Good Stuff

This is what it's all about.

I've finished my first week at work. Work doing what I love, at the VA. I'm pretty sure it doesn't get any better than talking about food and nutrition to men and women that served our country. Doing my best to get them to realize their ability to make positive changes, to improve their health and live fuller lives. I'm not sure I'm adequately explaining it.... I feel so deeply and passionately about working with the vets that it actually almost makes me tear up.

It's a pretty amazing feeling, despite the fact that all week I've done nothing but HR crap. Gotta love the government. You know, watch videos, fill out paperwork, do online training, go to in-person training, get access to charting systems, create passwords and signature codes, set up email, voicemail, read policy after policy after policy and (of course) do a serious round of meet and greet. I guess the meet and greet part was pretty amazing and I can't complain. All of my coworkers are fabulous and super helpful. Bonus: another new RD to the team started with me so I've got a buddy in this whole process and she's amazing. So while the "work" i've been doing all week isn't glamourous or stimulating, I know it's just a part of the journey to get me to the good stuff.

So CHEERS to the good stuff because that's what its all about.

Nina Michelle