Can I come in? Does anyone remember me? I've been gone for a little while, but I still see a lot of familiar people here, so I hope someone remembers me.
It's been a wild few months, but I need to get my WOE back on track.....I'm so far off it isn't funny.....and this is where I need to be. Besides, I've missed you all!!
To catch you up on what's been going on in my life since last fall.....
First of all, remember my overwhelming job? I was trying to decide what to do, and so many of you gave me some very wise advice. I did apply for another job, interviewed in November, but was not hired because I was "overqualified" and they "couldn't afford me"! More on my job later.
Around the holidays we found out that my niece's boyfriend had abused her 5 year old son (my Godson, and a wonderful little child), had banged him up against a wall a couple of times.
Poor little kid loves this jerk, and didn't say anything to anyone, my sister (his grandma) found out accidently. That was a horrendous ordeal.
In January my uncle (Mom's brother) was diagnosed with colon cancer. His 24 year old grandson (my cousin's son) was diagnosed with lymphoma at about the same time. They are both going through treatment right now.
A guy that I worked with (I supervised him actually) was killed in a car accident in January. That shook my whole department up pretty bad, we're still reeling from that.
A friend's husband died during surgery for a liver transplant. He was in his 40s. Even though she is not a close friend, that really hit me hard.
The 22 year old son of another friend was recently diagnosed with lymphoma (what the @#$% is it with cancer?!?), and is undergoing treatment right now.
I found a lump on the leg of one my dogs, and even though my vet thinks it's benign, I think I'm going to have it removed in the next few weeks. Too much cancer out there, I don't think I'm willing to take the chance of it being malignant and not doing anything about it.
Wow, what a negative post!
How about some exciting news?? About my job......I just found this out yesterday (Friday).
After months of meetings, negotiating, more meetings, documentation, still more meetings, stress, heartburn, and headaches, a decision has been reached.
The "Powers That Be", including my manager, Human Resources, my manager's manager, and the CEO of the organization all finally agree with me that my job is too much for one person, and some changes are going to be made!!!
First of all, my position is going to be split into two full-time positions. Someone else will take over the supervision of the Hematology and Coagulation departments in the lab, and I will continue to supervise the Chemistry, Urinalysis, Point of Care Testing, Lab Assistants, and PM shift.
Because my portion of the split is still quite large, I will have a part-time assistant! Also, we will have a new "PM Shift Coordinator" position, who will essentially also be a part-time assistant working on the p.m. shift.
I am so excited!! Not only am I going to (hopefully soon) have a more manageable position, but my feelings about my current position being too much for one person have been validated. I was beginning to feel that I was the failure in this situation, but guess what, I'm not!!!
I'm not sure how long all of this will take to get in place, I'm being realistic about it and I know it will take a while because we are just beginning, but at least there's a light at the end of the tunnel!
And now it's time for me to take back control of my life. I've been spiraling out of control for a few months now, and have unfortunately gained back a good portion (but not quite all) of the weight that I'd lost up to this point.
So guess what ladies.....I'M BACK!! I will be pretty busy with the changes at work for several months I'm sure, but I will make the time to check in here as frequently as I possibly can.
Now, to go do some reading and try to catch up on everyone.....that should take a while
Knock knock.....
to help you get back on track 
