Pumpkins shouldn't come from Walmart

This past weekend was full of fall. It made think back to last October, when Greg and I were living in the middle of east Texas (aka: the middle of nowhere), and feel really grateful for how far we've come.

Last year we drove to Walmart and picked our pumpkins from a large cardboard bin. Last year I hung a flying witch from our from porch, I swear the neighbors thought we were some kind of crazy devil worshipers. I was the only house in our entire neighborhood with any Halloween decor. Last year I bought a giant bag of candy, but was hugely disappointed when we only got one lonely trick or treater.

This year we picked our pumpkins on a farm! Imagine that! We even took a hay ride and got lost in a corn maze while we were there! I decorated our house with my flying witch, a new sound activated ghost, cobwebs, and glowing spiders in the front window! I am probably one of the least decorated houses in my neighborhood. I am loving all this Halloween spirit. This is my kind of place! Can't wait to see what our trick or treater turn out will be :)

Announcement

Drum roll please........I have accepted the position at CVS! I will be starting October 26th.

I'm soooo excited to start my new job at Minute Clinic. In addition to great salary and benefits, I'm really hoping this new job will offer a little more peace. Goodbye office drama, hello 3 day work weeks :)

Ready for October

I haven't been on here in what seems like FOREVER. It is 7am Saturday morning and I finally have a little time to blog while Greg is sleeping in.

Last night we celebrated 5 years as a couple and I can't tell you all how lucky I feel to be married to my amazing hubby. Greg is such a good guy. I can honestly say he shares all our household responsibilities from mowing the lawn to doing the dishes (with the one exception of cooking...Greg is not a chef, but that's okay). The month of September was a crazy mess for me and Greg has been so supportive and fabulous through it all. He is my best friend and my life would not be complete with out him.

Okay, I promise I'm done with the mushy love stuff. Now to fill in all the gaps from this past month. My job has been a crazy roller coaster. I wish I could tell you it is my dream job and I'm busy every day seeing lots of patients, but that's just not the case. Our management/administration is a hot mess. I signed a written agreement when I was hired to define the terms of my position, my schedule, vacation, all that good stuff. Unfortunately, our "administration" has taken my written agreement and tossed it out the window. I have been TOLD (never asked) that my schedule has changed to a 6 day work week 50% of the time, my vacation has gone from 2 weeks to zero, and I sometimes go an entire day without seeing a single patient. I had been warned that this can sometimes happen in private practice but WOW I was not expecting this.

More news, I have another job offer with a very large corporation. The salary is higher, the benefits are better, and the vacation is longer. The other plus side of working for a large corporation is that they must stick to their agreements. They can not suddenly decide not to give me vacation because a physician has decided to take off to Europe for a month. My agreement would be upheld because it is corporate policy. There are also some negatives: 10 hour shifts, running my own clinic with no support staff (very isolating), and working a couple weekends every 6 weeks.

I've been bouncing back and forth on my decision for the last 2 weeks. It would be very difficult for me to leave my office because I had really high hopes that this would work out. I have to make up my mind by Monday so I'll keep you posted.

In addition to the stress of my work situation I had another bomb dropped on me last month. I found a little group of women online in similar situations that I'm chatting with (probably the reason my blog has been neglected...sorry) but I can tell you the support I'm getting is so helpful. I'd like to be able to open up and say more but I'm not quite there yet.

I am so ready to move on to October, YAY, my favorite month. Fall is definitely here is Chicago, the leaves are starting to change and the weather is ridiculously COLD! I promise lots of pictures when the leaves are in their prime.