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Friday, May 03, 2013

And Now Do You Like My Hat?

I have a new hat.  It's called an Office Manager Hat.  It's just like the hat from Go Dog, Go! at the end, with all the paraphernalia hanging off of it.
Jason and Me
It has been a busy couple of weeks.  Our office officially been open two weeks, yesterday.  Things are going ... well.  Better than expected or anticipated.  We are incredibly amazed and thankful, and also prayerful that it will continue to go well.

I have never wanted to be at home washing dishes and doing laundry so badly.  The first week we were at the office, even before we were "open", we saw patients, and I was so completely out of my comfort zone it wasn't even funny.  It wasn't so much that I didn't want to be there, it's that there just wasn't enough to time be ready before we opened.  "Ready or Not," and I was not.  That's not necessarily a bad thing, because I don't think I ever could be ready for this before game time.  I have worked as an office manager, and Chiropractic Assistant before, but it's been a few years.  And I didn't own the business, and I wasn't scared to death, and I didn't have four munchkins to watch or feed or worry about, and my husband wasn't the doctor.  It's different this time around.

Jason tells me that my chiropractic philosophy and principles are so strong that I have to watch myself when I talk to people.  I have to talk to people a lot.  I have to answer question a lot.  Now I have adults asking me questions as well as my kids.  Please don't ask me any more questions.

Since I have already mentioned that I write these things to remember, I would like to make sure I don't forget this one.  I was asked by a patient to commit insurance fraud.  Yes, I was.  Not point blank.  In fact, I didn't even realize how sneaky this person was until I was explaining to Jason what he was asking, and how I had answered him that, "No, we absolutely cannot do that."  Jason said no one had ever asked him that in all his years of practicing, but here I am on the second week of the job, and someone asks me.  Jason says I have to get used to answering people's questions.

It is hard to get used to this hat.  We are working our butts off.  Keep praying for us.

2 comments:

van Danne said...

Your hat is beautiful and I love you guys. That picture is perfect.

Unknown said...

I think you wear it marvelously. :) (this is rebekah)