Job

Haven't been updating: know you know it's b/c i started work though.
Work is going well, let me just say that PAPERWORK will be a large component of my workload. The vast maj. of clients are on Medicaid, and that is the only gov't aid organization, or any org. for that matter, that we can bill for case management services. So everything has to be well-documented and above board-- which frankly doesn't bother me as much as it would someone who didn't think that was neccesary in the first place. Good documentation is, I think, very important in any case because: of continuity of care, in the case of my absence someone else has to see my client & therefore look at my records, an emergency when I am not available to consult in the ER, etc. So that paper trail helps basically everybody, including me, to organize my thoughts and compare behavior etc across time.
Anyway there is shitloads of other paperwork involved, and tons of resources I will have to familiarize with... and this structural stuff is all basic job technicalities that I will have to learn before I "develop my own style" working with clients, etc. Which I basically translate as 'learn how to deal with people in a somewhat constructive manner'.
Whatever. this is supposed to be justa short update-- I *have* been very busy/relatively tired... I have myself on a super-sleeping schedule of 9hrs/night, which leaves me with 5:30-9:30 to do stuff... it is a stretch only having those four hours after basically having all my time to myself. Chores and making dinner and going on the family-mandated walk basically take up all that time.
Anyway this coming weekend will be less busy... apparently dad is going up to NOVA before I can leave b/c he is on vacation this week (he basically said 'sorry, i'm outta here'), and after last weekend being nonstop I think I will have to take some time to catch up (sorry Rachele- although I guess we never finalized anyway... rain check though.)
Catching up includes past-due correspondence.
Best,
Mer.