Trying to get back to work

Posted by ihatediabetes @ihatediabetes, Sep 1, 2018

Hi everyone, I have been thinking a lot about getting back to work since my son is out of home now in adult residential services and day program. I don't have to take care of daily supervision. But I still take my son to mayo appointments. I was wondering if people had experience with getting back to work after long time of caregiving. I am signed up for temp work and I got a three week assignment that I am going to accept. Now I have to do all these on-boarding documents on a computer and send them back. You don't actually see real HR people in the flesh. But its very fast and convenient. There seems to be a whole economy out there with people getting temp assignments here and there. I actually like that I can try things out and move to something else after a few weeks. I'm supposed to get some benefits from temp agency like 401k.

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Hi everyone, I made it through my third day. I have permission to finish early if necessary to start a five week project at another company. That's one thing about the temp work economy is supervisors are very understanding about these things because. They can't even guarantee you that the project you're hired for will go a certain length. We could be told tomorrow that our project is canceled because client changed direction. Its called contingent workforce. But once you have been on-boarded at a temp agency they will probably keep you working when there is work. I keep thinking that this is fine. There are advantages to having times where there's no work. I think I would use the time for hiking.

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I am so pleased that I got another project starting on September 24th. I feel really hungry for work so I have been out there hustling up hourly work. So I get to work in another office environment for a little more per hour. I was Uber driving and doing event staffing before. Now I get to work in an office. They know my son has mayo appointment next week so I will miss work next Friday. I decided to book hotel night before so I won't be late for appointment. I hope they give me some good news. I always get anxious when my son has Mayo appointments because I have gotten a lot of sad news there. I hope nothing is wrong this time. My son is mayo patients for life. That's what they call some kids that have weird things wrong with them. They follow them for life to see what they can learn from them.

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I'll be pulling for you and your son, @ihatediabetes during your appointments!

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@IndianaScott

Wishing you the best of everything as you begin this new part of your journey, @ihatediabetes

I look forward to hearing how you enjoy these assignments!

Strength, courage, and peace!

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I went through two weeks of doc review. I like my team. But it is hard to look at computer screen and sit in chair for 8 hours per day. Will re evaluate after this project is done. But I did get one paycheck so far. That's nice.

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