Payoff

Today, I was greatly relieved to learn that my independent nures received their first paychecks. The billing process is complicated and if something gets screwed up, you have to wait another two weeks to get paid. And since I’m the one handling the billing for right now, I was terrified that I would screw something up. I didn’t want to let my staff down by messing things up the first time around. But everything appears to have gone smoothly and there’s a certain satisfaction in knowing that I successfully orchestrated all this. From the initial decision back in May to do this to guiding all the nurses through the paperwork to advertising for and bringing in new nurses to setting the schedule and doing the billing, this has been all my doing. Once my last couple remaining staff become independent, I will be entirely in control of my own care. And everyone is here because I want them here. I’m lucky to have such a cool and dedicated staff and I’m absolutely thrilled with the two new nurses who just started a couple weeks ago. And once we’ve been doing this for a while, maybe I can use my position within state government to make it easier for others to do this.
But for right now, I’m just taking a moment to relish my minor little achievement.