It's been awhile...

It's been awhile since I've posted anything here.  I've been kinda busy.  Caleb has started all out crawling which, as you can imagine, has cranked up our activity level in terms of keeping watch over him.  I've also started a new job since my last post.  It's a long and crazy story how that came about so I figured it'd be good for a blog post...

In mid May of this year I received a text out of the blue from my previous supervisor from when I worked at Rich/Lex Disabilities and Special Needs Board.  We worked closely together while I was there and she was a great supervisor.  She informed me that she had recently taken a job at SC Disabilities and Special Needs (this is the state agency that my previous employer, Rich/Lex, was contracted with to provide services).  Anyway, she had a job opportunity open and wondered if I'd be interested.
I called her and found out more about the position and it was something that really interested me.  The job duties sounded right up my alley and there were plenty of perks (more vacation/sick leave, more holidays, flexible hours).  I told her I would have to think about it but I was interested.
It took several months for the position to be listed and for the interviews to be completed.  I didn't end up interview for the job until the end of July.  During this whole time I was praying, as were family and friends, for guidance from the Lord as to what to do.  Well in the end of August they finally called and offered me the position and made an offer for compensation. The offer wasn't quite what I was looking for so I countered and then they countered again a few weeks later.  I accepted that offer and started my new job on September 17th almost exactly 4 months from the initial text message.
So far I've been at the job for almost 2 weeks and I'm really enjoying it.  I was pleasantly surprised to find out that I had my own office (a big change from my little 6'x7' cubicle I was in before) and an office with windows at that.

My Office (still need to do some decorating)

I'm still up to my neck in reading of different policies and things to catch up on what has changed in my 2 years away from the DDSN/DHHS system but I'm catching up fast.  My actual job title is ID/RD (Intellectual Disabilities/Related Disabilities) Waiver Program Coordinator.  As to what that all means...that would take alot longer to explain then a blog post.  :)  I'm also DDSN's HIPAA Privacy Officer which means I get to sort through all of that policy in case there is a question. (HIPAA is, put very simply, laws that dictate use of confidential personal information) I know, most people probably think that sounds crazy boring and tedious but I'm really excited about this job.  Here's to the future!