We are employed! Tyrone has been working as a CRNA for just over a month and we are thrilled. First things first. No more studying. Wohoo! Second thing. The transition to work felt painless. Tyrone is happy to go to work and comes home equally happy. Still lots to learn of course but overall no big deal. Yeah! For the past 16 years we have had nearly constant football/undergrad/grad-school stress to deal with. And just like that it is gone.
Third thing. We have benefits! For the first time in over a decade I have dental insurance! I got my teeth cleaned last week and just handed over my insurance card instead of my credit card. And I now have health insurance without a $10,000 deductible. We have lived with health insurance chaos since 2004 and I want you to know that it is no small thing to me to be covered well.
There are also nice perks like paying for Tyrone's new phone and lots of PAID TIME OFF! The most stressful thing so for has been planning for our weeks off next year. Tyrone started work in the middle of the vacation negotiations and it felt crazy to try and plan a whole year of vacations when we were just barely getting started.
Tyrone works at a big hospital with 25 operating rooms. Each day he is assigned to one room. It may have one surgeon and one long case, or one surgeon and 5 quick cases, or it may be empty and waiting for emergencies. He carries an OR phone so if he's out and about they can call him back to his room ASAP. He's the man behind the curtain putting people to sleep and waking them up when the surgery is over. When he doesn't have a case in his room he is doing pre-ops and post-ops. Just talking to patients before and after surgery. (He takes off mask and hat and puts a lab coat on.) He's scheduled from 7-3 every day M-F. Some days he is done at 2:30, some days he's there late - but that pays extra so we don't mind.
So far so good. I haven't forgotten the misery of the last two years but it is fading....
Third thing. We have benefits! For the first time in over a decade I have dental insurance! I got my teeth cleaned last week and just handed over my insurance card instead of my credit card. And I now have health insurance without a $10,000 deductible. We have lived with health insurance chaos since 2004 and I want you to know that it is no small thing to me to be covered well.
There are also nice perks like paying for Tyrone's new phone and lots of PAID TIME OFF! The most stressful thing so for has been planning for our weeks off next year. Tyrone started work in the middle of the vacation negotiations and it felt crazy to try and plan a whole year of vacations when we were just barely getting started.
Tyrone works at a big hospital with 25 operating rooms. Each day he is assigned to one room. It may have one surgeon and one long case, or one surgeon and 5 quick cases, or it may be empty and waiting for emergencies. He carries an OR phone so if he's out and about they can call him back to his room ASAP. He's the man behind the curtain putting people to sleep and waking them up when the surgery is over. When he doesn't have a case in his room he is doing pre-ops and post-ops. Just talking to patients before and after surgery. (He takes off mask and hat and puts a lab coat on.) He's scheduled from 7-3 every day M-F. Some days he is done at 2:30, some days he's there late - but that pays extra so we don't mind.
So far so good. I haven't forgotten the misery of the last two years but it is fading....
Whew! I am glad you have entered a new era. I feel your relief. You came through intact, with three kids well on their way.Congratulations! mom
ReplyDeleteThat's what I call enduring to the end. Congratulations!
ReplyDeletehurray! soon you will forget it all! Like pregnancy, we somehow forget how awful it really is!
ReplyDeletePaid time off! Sounds awesome!
ReplyDeletefabulous. and well deserved. you guys are awesome.
ReplyDeleteaaaaaah dental, what a dream...