Working Girl

Excuse me as I become crazed.  For the last year I’ve been working very part-time.  I’ve been a lady of leisure, as it were.  It’s been good to have time to be with the kids, help them adjust to the move and sit on my ass on the internet all day.  Unfortunately this cannot continue.  Bank accounts need filling, bills need paying, tuition for #1 is looming and I suck at being at home.

When I was Mormon the pressure to stay at home with the kids was HUGE.  This was the number one producer of guilt in my life.  At first it produced the guilt because I couldn’t stay at home but the guilt got huge when I realized I didn’t want to stay there.  It was boring.  It was mind-numbing.  I sucked at it.  This was before the days of sitting on my ass on the internet and my ex was always pissed off that I didn’t do housework.  I mean WTF?  Who wants to do that?  Did I mention I sucked at it?

The thing is, I really like my job and I’m really good at it.  The joy of seeing a baby come into the world is magnificent.  The horror of knowing it will have to go home with this particular specimen of human is titilating.   The feeling of an amniotic fluid shower is so cleansing.  Why would anyone want to stay home instead of doing this?

Anyway, as you read this, I will be starting a brand-spanking new, full time position as a “clinical coordinator” in a hospital that has not yet opened it’s doors for patient care.  I’m excited and nervous at the same time because this is a “supervisory” position.  So instead of amniotic fluid showers, I’ll be on the receiving end of the bitching of PMS-ing nurses and the self-importance of arrogant physicians.

In all seriousness, though, it’s a great opportunity for me to get in on the ground level in a new place.  They seem very progressive.  The hospital is going for a luxury hotel feel and they are coming from a very holistic perspective.  They are actually going to serve, prepare yourself, HEALTHY food!  It’s all going to be locally produced and heavily organic.  There will actually be cooking demonstrations and health promotion activities all over the place.  I hope it will be as good as they are making it sound and I really hope that this place can survive in this economy.  So, this is what I’ll be doing with my days for the next couple of months until I switch to working 12-hour night shifts in March.  This should be fun!  Wish me luck!

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