Yarnsanity

Well, I haven't had much (any) time to play with fiber arts for quite a while.  I've been very busy studying.  It took a lot of hard work, patience (well, most of the time I was patient), frustration, and dedication, but I have now changed careers.  I was a medical transcriptionist for nearly 20 years, and over those years I have watched as more and more work has gone overseas or been eliminated entirely due to speech recognition.  Combine that with the wear and tear on my hands, wrists and arms from typing for so many years, and the writing was on the wall.

After a lot of thought, I took online courses in medical coding and billing.  It took nearly 3 years to get where I am now, but it was so worth it!  I've passed both the CPC (certified professional coder) and CCS (certified coding specialist) exams and have started working for a local company in their office.

It was a terrifying step for me to take.  I had been with my employer for nearly 17 years and the thought of going somewhere else was very, very scary.  In the end, though, there were just too many reasons for me to leave and not enough for me to stay.  I worked from home for those 17 years so it's been quite a culture shock to go to work in a "real" office, but I'm loving it so far!

My focus in life has changed, obviously.  Working full-time I don't have nearly as much free time, so I won't be able to go back to being as involved in fiber arts as I was, so in the future this blog will likely not have a real focus.  Instead, I'll just blog about whatever is on my mind at the time.  (Assuming I still have a mind and haven't lost it completely.  LOL!)

Thanks to everyone who has supported me (and put up with me!) along the rocky road I've traveled. I couldn't have done it without you!