Hello?

It's been a long time!

 

I have neglected this blog for far too long, but after talking with a dear friend, she has encouraged me to keep it up, and keep it updated.

 

So many new things have happened, but I don't want this first post back to be a long one, so I will just keep it to the point. :)

 

My Dr that I worked for left in January for good. She now has a job with the state, and is seemingly happy. I took a job working at the front desk, and it proved to be great at times, but also very stressful.

 

I loved seeing our patients every single day, but the demands that came with working the front desk made me exhausted, sick a lot, and made my anxiety come back full force to where I became a pretty miserable person to be around. I felt short tempered a lot, and it just wasn't me anymore.

I worked it so that I would feel like I was worth something, and I truly did appreciate the opportunity that it provided for me, and for my family as I could have been laid off months ago, but I had so much resentment, and animosity most of the time, and I was just becoming an ugly person.

 

I became very close with a dear coworker who encouraged me I could do better, and that I was worth it. I started to look for a job in June of this year, and applied for a couple of different positions within our company. I work for a very large health care system in our region, so we are able to go online and look for job postings, and "apply" and it becomes and internal hiring.

 

We went on a week long vacation to Seattle, and I applied for those jobs shortly after our return.

 

A few weeks went by, and I chalked it up to them not being interested..for either position.

 

Another couple of weeks went by, and I got a call at work one day from the hospital. They asked if I was still looking, and I said "YES!" without any hesitation. I was interviewed the following week, and within 2 days, HR contacted me, offering me the position that I was interviewed for. YAY!

 

After a long wait to leave my old position (4 weeks time as my old manager was able to convince HR that I was still needed in my department) I started this past week.

 

I now work for the hospital, and I could not be more proud of where I work. I work in the most beautiful building in our town.
 The vibe is amazing. It has such a comforting feeling, and I think after I have been there for a little bit, I will find that my stressors are less and less, and I can be a happy person again.

 

I owe a lot to my friend, Jennifer. She really encouraged me to step out of my comfort zone, and get out there and give myself what one deserves.

 

She is a dear friend. xoxo