Spring time

Phil and I have been staying pretty busy this past week. I started my new job last Monday and it's definitely going to take some getting used to. They warned me that I will probably never have a 40-hour week (I'll always be working more), and last week proved right on. I am really learning a lot and thus far, I have enjoyed taking everything in. My typical schedule has me working the floor on Monday and Tuesday evenings from 4p-12a. During that time, I'm helping the clients with showers, preparing for bed, making dinner and completing evening activities/goals. Between 8-9pm, the clients go to bed, so for the last few hours of my shift, I am finishing laundry, cleaning up, documenting and preparing for the upcoming days. Wednesday-Friday, I have office hours from 9a-5pm (yes, I have my own office)! During that time, I'm filing, charting, taking care of staffing issues, discussing things with other home leaders and people at the main office, and just attending to the needs of the house. The staff at the house have been fantastic at helping me, so I am so blessed to have such a great team to work with.

To make things a bit more overwhelming, after finishing an exhausting week, Relay for Life was Friday night. I was the Food and Hospitality Chair person, so after I got home on Friday afternoon, I had about an hour to re-group and then headed to the big event. It started at 7pm on Friday night and ended at 7am Saturday morning. I am pleased to announce that at the age of 25, I have finally completed my first 24-hours of staying up! Thankfully, I was a good college student and never had the desire to pull an all-nighter, so needless to say, staying up for so long was a shock to my system. But, I made it through and it was such an amazing night for a great cause. If your towns have not had the Relay for Life yet, you need to get invovled (either get a team together or donate).

Phil's job continues to be full of new adventures. They have finally narrowed the list of applicants for the agent position, so in two weeks, they will conduct face-to-face interviews with the candidates. So, hopefully, they will be full-staffed in about 2 months.

We've finally been able to get out to a baseball game. Saturday night, we went with a couple of friend's to the Midland Rockhounds game. It was great being outside with good weather and fun friends (and delicious adult beverages)! More games are definitely in the calendar, as well as seeing our new professional soccer team in action.

Next week will be pictures of our trip to Austin, as well as my triathlon... keep posted!