A life out side of my kids :)

Life has a funny way of working things out. I've told some of you just how difficult of a transition it was for me to go from working woman to stay at home mom. As important of a job it is, being a full time mom can feel very monotonous and I really really missed the stimulation of non mom work. I feel like I'd finally come around to really and truly accepting that it was going to be a long time before I did any sort of "real" mental health stuff and then all of the sudden this totally random and unexpected door opened for me!

So, I have the great honor of being appointed the leader of the "Family Readiness Group" for Greg's Company at work. Along with this volunteer spot has come some incredible opportunities for me! I'm getting training on Casualty Assistance, which is something I'd been really interested in since Greg's deployment. Essentially I'm getting training on how to work with families during those first few hours, days and weeks of finding out their soldier was killed while deployed. Another interesting training I'm getting is on Traumatic Brain Injury, which has become very common in soldiers, as well as PTSD. Hopefully I can tell you more about it as I really get into them.

I'm trilled to death that I actually get to use my education for something and get some free training......LOL. I think it's funny that it's called "training," but I'll take what I can get, what ever they want to call it.

Gainfully Employed....at last!

Hello all you fellow colleagues! I'm happy to report I am gainfully employed at Good Samaritan Behavioral Healthcare in Older Adult Services .... with Shannon! WooHoo!! It's very nice to have a friendly face around, as starting a new job can be stressful and overwhelming. Shannon is very good at helping diminish both the stress and the whelming.

I have had some great opportunities, and for a person with deficits in the decision-making department, choosing can be a very difficult thing. Thankfully, I have done it. Decided. Accepted. Begun the daily grind. It's good. I'm heading toward licensure at last. My eye is on the goal. Unfortunately, this new employment experience has taken a chunk of time and leaves very little for fun and association (not that I was doing a whole lot of that before anyway), so I will continue to check this blog and keep connected as best I can. I am also still transcribing at night, just not as much, and feebly keeping up the yard. Life is good.

I hope you are all doing well, and I look forward to more of your tales and adventures.

Margie