Feel the LOVE

You guys, I LOOOOOVE my job!!! Yeah, yeah, I know it's only been two days. And yeah, I know I loved Miraval at the beginning too (the only reason I STOPPED loving Miraval was because Ron was fired and Diana was promoted, btw! It didn't suck until the management change!). But still, I fucking love my new position.

I worked my first 12-hour shift today and it felt like 8 somehow. That's a good sign, right? I met half of the school's students today and got to talk to some of them quite a bit. I received two massages, one was a reflexology session and one was sports massage, and both were wonderful. I got to know my Teaching Assistants better and I LOVE them! Actually, they're two of the best things about my job. Nancy and Jimmy are my left and right arm men (well... people). Super helpful, super passionate, super well-informed, and both are graduates of the DSMT program. Plus, super nice and have super awesome taste in music. Super!

The best part, though, is when I realized I was TEACHING. It's just amazing to me that I still became a teacher, 8 years after I thought that ship had sailed.

*sniffle*
*wipes tear*

And on top of all of this, I have a boss who I actually like and respect! I finally have a fabulous boss! I haven't had a fabulous boss since Kelly back at Travel & Transport and that was 6 freakin' years ago. We have a lot in common, from our sense of humor to our taste in music to the way we talk, and we got along instantly from the very first interview. Actually, I wanted to be friends with her from the first time she called me to schedule my interview. I'm just so damn happy to be working for someone I respect and for whom I WANT to work hard and push myself. I'm already brainstorming ideas on how to reward my kids for attendance (100% attendance is mandatory to pass this class but... well... you know how kids are. Even when some of them are 50-year-old kids). I've got another 12-hour day of clinic Sunday and then Monday I'll be training with the Big Boss Man, the corporate clinic director, so I'll toss around some ideas with him while I'm learning how to run all my administrative reports to show our numbers from the weekend.

Then I'm off Tues, Wed and Thurs! Except that I think I'm going to go in on Tuesday to sit in on a class or two. I went to Boulder College of Massage so I want to see how DSMT's classes are run and get a better feel for where my students are coming from.

*sigh*

I can't believe I have students.

LOVE. MY. JOB.