Phew! What a whirlwind week!

The germies hit this house hard! Wednesday night Ian got sick but went to school on Thursday where he proceeded to throw up at lunch, so I picked him up and kept him home on Friday as well. He missed football on Saturday, and then I got sick on Sunday. I got a 12 hour bug that started with nausea in the morning and ended up with a fever at night. Sean ended up with some upper respiratory thing starting on Monday and he's still sick.

Work started for me on Monday so I knew I didn't have time to be sick, LOL, and I managed to get there right on time in the morning. I had all the new-hire stuff to fill out, then I had the benefits meeting that afternoon. Tuesday I was downtown with the Sr. FS I'll be replacing and it was awesome! I had forgotten how great downtown is with all of the people, the sights, the smells, the energy... I got to meet the people I'll be working with and they are fantastic, and the person who I already knew before starting at the company will be back from overseas on Friday and I can't wait to see her!

Today I was downtown by 8am (means getting up at 5:30am but I'm used to that) and went to court. Boy, was that like slipping back into a comfortable shoe! I saw people I haven't seen for over a year, got to catch up with a lot of them, there were a lot of hugs and happy smiles... I was so excited to be back in the excitement and the knowledge that I'll be helping people again... 

The best part is there there is very little disruption to my routine with Ian. So far I've been able to pick him up early and, since they moved his gymnastics class to late on Thursdays I plan to schedule all of my late-day appointments that day so he won't even notice. Plus, the girl I'm working with offered to take over the State Hospital trips (except for when I want to go for a 'vacation', LOL!) because she knows I have a family...

I am so happy to be back at work.  It seems I had momentarily forgotten about the world outside of the drama bullshit I found myself wrapped up in; it really is better to be surrounded by positive, supportive people! It makes all of the difference in the world and I am 100% certain in my decision to leave the negative aspects behind...