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This week was the week of the Jay-oh-Bee!

Let's see how I'm feeling about the week-- tired, tired, tired, excited, overwhelmed, appreciative, lucky, scared, nervous, oh and did I say tired?

The week consisted of meeting a TON of people from both my Prevention/Intervention team and both of the schools that I will be working in.  I feel really good about where I'll be--everyone is SOOO awesome and welcoming!  But it's always hard when you enter a school and you aren't employed by the school district.  I'm definitely my own island and that can bring a bit of anxiety.  It's kind of the concept of moving schools when you are a kid and you don't know ANYONE at the new school.  

I'm friendly.  I know I'm fully capable of making connections and I will, but sometimes it takes a lot of energy.  I'm pretty sure that I'm an Extrovert-but barely.....my need for my introvert time is soooo sooo necessary, and especially after this week!

I'm currently in a state of mind in which I'm very excited about my position, and proud of myself for getting this job.  Some days I do the whole pouty me "boo hoo hoo-I don't make much money".  BUT not this week, and hopefully not for awhile.  I got a great job, with great hours, and great work-life balance.  I'll be learning a ton about prevention work and trauma response.  

I'm super stoked about the Trauma Response part.  I'll be part of a team that is on rotation and responds to traumas that happen within the school and the community.  I love crisis work.  I love being a part of a community and to utilize my services-which happens to be emotional support.  I remember when my Russell got called down to aid in the crisis management after Hurricane Katrina.  I knew he was happy to be able to serve his country.  I kept thinking how I wished I could go down there and be an ear to all those people who experienced such a scary event.  (Sometimes I think about what I just said and realize that it's rather morbid (is that the right word?)-I'm counting on others' tragedies to give me my sense of fulfillment).  But really tragedy will happen with or without me-I just feel honored that I have skills that could help those to get through the roughest times.

Well anyways-back to my JOB!  I have two offices!  One is in a room sans windows.  But it is a former conference room so it's actually probably the biggest office that I've ever had!  I think with some nice poster I'll be able to spruce it up.  

And my next office...well it's pretty much the cream of the crop.  It's the reason we moved to Colorado.  My office is said to be the best office in the whole St Vrain School District.  It's better than the principal's office.   And you ask why?  This my friends....This is why....

 And this is on a rather cloudy day.  BUT check those mountains out!  And this office is big, and it has a HUGE bookshelf, and it HAS a huge couch:)  Yes.  Life. is. GOOD!

Love,
Momma