Changes & Writing Update
People who know me know that I don't like change. Loathe it. I like things to cruise along nicely with everything I know being 'normal' and just cruising (did I mention 'cruising?)along just nicely. I don't like the boat being rocked. At all.
So I don't know why I rocked the boat myself. OK, I do know why. I did it because I have back issues which were becoming quite sore. So I decided to help my back issues, I'd slide sideways at work and enter the field of administration as a Patient Administration Assistant.
Sounds easy, right? WRONG! Now I always knew the admin people worked hard. I just had no idea the diversity of their jobs, or what each job involved. Such as that every job had smaller individual jobs, and I need to know them all. ARGH!I
I'm an old dog trying to learn new tricks! After 20years of nursing, I could walk into palliative care, medical and surgical wards blindfolded and know exactly what I had to do and how. But this? Learning this admin stuff is like being a student ALL OVER AGAIN! My brain hurts. Really hurts. I have so many notes I take that I feel like I need a freakin' huge backpack to carry it all!
So my plan is to do this 3 month probation and if all goes well, they'll keep me in admin and I can do my one or two nursing shifts every fortnight to keep my hand in. I just have to pass this probation period! Everyone there is so nice and they tell me not to stress, but man- I'm stressed!!!! Still, onwards I forge, plodding along down that tunnel to eventual enlightenment of the job! GAH!!!!
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So all this brings me to the writing update - due to learning the new job, I haven’t done a lot of writing. I'm halfway through the re-edits of the next sci-fi romance. I so want to get it all done asap so I can return to Steve and the gang in Hope Bay.
NOW - I'm not saying it will happen this year, but Steve has been giving me knuckle-wraps on the back of the head, looking over my shoulder, demanding his story be told. So once this current sci-fi romance is done, I may - just may! - have to do his story next. But I'm not making any promises right now. Steve will just have to sit and sulk until I figure this all out!
So I don't know why I rocked the boat myself. OK, I do know why. I did it because I have back issues which were becoming quite sore. So I decided to help my back issues, I'd slide sideways at work and enter the field of administration as a Patient Administration Assistant.
Sounds easy, right? WRONG! Now I always knew the admin people worked hard. I just had no idea the diversity of their jobs, or what each job involved. Such as that every job had smaller individual jobs, and I need to know them all. ARGH!I
I'm an old dog trying to learn new tricks! After 20years of nursing, I could walk into palliative care, medical and surgical wards blindfolded and know exactly what I had to do and how. But this? Learning this admin stuff is like being a student ALL OVER AGAIN! My brain hurts. Really hurts. I have so many notes I take that I feel like I need a freakin' huge backpack to carry it all!
So my plan is to do this 3 month probation and if all goes well, they'll keep me in admin and I can do my one or two nursing shifts every fortnight to keep my hand in. I just have to pass this probation period! Everyone there is so nice and they tell me not to stress, but man- I'm stressed!!!! Still, onwards I forge, plodding along down that tunnel to eventual enlightenment of the job! GAH!!!!
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So all this brings me to the writing update - due to learning the new job, I haven’t done a lot of writing. I'm halfway through the re-edits of the next sci-fi romance. I so want to get it all done asap so I can return to Steve and the gang in Hope Bay.
NOW - I'm not saying it will happen this year, but Steve has been giving me knuckle-wraps on the back of the head, looking over my shoulder, demanding his story be told. So once this current sci-fi romance is done, I may - just may! - have to do his story next. But I'm not making any promises right now. Steve will just have to sit and sulk until I figure this all out!
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Sep 16, 2021 09:07AM
I've just read your newsletter. I'm sorry about Abby's passing :'( She looked like such a sassy and sweet cat! All the best at your new job! And Steve's book, however long it will take to read his story, I'm looking forward to it.
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Mephala wrote: "I've just read your newsletter. I'm sorry about Abby's passing :'( She looked like such a sassy and sweet cat! All the best at your new job! And Steve's book, however long it will take to read his ..."Thank you so much, Mephala. Abby was a sweet cat who could be sassy when she wanted - you got that right! She came to us as a young, pregnant stray 17 and a half years ago, had her babies with us, and we kept her and one kitten (Polly, who passed away a couple of years ago) and rehomed the rest. She was a sweetie who loved to snuggle in bed and lay beside us on the sofa, and liked nothing more than to have me wrap my arm around her as we sat side-by-side. She left us with wonderful memories.
Argh! the new job! I just - arghhhhh!!!! Need Diet Coke and coffee - lots of it!
I have plans for Steve, just hope you like them once his story is finally done. I like Steve, he's fun LOL.
