Today, as some of you may know, was my first day at my new job. It went well - better than I expected, which I think is pretty good when you're talking about new jobs. I was so pumped to find out that I'm starting out at the same time as another girl, too. It's always nice to have someone else fumbling along beside you when you're the "new kid" in town, learning things you know nothing about. (Did I mention I will be doing things like EKG's and injections at this job!?) To make things better, this girl is very nice. Everyone seems nice so far, and my boss is great. Like I said before, though...it's not Mayo. And these coworkers will never be my 'family' from GI. So, I'm working at a place called OMNI, which is a branch of a hospital in Tulsa called St. John (nope, no 's' on the end...weird I think). I like that St. John was started by a group of nuns, too...it reminded me of St. Marys. :) The branch is in Owasso, which is the suburb of Tulsa that we live in, so that's awesome. To have to drive to the actual St. John main campus in downtown Tulsa would be no fun. Tulsa is wayy bigger than Rochester - glad I don't have to commute. It only takes me about 10 minutes to get to work here. Anyway, my title is Patient Care Assistant, and it's basically like my Clinical Assistant job at Mayo, but I get paid less and have more responsibility. How nice. It's a Medical Assistant position, and I lucked out in getting it, because I don't have a MA certificate. They let me take a test to 'test-out', and thanks to all my wonderful training and experience at Mayo, I passed. Yay! I'll keep you posted on how all that goes.
I don't want this post to get so long that I scare everyone away from reading my blog, so I'll just update you a little on life in Oklahoma and sign off. First and foremost: IT'S HOT. It's been 100 degrees and above almost every single day since we've been here! At first it was kinda cool, ya know, still a new experience and all that, but oh man. That novelty wore off quickly! I'm just hoping for a nice mild winter to make it all worthwhile... Sounds like you guys are getting a nice dose of hot weather up there lately, too! Thank GOD for air conditioning, right?!? :D
About a week after we arrived in OK, the kids went to TX and spent almost a month with my parents while Jason and I settled in, and they loved it. It was nice for me to be able to set up interviews and stuff and not have to worry about what to do with the kids. We all went down there and spent a week visiting over the 4th of July too, which was so nice. I am so happy to be closer to my family! Whitney is excited to start school, and Roman is going full-speed ahead as usual. We are in the market for daycare for him again (ugh), so that's on the top of my to-do list these days.
Jason is going to school at Tulsa Tech full time for their Airframe and Powerplant program. It's basically aircraft mechanics/maintenance. He loves it, is getting GREAT grades so far, and has made many new friends in class. Right now they are on a break until August 9th, and he's antsy having to sit home every day...especially now that I'm at work and he's home with the kids. It' nice that we have a few weeks to find daycare, though, while his school is on break.
Well, that it in a nutshell! Now that everyone is up to speed, I can post some less-serious, more interesting stuff! I love you all and miss every one of you! Feel free to sign up and follow my blog! ;) Take care~
Tori
P.S. I added a few pics from our tornado experience in Joplin, MO on our way down here. It was the most horrifying experience I've ever had in my life, and I honestly thought we were goners. The first one shows a few (of the many many many) semi trucks that were tossed and thrown like toys. The other is just a shot of the chunk of house (?) that was jammed into the back door of the U-Haul. I wish I had taken pics of the gauges and dents and debris on the sides, too!
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