I'm seiously loving this new job.  I know I've only worked a total of three days there so far, but I know I'm going to just be enamored with it for a long time.

I've never been to a place before where people welcome you so often and say how they LOVE working there and that it's the best company ever.  And I think it might just be the best company ever.  We have a 99% satisfaction rating by the patients & their families.   And for a health care business, I say that's pretty darn amazing.

I walked into work on my first day there and saw a big billboard in the lobby that had my name on it, welcoming me to the company.   How cool is that?! 

The people are great.  The staff is caring and beautiful and passionate.  The patients are upbeat, nearly always happy, and overly friendly.  It's easy to forget that they are so very sick. 

A lot of patients go to regular hospitals for cancer treatment when they first find out they have it...but when the regular treatments don't work for them, they find our company as a last resort.  So it's not uncommon that our patients are simply trying one last thing to survive.  It's heartbreaking.

We have a warning system built into the entire building in case of emergency.  It was used twice on Friday....when two different patients went into cardiac arrest.  When that warning sounds, you can feel the sadness spread through the air.  A collective "awwww" murmurs through whatever room you're in.  From the pharmacy, we can see the staff running in the direction of the incident.  It's a horrible feeling.

Being a part of this company, though...knowing that every one of these amazing people are trying their best to make these people stronger and happier, whether it's in their healing or making the best of their last days...I feel like I'm making a difference in just being there.  I love being a part of something that important.

In my three days there, I have hugged patients, had one crying on my shoulder, celebrated with one when she found she didn't have to do chemo anymore, and acquired a 90-year-old boyfriend who, though he's now getting sicker, still chases the cute ladies through the hall with his walker.

This is a whole new world for me.  And, so far, there's really no other place I'd rather be.