unrelated but prominent thoughts

a) I am so frustrated with this one woman I'm working with. She's one of my pt's daughter and admittedly she's probably had a hard life. Her mother appears to be some sort of crazy and she's either taken it upon herself or it's been put on her to be her mother's caretaker. So she needs to vent, and unfortunately, as much as she wants my help and is appreciative, I get to be the target of her frustration. Not me personally, but I get to hear all about how SHE'S overworked, not enough is being done for HER, blah blah blah. Now fortunately, I understand that none of this is about me. She's frustrated and overworked but she played a role in getting herself into that positi0n. And while I may not have done everything perfectly, I was far from negligent. And I can only be SO wrong and then she has to pony up and take some responsibility. Even though, she never has to make that acknowledgment to me--BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S TRUE. AND THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS! :) And that gives me a lot of peace, that and my mental shield that I have up when talking to her. Still if I could find a Bozo the Clown doll with her picture on it, well.....

b)Acceptance is really a magnificent thing. There's a lot of talk & worry around the office about the company opening up a Georgetown office and eventually developing an individual team to serve that area. The whole purpose is to remain a presence in Williamson County/Georgetown so as not to lose what's sure to be a growing business population to other hospices. So the thought is that they're gonna take 2 social workers for that office. Now we'd still be able to work out of the main office but what may end up happening is that the social workers for that area would have pt's primarily in Williamson County. Since I have so many Georgetown pts, it's probably a given that I would be one of the "reassigned" social workers.

I've had my qualms with this arrangement. First, develop a plan before you make an announcement that's going to upend a lot of people's routines and workstyles. Second, Georgetown, although ~close to where I live, is still a commute for me. And when I move again I plan to head back in towards town where I lived previously. So that means that down the road, my commute will get longer.

But, in processing my feelings/concerns with the Lead Social Worker, I've come to a conclusion/had some insights. It's likely that once clinicians are moved up to this office/team, their case areas would be redrawn. So even if I had a bunch of Williamson County (and no further), I'd likely lose a lot of or all of my outer Travis County areas (Lago Vista, Jonestown, Leander, etc), which would make things easier on myself. And secondly, since so much of this is poorly executed speculation, it's pointless to worry too much about what ifs that haven't even come to pass.

And that's what I've decided to do. I don't want to move to a new team but it's not a done deal yet. And if I did move to that team, at least one of my "equal" social workers on the team I'm currently on would likely be going too. And she's cool, so at least I'd have one cool fellow team member. And Dr. Fred would likely go too. And she's awesome.

So we'll just see, but for once it's nice to not be overly worried about it. The serenity prayer is a good thing :)