Hurry Up and Wait

Ok, so now that I've gone on this interview that I was nervous about and looking forward to, and then come home and talked to Marc, my family, and a bunch of people at work about it, I've really decided that I want this job. In turn, it also makes me really tired of the job I have. Don't get me wrong, I love nursing and I love taking care of people, I'm just ready for something new with more responsibility. I emailed the CNO (Chief Nursing Officer) that I interviewed with in Irving and asked how many candidates she was interviewing and when she would like to have her decision made. She wrote me back and let me know that she would keep the posting open until she found the right candidate, and I was only the first one they've interviewed, so it might be a while.

Ugh.

Sometimes it's good to be the first one, and sometimes it's bad. She'll be comparing me to anyone else she interviews, and it might get so far off that she's forgotten all of my good qualities. I think I'm going to try and email her regularly and remind her that I'm still interested, and maybe include a little tidbit of something I would like to put into place if I started working there. Is this too overbearing?? I don't think so, it's just keeping my name in her ear.

And strangely, with all of the consideration of moving, and so much talk between Marc and I about how we would do it, to not move now almost seems weird. Staying would be nice though, we'd for sure have a place to stay during football season!

So, there's been lots of himming and hawing, and I'm still looking for jobs in the DFW area, Austin, and San Antonio. I've had a couple of possible opportunities come my way here in Austin in the last week (of course, my CNO now wants to talk the day before I leave for Irving), so I'll see where they go.

All in all, I'm just ready to have a new job. A lot of the same frustrations are still there, wondering what I'm doing or what I should be doing to find the right opportunities. At work this weekend I got floated to another unit, and in talking with one of their nurses, I told her I just graduated from Grad School. Here's how the conversation went:
K: "You have a Master's Degree?"
Me: "Yes."
K: "And you're doing this??"

Exactly. It's been 101 days since Graduation now and still no job. So I will hurry up and wait for the right opportunity. Lord, give me strength.