that will just whiz on by. For those whom I have not seen in the past 2 months, i've finally made the move.... No...not the move to move back to SSF or the move to have a child....but the move to have my job closer to home!!!! YES!!! It is WONDERFUL!!!! I get a little more sleep now and I carpool w/ Awsome in the morning and after work, we meet up at the 24 Hour in Oakland.
So why did I opt finding a job in the East Bay. Well I loved my job in SSF and loved my co-workers, but after 1.5 years of commuting, it finally took it's toll. I was dozin at the wheel...either in the morning or after work driving home, hittin and pinching myself, trying to stay awake. I also realized that my skills have become stagnant as a therapist. I wasn't growing or learning anything new.... So, one day in October, I got a job post from Monster.com and I jumped on it. I sent my resume within 3 hours of the post and contacted a PT I had met earlier that I was applying to her hospital, but I think in a different department? The following week, I was asked for an interview, and then I was suppose to be in Paris, France.....UGH... Anyhow, weeks past and I hadn't heard anything. I finally followed through, and they told me I was their first choice! WOO HOO!!!
So here I am thinking I was going to start right away, and I get a call from HR asking me if I would take the offer??? Well didn't I just accept the offer from the person who interviewed me? WOW! This is totally different. So I had to go through an orientation and a physical and drug screening. I thought this was goin to be pretty smooth...OH HELL...no it wasn't... My physical/drug screening was on Friday, Dec. 28 and I was starting Wednesday, Jan. 2. So I answered my health questionairre and mentioned little things here and there...and oh man..RED FLAG!!! Because I stated that I couldn't lift no more than 30 pounds than the 50 pound requirement and I get minor fatigue after typing.... I had to get a letter from my primary M.D to release me that I can do the job!!! OMG!!! It's Friday, before NYE, my primary is w/ Kaiser and she won't be back in the office till Jan. 7 if I don't get in touch w/ her the same day!!! CRAPOLA!!! So luckily she squeezed me into her last appt. of the day. I got the letter and brought it back to Occupational Health and they still told me I couldn't start till I get cleared from HR's Disability Dept. Good grief! I just wanted to start my new job.
I finally did start on Jan. 3rd! And wow..can I say different. Different in a sense that I went from working w/ 3 therapists to 9 therapists, and that doesn't even include the support staff. And my patient population is totally different. I went from all workman's comp to Medicare and post-Op patients. A variety and a different way of working and treating my patients as well. Best of all I go home for lunch! Yes..tryin to save!
Welp, I'm almost done w/ my probationary period. 2 more months! Then BENEFITS!!!! WOO HOO! |
| posted by The Weekender @ 8:36 PM |
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Why do you call your signifcant other awsome? also why do you spell it awsome instead of awesome????
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Why do you call your signifcant other awsome? also why do you spell it awsome instead of awesome????