Well, although it technically wasn't a full week, I made it through the first week at my new job! So far so good. Although the whole medical part is very familiar to me, working in a small family practice clinic is all new. At Mayo we would work with 20 doctors or more on any given day. Here, the whole office is based on two doctors and one nurse practitioner...and their patients, of course. There are so many differences between the two places I could go on and on for hours, but the one that gets me the most - and that I'm really loving - is the fact that in a family medicine practice, you see all kinds of patients, with all kinds of problems. Whereas in GI it was typically the same group of issues for each patient (which wasn't a bad thing, because I think our expertise was therefore greater), in just a few days here I've experienced everything from ear wax removal to diabetes checks, and 'girl exams' to blood draws. It keeps things interesting, and variety is the spice of life, right? Best part so far? They let you wear jeans to work on Fridays (with a St John t-shirt) if you donate $2, which they give to whatever charity. Jeans!? Sign me up! :D
We went to the Tulsa Air and Space Museum and Planetarium today with the kids. Roman was on cloud nine - those of you who know him well know he is completely IN LOVE with airplanes and anything to to with them. He and Whit had a blast. They got to 'launch' a NASA space shuttle, sit in the cockpit of an airplane (with all the switches, levers, joysticks, foot pedals and everything!), see and touch an F-14 Tomcat (yep, the kind from Top Gun), fly a model plane in a wind tunnel, and even ride in a moon-walk simulator. It was pretty cool. Jason enjoyed it just as much as Rome, and spent a lot of time reading the blurbs next to the planes (Mister History Channel, lol). After exploring the hangar, we went next door to a planetarium show. I though it was pretty sweet, and the kids seemed intrigued at first, ...but Rome couldn't hold still and Whitney fell asleep, lol. Maybe better luck with that part next time. :)
It's still hotter than blazes down here. It's been over 100 for almost two weeks straight, and they are predicting another 10 days or so at least till we see any rain. One lady at work said this is the longest 'hot-streak' they've had here in July in 20 years. Lucky us. Lol. Although the ant problem we had in the beginning when we got here is under control, we are still having more spider encounters than I'd prefer. We're not talking daddy long legs or little bitty ones, guys. These spiders are the freakin size of golf balls. It's crazy. And SO disgusting. We have replaced the weather stripping on a couple of exterior doors since we moved in, but it doesn't seem to be helping much. Jason says we will have to replace the sweeps under the front and garage doors next. I vote for an exterminator. ;) Ohh, the first paycheck is spent already and it's not even in our hands yet! Haha, se la vi I guess.
Well, the next two weeks at work are going to be in Tulsa at their training facility. Yay. Thank goodness I will have the other new girl there with me. We will be learning all about their computer system/programs and also the things like drawing blood and giving injections (or so I'm told). I'm excited for the hands on part, and hope to stay awake for the computer part! Hopefully we will be able to get computer access so we can sign up for our benefits and stuff, since we haven't been able to do that so far. It will be nice to have actual dental and vision insurance again, too...something we didn't really have at Mayo.
Well, I'm off to do some kid-wrangling. They are very intrigued by mommy's new blog. Whitney has already asked me, "Mommy, why are you typing so much?" :) Love you all - keep in touch!
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