God does answer prayers. Not always the way you think he will, or how you want it. But he does answer prayers. I still have my headache, day 136 and counting. They are either getting more manageable or better, not sure which? I have had two injections in the lumbar region of my back, which has helped my back so much!!! I have had two sets of injections in my neck. One at the C7 spot and then several from C3 to C6. The C7 one has helped considerably with the pain in my arm. No more of that electric shock type pain shooting down my arm into my pinky finger. The other injections, it hasn't been a full week yet, and I am not sure if it helped or not. My neck feels slightly better, but I also still have the headache. It was really bad the night of the injection and again today it has been so painful. Sometimes I honestly think I will never have a headache free day ever again! =(
So I posted on facebook last week that I had informed one of my managers that I would not be back when my medical leave was up. The job was/is just to stressful, and it really shouldn't be. It's retail for pete's sake, not brain surgery!! However with my hypothyroidism, and Hoshimoto's disease, stress is one of the worst things I can have in my life. And obviously no one can be stress free, it's like completely impossible! However leaving a job that makes you cry x amount of days on your way home from work because you feel like such a failure. Well it seemed pretty clear to me that the job was one of the things that had to change. You have to truly love your job to stay with that kind of stress. And I liked my job and loved so many of my co-workers, but that didn't/doesn't make up for the daily stress I have to deal with. Today I went in, dropped off my official letter resigning and got to say some goodbyes. I will still visit (and shop!) because there are several people I will want to see! So now that I have put it in writing for Kohl's I feel like I can finally talk about the next chapter in my life. I will start training at PNC Bank on Aug 25! My training will be at the bank in downtown Fort Wayne for one week, I will then be moving to my bank, which is the PNC in New Haven! It is literally 5 minutes from my house to the bank. I will only be working part time, which will help with the fatigue I am still dealing with from the hypothyroidism. I will be getting paid more per hour then I was at Kohl's and it comes with benefits; medical, 401k, PTO, bonus', and paid holidays. And that is a lot of paid holidays!! I will be working as a teller, the amount of angry customers compared to Kohl's will be significantly smaller. It also isn't a large branch so I don't feel like the "customer runs" will be nearly as bad as when you are at the Service Desk and you see the line stretching to the escalator! We also close at 6 Monday through Friday and Saturdays we are only open until noon! Closed on Sundays! No Black Friday!!!! I will be able to enjoy Thanksgiving for the first time since, well since before David died to be honest. I will also get to enjoy Christmas knowing I won't have all that retail stuff to deal with. Oh yeah and no inventory to deal with on my birthday like I had to last year and a couple of years before that!!! I know my experience I gained by working at Kohl's helped me get this job and I will always be thankful for that.
So here's to a new job I hope to love and to headaches finally going away!! =)
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