Got a new job!!

Yesterday, I accepted a new job at an organization called Integration and Independence. I will start on January 3rd, right after we get back from our fabulous trip to Maryland. It is an organization specializing in a field called Vocational Rehabilitation ("Voc Rehab"). Generally, the company works with people with disabilities referred by the state, and they assist the individuals with job coaching and development and talk with employers to get them jobs. My specific niche will not be working with developmental or physical disabilities; I will be working strictly with deaf clients (not a disability group, depending on who you talk to. If you're talking to me, I will not work with people with disabilities, I will work with people who are deaf who have many abilities.).

It will be a part-time position, and I will keep my job at Portland Center Stage and find time for class sometime between the two. I'm especially excited because my job will actually be a "tandem" or "team" job: my co-team-member is a woman named Jody who is deaf. I think I will be able to learn a lot from her.

Hope all is well for everyone...and a special thank you to Dan's dad! He introduced me to the woman who introduced me to the man who hired me in this new position! Now I hope I have some clue what I am doing when I start working . . . :)