Hi! I'm sitting in our living room watching my dog play with his toys! It's been a very exciting few months since I moved up here. The move was good I got to spend time with my mom and aunt and uncle in Colorado before I actually settled it.
In the process of moving up here I made sure I had a job to start with. I was originally hired at Home Instead Senior Care. It's a great business. I really like it there I just wish I had more hours with them. I then found a more permanent job at Albuquerque Grand which at the beginning I thought was perfect for me. The owners were "Christian". I started there at the end of June. I went there one day with my resume. The owners in May asked me to bring it when I was living in ABQ so I did. It just so happen they were doing interviews that day. So I waited and interviewed with them that day. They said I had the job and to come in the next day. After a while they had me take a Medication Assistant test. I passed and started passing meds. I was really nervous about this because they did not pass meds the way I was used to MA's doing it.
At my last job at Cottonbloom the MA's kept their meds in a med cart. the Albuquerque Grand decided to get rid of their carts because "it made the place look like a nursing home". we wore scrubs...this of course did not make the place look like a nursing home! so they kept their meds in a storage closet in the assisted living office. when you passed meds you were supposed to pile the residents med "boxes" (which were really ziplock baggies or tupperware left over containers) on a paint cart and the narcotics were locked in a cabinet in the storage cabinet. when you needed those you would take the ones you needed and put those on the paint cart with the other meds. when you passed them out they were out in the open! anyone could take them if they wanted. it was crazy! it was inevitable that someone would lose meds at some point. of course that someone had to be me. Yep I lost meds and not just any meds it had to be narcotics. When I lose something I do it right...it wasn't that much it was two pills but still narcotics are narcotics.
They of course thought I stole them. They kept asking me "are you sure you lost them?" yes I am sure. I am more than positive they were "lost" or taken by someone because of the lack of security. I cried because I know how serious it is to lose any kind of med. aside from the med problem they did not follow state regulations very well. They kept dirty depends in rooms up to a week! Rooms smelled bad and I consider that neglect...which the state also does too. I was in one residents room once and I was getting ready to get her into bed I pulled the sheets down and there was BM on her sheets! I was so upset!! It wasn't right. it's like the caregivers there didn't care. Well, eventually the supervisor asked to talk to me. I'll spare you the details but pretty much he told me I wasn't being a Christian, that I needed to be a light to the people in the facility, that him and his wife hired me on the assumption that I was a Christian and that I was not living up to or showing that I was a Christian. that made me mad because it was as if he was judging me when only God can judge his people. I was so upset. It got to a point where I was so upset and depressed and I resented and hated going to work everyday. I did not like it. I was spiraling out of control. I decided to put my two weeks in. since then I've been a lot more happy. I feel like I'm getting closer to Christ and working on that relationship. I don't know where I would be nor do I want to know where I would be in my relationship if I had not left that job.
Yes, I don't have much money but I'm still working at Home Instead Senior Care and I'm looking for a job. I'm happy and loving my church family up here. I am trying to see the good in this situation. At times it's hard but I trust God will provide when the time is right. I had an interview yesterday at an assisted living center. I feel it went really well! they said "I wouldn't be surprised if you got a call within the next few days". They want me to be a med assistant/caregiver. Hopefully it works out.
At Home Instead the hours haven't been that great. I think in the past 2 weeks I've worked maybe 8 hours total but yesterday they called me and asked if I wanted to work continually with a lady I like a lot and she always requests me when her current caregiver is unavailable. I agreed. This would be a Monday, Wednesday, and Friday job. Things are looking up! I'll post more when I get the chance! I hope this blog finds you well and close to Christ! If you know of anyone who would like to know how I'm dong please pass this blog address along! Thanks and God bless!
PRAYER REQUESTS
*Please pray that God would provide me with a job/money so I can pay for rent and bills
*I am currently taking a membership class at my church (Sagebrush Community Church) so if you could pray that I would become closer to God as a result and be placed where HE needs me to be at this church.
*My roommates as we don't get to see each other that often...we have such different schedules.
*In my community group we are keeping each other accountable for reading everyday...I am struggling with that right now I'm always "too busy". Please pray that I would make this a priority in my life!
Thanks for the prayers and I love you all!
Erica C :)
