I don't have a job lined up yet and I've been praying really hard about where God wants me to work. I feel drawn to a Cardiac setting. I've decided my dream job is in Pinehurst, NC (35 mins from home) in the Cardiothoracic ICU. However, there is not currently an opening there so God may have other plans. I have decided that I am not going to apply for any jobs until we get moved-in, which is semi-scary but working out well so far. Recently, I became aware of awesome job opportunities an hour North in both Chapel Hill at the UNC hospital and in Raleigh at the Duke hospital. I would LOVE (L-O-V-E) to work at a university hospital. I want to teach nursing some day and to be able to work in a teaching environment would be AWESOME! However, it is an additional 25 minutes in both directions added onto my commute. I can't decide if that is worth it. Please pray for me as I try to discern God's will from my own desires. This could be my job for the next three years and I would love to get it right on the first shot! :)
I leave for Swaziland in 126 days! Whoa... Maybe I should get my passport updated? How illegal is it to travel outside of the country with a passport that doesn't have your updated name on it? Yeah, that is what I thought. In my defense, I didn't want to order it when we were moving in fear that it would somehow get shipped to the wrong place and then lost. I think it is safe to say I am pretty close to being out of the woods on that fear.
That looks like a serious trip...
I have four days of work left before I am done with my current job. I love my friends that I have made at this job. I wish I could just take them with me. Maybe that is why I insisted that we buy a house that had additional rooms. This is our first military move from a place that we don't belong (we belong in Texas, so I don't count that one). We will only be back to Fort Rucker one more time and that will only be for six months. I hope that my friendships that I have made here will not wilt away. I treasure them all deeply. Moving is hard.
Eleven days until we move out of this house and 14 days until we move into our new house! This month is a little too exciting/scary/sad/emotional for me.
