On Friday I walked into a volley of questions that ultimately got the ball rolling in my favor. At first it seemed as if the shit had hit the pan and I was smack dab in the middle of said pan. I am sitting in an office with two doctors. One who I call the Big Boss (BB) and the other who, up until Friday, was simply a nice guy who shared the area. On Friday the other doctor (BB2) walked in and started firing off questions about what I was doing to get my job started and why it hasn't started yet. Telling him I was waiting for the computer, furniture, etc... just didn't sound good enough. Then he hit me with a huge round of information that basically said my job had totally changed and the third hospital I was dealing with was fucking with their end of the deal. I wanted to cry. Even his assistant commented on his tone. He ended it saying we were all going to have a meeting at noon. It was over in a minute, but not before I left the office reeling and wondering about how this job was going to be. I called my boss and told her the whole scenario, talking a mile a minute. I was frustrated and not happy with being put on the line without any information to give. I've been so patient about the situation up until now. But it's coming down to the wire and I don't want to fail because someone didn't do their job. She was still very confident, saying this was just what we needed to show them that one: it wasn't going to be as easy as they had thought and two: we needed some big guns to push people into gear. We talked about how the job structure was not in place and that I couldn't even discuss my job at this point. "What am I supposed to do... vaguely promise doctors that I'll take care of everything without telling them how?" She agreed and again stressed that this was what we needed to get the rules into place. She also explained how my position came to be and who is over me. FINALLY. BOTH doctors had created my position, so I was basically sitting between the two BBs. Then there's the Medium Boss (MB) who they asked to get someone to do the job. She approached my boss to create the details and do the hiring. Afterwards she decided my boss would continue to be my immediate boss (thank goodness). Have I confused you yet?

I went back to my temporary home and my boss called the MB. The MB called BB2's assistant and asked if my boss should be included in the meeting. He said no and I wanted to scream. Instead I shot off a ton of emails to get any and all information about the status of everything... and started making reports to show where we were. A few minutes later my MB's assistant called and asked if I could meet with her for a moment. I went over there expecting the worst. Instead she basically excused me from the noon meeting, saying there was no need for me to be there, and said if there was information that I needed to know than she'd call a meeting with me and my boss. No fucking problem!

A half hour before the meeting my boss called me to her office. I was over there within a heart beat. Anything to get me away from the front line. We met and talked for a while, then she told me to go to lunch and we'd meet afterwards. She was having a meeting with the MB about what was discussed and would talk to me. After lunch we met again and my job had changed. Instead of admitting for three hospital sites I'm going to admit to one. She said not to worry, that I was going to be busy from the get go. Oh great. Hopefully the 'get go' will happen AFTER I get my fucking computer and furniture. Then she sent me on an errand and told me to take the rest of the day off.

The job is still awesome. The people are still awesome. I know that once everything is in place I'll be fine. Even the BB2 is nice. He was hit with some major news and didn't have the information in place to back up where we were. No problem. Now everyone's pushing for the computer, furniture, etc... so I can start my position. Something they *should* have done in the first place. The wheels are turning... Weeeee!!!!