Hair
Today was going to be a day for washing, measuring, and photo-taking but, alas, lack of hot water shot down the washing which of course did away with the other two. *shrug* Maybe tomorrow...
Nonsense
Let me preface the following long story with praise for God. When the turmoil started I reminded my daughter that God is in control, that he had already worked out a solution for her, and all she had to do was believe and have patience. God is so good! All right, read on...
Thank god for January and February being over and done with. My daughter got fired on January 18. (I still find it ironic that my "mixed" daughter lost her job on Martin Luther King Jr Day.) Now I'm not going to sit here and say that what she did wasn't a stupid mistake on her part. She knew better after 8 years of working at a doctor's office that is owned by a hospital. I also know that there must be strong rules and regulations anytime a medical facility is involved; there are too many people who would abuse a more lax system. I could also understand if there were serious narcotics involved. Her mistake? She neglected to chart cough syrup and an antibiotic that she called in for a patient.
As you can imagine, my daughter was pretty upset, yet she didn't spend too much time wallowing. Oh, she had a couple of days of verbal self-flagellation: (Why did I do that? I know better. I'm such an idiot.) But she got busy right away, looking for another job and, luckily, had several job offers at various places around town. --The problem being that none of them were right. One was physical labor at a wood flooring company, that she was willing to take in order to get some money coming in. Honestly, I don't think she could have done the work, yet she was willing to try. Two other job offers were more in line with her training and experience (medical field) but the hours were wonky, meaning I would have had more babysitting hours with Sugar Cookie. I would have done it, but I'm not as young as I used to be. And then the perfect solution appeared...
When my daughter first got her CNA certificate years ago, she interned at the place where I had received my chemotherapy. (Coincidence? I think not.) Patsy, the lady in charge, liked my daughter so much that she offered her a full-time job. They became friends and, even after my daughter left that job, they remained friends. At first, my daughter didn't want Patsy to know she was job hunting; she didn't want Patsy to feel obligated. So a month had probably gone by before Patsy knew that my daughter had been fired from her job. She said she wished she had known sooner because she had just filled an open position. Now here comes God working behind the scenes. It couldn't have been more than two weeks later when Patsy contacted my daughter...the new-hire was leaving because she wanted to return to her old job! I'm sure the formalities must be observed, as in going through applications and interviews, etc. But for all intents and purposes, my daughter will be offered a job soon, working again in the medical field. God does indeed work in mysterious ways, and I'm so glad he does.
