Well, well, well! I received an interesting phone call on Friday morning. From my old boss. Apparently the woman he hired to replace me quit without giving any notice, citing stress and hatred of the facility as reasons. I was asked again to reconsider coming back to run the social services department. As flattering as that was, and as nice as I'm sure the money would've been since he'd have to give me a HUGE raise to entice me back, it was so easy to say no! I would have to be pretty bad off to go back to that mess! I hate it for them that the director wasn't happy and that the part-time staff are stuck with all of the work right at Christmas time. And I definitely don't want any residents to do without!! But another part of me, the devil sitting on my right shoulder, is giggling about it. I can only imagine how many things are falling apart over there and how the state surveyors are going to decimate the charts. Perhaps the nursing staff will learn to appreciate their social workers more now that they're doing without them.
Christmas was probably one of the most fun I've had in years, aside from the year Don proposed. :) We had a good time in West Virginia, visiting with my family and eating too much. Some of my favorite gifts: my Atari flashback set (I've been playing Pitfall!!), the jewelry Don made for me, a giftcard to Lowe's, and the "Sisterhood" DVD. I was relieved to get home, though. I find that I miss my life here when I'm away, now that it's actually fun again. I'm even looking forward to going to work tomorrow!
