3 posts tagged “employment”

Tomorrow is my orientation.  It's my first full day of work in 5 years.  I'm thrilled and a bit scared. 

I know my back has healed, but it's also very weak still.  I have an accommodation where I can get up and walk around for 5 minutes every hour.  That should help my back to not stiffen up.  During my lunch break, I'm going to either go for a walk outside if weather permits or walk up and down the stairs a few times.  Then I'll be taking another walk to loosen up before I drive home.  Guess we'll see how much self-discipline I possess. 

I'll also be putting my back brace back on until I'm sure I can complete a full work day without it.  Tomorrow may be a bit uncomfortable because orientation is in a room with tables and straight chairs.  After that, I'll be in an office with ergonomic chairs for transcription.  That should be a lot better.

I have an irrational fear of my back pain coming back.  I know it won't. But after being disabled for so long, I'm scared this will all go away again.  It's difficult to push this thought away.

I have a feeling I won't be getting much sleep tonight.  I'm going to be way too excited/scared/nervous.

I'm so excited!  I have a meeting with my old supervisor this morning.  The only unknowns are what hours I'll be working and what pay grade they will start me at.  I was checking out www.mtdesk.com and www.mtdaily.com this morning, my old haunts on the web.  I spent so much time there. 

I wonder how long it will take me to get back in the groove of transcription.  My speed hasn't decreased too much, but it'll take me a few weeks to get back into using a speed typing program again.  Then there's 5 years' worth of new drugs, new procedures, and new equipment words to learn. 

The car is running now to get it nice and warm before I head into town (it's -1 outside).  Time to go dry my hair and get dressed.

Fingers crossed!

I looked through the job classifieds today in the local paper.  There used to be at least 2 full pages of them.  Know how many there were?  Maybe 20 in all.  There was even a doctor's office looking for a medical assistant with all these skills but not even offering insurance. 

This is bad.