Back to work

This week has been very eventful.  I went back to work.  And while I probably should be in bed right now, I am hyped up on caffeine trying to stay awake and finish schoolwork. I have to finish what I can when I can, which often means late in the evening when Landen is asleep...remember I am a single Mom these days.  


You are all aware of my ever conflicting emotions towards going back to work.  Well thus-far, I must say this decision was for the better.  I am happy to be back to work and Landen is happy to be back to daycare.  So happy in fact that he threw a fit when I picked him up today.  He literally cried the entire way out the building after trying to run away from me.  I was literally horrified thinking what the child development center must think, probably that I don't feed him or he is beaten.  Then my emotions turned to sadness as I realized I was so happy to see him and he was not as happy to see me.  He just wanted to play in the music room.  


Well, anyway...back to my new job.  My official title is "Prevention Specialist" for Counseling and Advocacy.  It is strange to go from being a program manager working solely by myself, to working under someone with a dozen or so other people.  It is a good strange though.  I am enjoying the friendships I am building.  The people are so nice.  Working with so many people in the counseling field is neat, I just want to sit there and tell them my whole life story.  They have a way of being so inviting.  


My coworker in the prevention department has been so helpful.  She has really helped guide me this week.  I am certain I have talked her head off all week after being stuck in a home with a 15 month old by myself for the past few weeks.  She probably goes home and tells her husband that I never shut up.  I will work on that....maybe.


I will no longer be counseling or seeing clients, which is sad to me.  I will however, continue with the briefing and education pieces of work.  Instead of briefing finance I will be briefing prevention.  Suicide prevention is a large part of our work as I am learning of the high prevalence of suicide in the military and how every 2 days a service member commits suicide.  Sad.  I also brief on stress and anger management, healthy dating and relationships, and effective communication.


On my 3rd day of work I got to be on the radio!  I am talking the whole deal with the head phones and microphone.  I was so nervous, but once I started talking I was having the time of my life.  Maybe I should just become a radio personality?  I know, Katie Markley, another career to add to my list of "when I grow up".


That's it for the week.  You will be proud, I did manage to cook meat twice this week and only reverted to cereal or peanut butter and jelly on three occasions.