TGIF

I am done with my first week of training at my job, and I am so excited to have the opportunity to continue on in the process. I believe that what my coworkers and I do as third-party agents for the institution we work for is important and truly makes a difference to the members we assist.

Adjusting to nights again has been difficult. I am up until 1 or 2 every morning, just winding down from work. Bailey still wakes me up at 8:30 every morning and I have a hard time getting back to sleep after that.
I must admit that it feels weird and kind of irresponsible to be waking up at 10, but I remind myself that it would be more irresponsible for me to not get the information I need because I was too tired to pay proper attention to company policies and procedures. It could mean the difference between one of our members having a great day and having a bad day.

This week, I found out that Bailey has an ear infection. Wrestling a 40-lb dog to clean out her ears and medicate the infected ear is neither fun nor easy. Every time we deal with it, my soul dies a little. (But it also dies a little when I see the place she has scratched, and I steel myself and deal with the treatment procedure.) We'll find out in a week and a half how she's fairing under my care.

I had my yearly wellness check / physical exam this morning. My weight kind of surprised me, but it probably shouldn't have. The blood pressure was decent (thankfully). I'll get the results from the labs back next week (cholesterol, glucose, thyroid [TSH], etc.) when I have my follow up appointment. I am so looking forward to getting back on my thyroid prescription and feeling normal again.

My family is, apparently, getting actual chickens, and we need to complete building the pen for them this weekend. The owner is ready to off-load them. Sad that it all had to happen the same week that mom and I both returned to work, but reiterates the issues she and my dad have been having in their marriage for years.
I mean, shouldn't my father --who grew up on a farm-- know how to stretch and staple chicken wire? (Psst: I do, and it's not that difficult!) That's really all that's left: he and mom got the majority of the rest of it done last Monday.

I am so looking forward to the weekend. Sleeping in (haha, yeah right) and actually seeing my family in more than just passing.

I must say, though, that I have a job interview on Monday that might disrupt all of this. The pay would nearly double what I am making now, the schedule would be completely set, and the location where I could be working is halfway between where I currently reside and Denver, which is, obviously, where I want to live. (And where my boyfriend presently does.)
Last night, I was so sure that I would have taken the position on Monday if they offered me one, but now, I just don't know.
Oh well. No reason to count my chickens before the eggs hatch. (There could be some roosters in there, just waiting to surprise me.)