Currently, I am still a secretary for a doctor who specializes in addiction. This office can get crazy and there isn't much that can surprise me anymore. I kinda like having that established as being in this office has truly shown to me that I have mellowed over the years. Things do not bother me as they once did in life. I am grateful I am NOT the person I was when I was in my 20's.
Yet, the pay I am receiving is basically a joke and it is very difficult to even make it paycheck to paycheck. The sad part of seeking new employment is knowing I will have to leave one of the best people I have ever worked with, Theresa.
There is something to be said about working with someone who truly is amazing and wonderful. I am thankful that she just 'gets me' at every freaking level. Even when I am at my worst and a complete cranky bitch, she will merrily say, "oh Oscar" (meaning the reference to Oscar the Grouch from Sesame Street).
Thankfully, she understands my frustration and unfortunately has seen me cry at work more than necessary about my finances. At times it has become a joke when her phone or my phone rings from an 866 or 877 number and we sit and try to figure out which bill either hadn't been paid yet or was forgotten.
As I am blessed with working with this fabulous woman...I am searching for a better paying job. Even though the chaos of the dogs, cats and crazy patients topped with a doctor who really needs to find a therapist can push the limits of what one person should tolerate, Theresa makes it all worth while. Sometimes the craziness and the fact that the insanity is our reality makes it funny as can be, it doesn't pay my bills.
I aspire to buy land, build a house, have a garden and my chickens in the yard. In order to do that my credit needs to get built up again. It will be a long road to even get out of debt once I do get a better paying job, but at least when that day comes maybe I will feel more secure in the idea of having some hope.
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