New start.

First day of new job. Woke up super early, probably earlier than I needed to.

Almost had a minor panic attack trying to park, I am not familiar with the Dome or its parking so I had to do a U-ie and some dumb idiot almost ran into me while I crossed Poydras. It’s a maze up there on the 23rd floor, and so quiet that it was a little creepy. The only people that seemed to be there were the two managers, everyone else was at home. There must be at least 100 cubicles on this floor. Janet, the nurse who hired me, is very nice. She told me if I wanted to come back tomorrow and grab this computer and bring it home, I could start training from home, which is cool. Gotta go home and clear off my desk. Probably time I bought a new one. Maybe with Christmas money.

It feels strange not being at the front desk, but it feels VERY good to not have to talk to or look at patients anymore. No more rearranging the schedule or cancelling appointments because someone had to take a week off. No more 3xweek, PT only, gotta get this patient between two PTs and one PTA. No more “hey can you move these patients back to me” IMs. No more patients going, “I can come in any time” and me saying “how about day after next” and they’re like “No, I’m watching my grandkid” and I say “okay the next is in two weeks” and they’re like “Got anything sooner than that?”

Quelle horreur & bye, Felicia.

It was a little strange to drive by OTW-D this morning and not go there, though. My transfer happened so quickly that there was no time to come to the realization that I never have to do any of that again. I guess it’ll dawn on me sooner or later.

I’m relieved to be working from home but I’m a little nervous because I know I was going a little nuts at the end of my deployment. It was nice, though, to wake up, take Jack out, feed him, and then work in peace, even nicer to take a bath and eat on my lunch break. I’ve got my music and my slideshow and with the quota I’ll have I’m sure the day will go by quickly. Joanie’s only been here a year and a half and she’s already about to make Lead, which is where I want to be.

-Rae