My Professional Life
/For those of you that don't know me...I am an Adult Protection social worker for Hennepin County in Minnesota. I investigate reports of abuse, neglect and financial exploitation of vulnerable adults. It's a great job and it is shocking or mundane, depending on the day. Today, things are more of the snoozy variety. Here is what I have done since I got to work today:
- Co-facilitate a meeting to discuss case load standards and case assignment issues
- Obtain copies of case load statistics for the past 5 years
- Write the minutes for the meeting and e-mail to everyone
- Go to Starbucks for beans - purchase Organic Shade Grown Mexico Starbucks coffee beans (recommended by Starbucks barista barely old enough to have facial hair)
- Eat turkey and cheese sandwich with a side of baby carrots
- Read and respond to e-mails regarding the minutes (6 people praised me, 1 shamed me)
- Talk about crazy colleague with work friends
- Report to a supervisor that my meeting minutes offended a co-worker to head off the complaints about me that will surely follow
- Return to my desk to find a GIGANTIC stapler on my desk with instructions from the head clerical person that say, "Vikki - here is the new stapler for CEP/Intake. Being such a smart person, I'll let you read the instructions and explain to others."
- Recycle numerous pop cans in cube (11, to be exact)
- Read stapler instructions and curse at heavy duty stapler that will not submit to my intellect
- Engage in e-mail conversation with offended co-worker regarding meeting
- Give up "working" and start blogging
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No peep fact for today...just a picture of my son eating his very first peep ever (Easter 2003)...
