Life continues and I'm now I'm a full-time student

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So yeah, was let go from my job a couple of months ago.  I'm not unhappy. I saw some writing on the wall - figured there'd be some sort of extra training, PIP, whatever. I'd been told when I began they were invested in making sure I would succeed in the job.  Lie #1 of a few.  If I admit the truth, I wasn't really happy at the company.  I only took the job because unemployment was telling me to.  The company itself has great reviews on Indeed.com and Glassdoor.com but coming from the inside I know the reviews exist because they encourage people to write them. REALLY encourage you to write great reviews.  Constantly promoting what they believe is an inclusive culture, but only for a certain few.  The open office layouts are stupid, people were even more over-sensitive than what I'm used to dealing with, and I felt out of place from Day 1.  Plus, I no longer wanted to be on the software side of healthcare.  I enjoyed commuting with Troy and being in Boulder so I could walk at lunch but that was about it.

I've decided to accept the opportunity I've been given and use the time to finish this MS degree and start working in the industry I feel is my calling. This semester will be hard with two classes.  One of the classes is the Cognitive Theory elective and it's a lot more taxing mental healthwise than I thought it would be.  It also brings up regrets I had over my mom's health and subsequent death.  If I could go back and change my answer to the "would you let us autopsy your mother?" question I would feel so much better.  Realizing this I truly believe my incorrect and hasty answer to the question is the driving force for my speaking about body donations when Heili and I give our seminar.

But, I'm also changing focus on this blog - I started the Outlander Kitchen group on Facebook, but I'm spending less time there overall. So, I'm going to start posting here instead. I got the cookbook for Solstice this year and love it!  I'm determined to get through the whole thing, but not in the Julie/Julia way. I can't be cooking like this ever night.  In addition, there's the whole going back to school at 53 to change my career focus.

I  hope my 0 readers enjoy my journey...


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