This is my view some afternoons when the work flow in the X-ray department slows and the ER picks up and everyone filters out for the day. Since I am here until 5 p.m., I sometimes just sit here with my phone and my pager and wait to be sent to late afternoon portables. Its eerily quiet after the day's mayhem. And yet I think to myself: I am so ready for a change of scenery.
So to that end, I applied for a job at the new hospital last Wednesday. And by Friday I had secured the spot I wanted - weekends, 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m.* I will officially start on Feb 5th, although the new hospital will not open until mid-April. So until then I will still work here 8:30-5, but already I feel more at ease knowing that change is coming. I gave it a fair amount of thought, and for every con I could think of, there was a pro or two. I'm ready for some positives in life! I have many months to fine tune my budget and come up with a plan that will allow me to be a part-timer in my profession until I retire. Five months to plan and prepare - let's get started!
*gave that a lot of thought and decided to wait until Gray finishes college, so maybe this time next year I will be part-time. But for now, I will transfer to the new place and work weekends and Mondays.
That's amazing, congratulations!
ReplyDeleteAs long as we sometimes have to wait for xrays, mri and other tests, I never thought there would be a moment of rest and silence.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your new endeavor.