Okay, my summer vacation is over, and I'm officially back to work now. And not in that pretend way that I was back to work after one day at the plant in order to receive pay for Christmas - very social and not at all productive! I went to my new job yesterday, even though nobody was ready for me and about all I got out of it was an overwhelming tour and meeting lots of people that I'll have to be reintroduced to. But it appears I will have to go back to the plant for a while. Since HR didn't get my transfer done before Jan 1, it won't take place until Jan 15. That means that Des Moines Works is paying my salary, and because of that, tom thinks I should work there until then. (It's as if he thinks he can get his money's worth of work out of me! Ha!) He also thinks I can work all day of the 14th and 15th while the other metallurgist is out of town, and I only have childcare available for the afternoon of the 14th. My new manager and he went around in circles with this a few times yesterday, and each time Joel would come back and tell me what Tom said. By the end, he seemed to be catching on that Tom was just in a power play for my time so he wouldn't look bad for having a department who is fleeing his management. (Another environmental engineer resigned yesterday, so that makes 3 out of 7 people under Tom's management who have left since his arrival. Maybe we all respond poorly to new management...). Joel said he told Tom that I didn't have childcare for the 14th and 15th, and Tom said he would talk to me today about it. As if he can convince me to magically make it work. Ridiculous.
Anyway, I really liked my new workplace and I think I will like my temporary assignment, especially since it's temporary. Joel wants me to spend about 1/4 of my time looking at other areas to see where I could transition to at the end of April. Very cool! Everybody was friendly and I liked the atmosphere of the place. Travis had a nice afternoon with Emily, and my mom is coming today to watch her this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon. We start childcare with Amanda on Jan 7, although I think we will spend a bit of time with her tomorrow morning just to get a feel for the place in action, and to give Emily a little taste of it (although I can't say how much she'll remember). We'll see how I feel about being away from Emily when she is neither at home nor with Travis or me.
I had a dream last night that I left Emily in the car, thinking that Travis had her. When she didn't, and I realized she was in the car, I ran out to find her and the car doors were open and her carseat was unattached. It was as if I had gotten there just before someone had made off with her. It was horrible. I had this dream after Travis left in the morning, so in actuality Emily was right next to me in bed. I was so happy to wake up and see her little sleeping face.
Tonight is Iowa's caucus, so Emily is wearing her onesie that says "I already know more than the president." Excellent. :)
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