Wow....just wow. It's been one of those days. In a generally good sense.
I'll admit that I started the day warding off the spirits of exasperation. The Boy, some ridiculous work stuff, whatever. I simply made a conscious choice not to let it get to me- none of it was really worth getting that upset about because it was all predicated on other people being dumb (for lack of a gentler word).
This afternoon I got summoned to the chairman's office "about curriculum stuff". The curriculum stuff is amazing, wonderful, and exactly what I've been praying to have drop into my lap. The upshot is that he asked me to be in charge of implementing the Surgery section of the new curriculum for the medical students. That part is by itself excellent because it opens the door for me to move into educational administration, a direction I've been wanting to head but have felt a bit stuck heading towards.
The great part? Mandated 25% abatement of clinical duties. Since I do 24 weeks a year of clinical service, 6 of which are trauma, that means a 6 week reduction in my clinical duties. Guess which 6 weeks I'm asking to have removed?
I knew if I kept putting it out there, kept pestering God about it, that something would have to shift eventually. This was a bigger and better shift than I would have ever asked for on my own.
Happiness/Gratitude list, 6 October 2008:
- The above, obviously. I'm grateful because it truly is an answered prayer. And I'm happy because it came about because of my leadership skills in education being recognized. Finally!
- Playing on my new MacBook. I'm still trying to get the music library issue straightened out (I think I copied it over incorrectly), but I'm settling in. Now to figure out if I can rescue the manuscripts that were on my Dell. Crap. I've got to learn to back things up.
- A great "heavy weights" session this evening- first one in probably a month. It felt great.
- The Grumpy Princess and her stationing of herself next to my left hip tonight. We've been bonding. She's been sweet.
- Bedtime. Now. I didn't rest well last night because my brain was in overtime about dealing with The Boy. I'm better with that now, I feel free, and I'm tired as a result.
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