Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

I’ve done a search for you on Flickr to share with you the damage that was sustained during these tornadoes in downtown Atlanta. It’s really pretty mindblowing. This is something that just doesn’t happen in downtown Atlanta – at least it wasn’t supposed to.

Take a look: S L I D E S H O W

If you see any picture where you’d like more information, double click on the center of it, and you will see a description and a link to the picture page. There is some repetition in the pictures for two reasons. First, many people have uploaded pictures from media sources (the same picture uploaded many times). Second, there are many pictures of the same scene that are very similar to one another. Notice that you can speed up the rate pictures are shown to you at the bottom of the page.

This is a stunning set of images. I love that Flickr can do this for me: let me see what I couldn’t see from my home here in Raleigh.

I spent 18 of my 38 years in Atlanta, and today and yesterday, they had some seriously bad weather – like nothing they’ve ever had. At least not that I can remember, or my parents can remember, or the local weatherman (Glenn Burns) can remember. My parents spent the day watching doppler radar. Lots of love to my people in the area. I couldn’t imagine that Atlanta would ever declare a state of emergency because of freakin’ TORNADOES! How crazy is that?

Link describing the crazy weather

Neat! I tried out the 30 second version of Animoto, which is a new site that automatically puts together little videos for you, using the music of your choice. I’m definitely going to do some more of these. Neat!

So I’m at Helios NOT looking for a job. I’m just visiting with friends and surfing and drinking coffee. No guilt, no muss, no fuss. No more feeling like I want to will people to call me back. No more trying to force reality to finally do what I want. No more wondering what’s going to happen. I don’t have all the details I need just yet, but I will know soon. What a wonderful feeling.

I called the other place where I was really trying to get a job and told them about my offer from this other place. Apparently, they had a LOT of highly qualified people apply for that, so I don’t have a decision to make. Honestly, I’m a little relieved. This would have been a REALLY difficult decision for me.

So a few more details. This is a position in a brand new group practice that is co-owned by two women who work primarily with children and families. There was a nice little waiting room with music playing. There are three offices and a playroom. The financial arrangement is good. When it’s group practice, there isn’t a salary exactly. Instead, I pay a certain percentage of what I bring in to cover the overhead (rent, billing, supplies, etc.). They have already done a lot of marketing, so I will go in with referrals already in place. Very nice. I will also get supervision from them for a while, which I like. I will be doing individual, family, and group intervention and assessment. I don’t know yet when I will start, but I imagine it will be next week. Very fancy!

No kidding. And if you’ve been following closely, this is NOT the job I’ve been trying really hard to get. This is a different one that seems good! If the other place wants me to, I’m going to have a REALLY difficult decision in front of me.

If you want a laugh, go to the Flickr page by clicking on the picture above and look at the tags I added. They are over on the right.