I spy with my little eye

something that is red.
And it would be Me. (It is also the QOTD as the twins rolled their eyes when choosing me as the red Spyee.)
I took the kids swimming today and, duh, decided to get a little color. Instead I got A LOT of color, but it is all tomato red. Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Why do I always forget that this will happen and it will be wretched??

Work is going great. I was really able to jump in there more than I expected to. I was very anxious about what I wouldn't feel comfortable with , what they might expect of me that I couldn't perform, that I would feel stupid, that they would regret hiring me. But the knowledge is mostly still there, with a few muddy areas. This coming week, we have a plethora of new patients coming in at "my" clinic so the road to independence is being built quickly.

Which reminds me, I don't think I previously explained that I will be the coordinator for one of the satellite clinics, which means I will be THE P.T. over there, with a tech and (I think) a PTA (physical therapist assistant) at least part time. Right now that clinic is only open half a day because they couldn't staff the whole day, but we are already looking at staying open part of a couple of afternoons to get all of these new ones in. We expect to be open full time by the first of September, but if it goes at this rate, it may be sooner. We are also expanding into the area next door to our current space, roughly doubling the space, adding new equipment, etc which means I get to make a wish list of all the therapy goodies I'd like to have.

Going back to work though has been rough on the bod. The first couple of evenings I was asleep on the couch by 8, then dragged myself to the shower and bed. By the end I was at least able to stay up til 10! I hurt all over though. My feet were killing me from standing all day, my forearms from all of the manual therapy I wasn't used to (mostly massage-type work), and my hips and thighs from the physical assessment I had to go through as a new hire (5 min. treadmill and 4 min. step tests, 2 min. of calf raises, and 2 min. of squatting -sheesh!!). This week I will be taking advantage of the 30 day trial fitness center membership that comes with the job. Gotta get in shape!

4 month baby update to come soon - I don't have access to the pictures right now and it just wouldn't be fun without pictures!!