New Job

Quite a lot has changed for me in the past few months! I have enjoyed a wonderful summer off with my husband, family and friends, and a couple weeks ago it was time to go back to work....a new work that is.

In May, I found out that my company had lost their contract with the school I was working at, and that I would be out of a job at the end of the school year. Although it was through no fault of my own and everything ended on great terms, I still took it pretty hard as it meant I once again had to start the whole job search all over again. Not just a job search, but the search for a paid internship that gave me the hours and supervision I need for licensure...not an easy thing to find. I was feeling very discouraged and bummed that I had to start all over again at a new place just 7 months after starting the last job. I just hate being the new person all the time, and not feeling like I have any stability.

You know the saying "it's all in who you know"? I couldn't think of another phrase to better describe my field. When I started my previous job last November, I was replacing another MFTI who was leaving for a better paying job. I got to know her a little here and there throughout the school year, as she came back to visit the kids/staff a few times. When she found out the company had lost their contract, she gave me the heads up to apply for a job at her new company. They weren't advertising, but I put in an application anyway. Long story short, I got an interview and got the job!

I've only been on the job for a few weeks, but I am LOVING it! I am once again working with high school kids, and I'm having fun getting to know them all. My case load is much smaller, the teachers/aids/coaches are wonderful, the company believes strongly in employing evidence-based practices, and I feel like I have support everywhere I turn. While I didn't see it at the time, I am so thankful that everything turned out the way it did, as I don't think I would have taken the initiative to apply if my previous job had continued on.

In other news, my husband and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary on August 7th. We were invited to go to Disneyland that weekend with some friends, and seeing as it was our final weekend before school started again, we weren't going to pass up the chance for one last mini vacation. We had a great trip, and split off from the group for a bit on our anniversary to have dinner together at The Blue Bayou. We had a wonderful time, and it was a fun little way to wrap up the summer. I am even more in love with him than the day we were married, and I look forward to many more anniversaries together in the future. <3

Life is good. :-)