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December 9, 2007

Hey There Hi There Ho There

I’m as happy as can be! D E B… B I E… alright, I will stop. You are probably wondering what the hell I have been doing all these months since I said I was going to start posting regularly. You should be very afraid. I actually had to take notes to remind myself of everything I wanted to say. There will be laughter, tears and bloodshed (yes, really). And TONS of pictures.

The program that I use to display my web pictures (as well as my dad’s and my sister Kim’s) went kerflooey. Six months ago. Hee hee, see, I really don’t spend much time on the computer anymore. My dad threatened me with my life if I didn’t fix his website (no not really) so his gallery and my gallery are fixed. Kim, on the other hand, will be unveiling a HUGE surprise in a month or so.

So, I think I will attack this in month order. Each month will have picture links (highlighted in the post) to the gallery album involved. Hit your back button to get back to the blog. I will do a couple of months at a time so it isn’t so enormous. I know just what you are thinking. That Deb is an evil procrastinating wench. Fear not. I have plenty of alone time coming up in the next weeks – you will have to wait for the last installment to find out WHY!

Just so I can get this off the ground today, I will start with what I am doing work-wise because that doesn’t include pictures. As most of my three readers of this blog know, I had a job as a clinic nurse doing triage in a rural health clinic. I loved it. Did you notice the past tense? Some big changes happened that caused me to move on starting with the loss of my beloved nurse manager over an ethics situation (she was not at fault – she resigned in protest). I loved the convenience of working close to home, I loved the people I worked with, I loved the patients. I did not love the lack of money in my paycheck nor did I love answering 100 phone calls a day (yes, REALLY). I decided I needed a more meaty position. So I started looking for a new job back in May. I tried to get a job with the VA here in Marion and now am thankful not to be part of their horrible woes. I ran across a tiny little ad in the local newspaper put out by a company from Texas for a program that had not even opened yet. When I interviewed with them, they could not even show me the space where I would be working because it was being remodeled.

The Center for Senior Renewal is the name of the program and it got off the ground about two months ago. I was hired on as the only nurse and I have to tell you, I cannot believe they pay me what they do to do something so fun and so rewarding. It is a geriatric psychiatric outpatient counseling program for seniors who are facing depression and anxiety over aging, living situation, grief, loss, etc. We have two full groups going which is testimony to how well received the program was in the community. We have clients from nursing homes, assisted living and independent living – quite a mix. They are so much fun! Hugs are required, kisses with lipstick are optional. As for coworkers, there are two licensed counselors and a mental health tech/driver. Oh, almost forgot, the clinic is based out of St. Joseph’s Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro, Illinois. I will have to tell you about that hospital in another post sometime. It is fantastic.

Stay tuned for ANOTHER post on Tuesday – with pictures. I think there will probably be about four more posts rapid fire and then I will settle back into some sort of routine at-least-once-a-month posting.

Posted by DebC at December 9, 2007 4:38 PM

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