Getting To Work. . .

At long last, Michelle received her first notification that she has been credentialed by an insurance company - Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield, no less!  It's one of the largest in the area, and a lot of people have their coverage through them.  After a brief meeting with the office manager this afternoon, it looks like she'll start seeing clients as early as next week!  What a blessing.  She'll actually be working for a different practice than what we originally told you:  Western PA Psych Care was a good practice, but did not offer quite as much in the way of opportunities, benefits, and even office space than the practice she settled on - Beaver County Psychiatric Services.  It's a practice housed in an old Victorian home a few blocks from our new house.  In fact, Michelle can walk to the office in 7 minutes!  The office staff is fantastic, she is impressed by the coworkers she has had a chance to meet so far, and is excited to get back to work.  Remember her long-standing dream of being a stay-at-home mom with no kids??  Well that has LONG fallen by the wayside.  It didn't take her long to figure out that staying at home is only fun if you have expendable income to do whatever you want during the day.  And without a job, there is no expendable income!!  So she has definitively concluded that she'd rather be working.  Which is a good decision, because she'll be starting before we know it!