jody2ms RN

I said yes to something today and it is going to change our lives somewhat. Some for the better, some for the worse.

I was offered an amazing job opportunity and after discussing it with Bill, we decided I should take it.

I will be working as an RN, full time, at a hospital that I have been wanting to get in with. I will be doing L&D, WITH NO CALL!!! Whoo Hoo! I love L&D. It is so exciting, and I get to rock newborn babies to my hearts content.

Quinn is starting school full time in August, and Mia’s Nannie will be watching her Mon, Tues, and Wed every other week. The other weeks I will work Sat and Sun, so Bill will be with the kids.

The great news is, I don’t start until the 3rd week of August. So, I have my summer with the kids, uninterrupted.

I love being home with my children, so this was very, very, very hard for me to do. The truth is, the stroke scared the living poop out of me. Bill doesn’t have disability insurance. If he has a bigger, more disabling stroke, we are just out of luck. I need to do this, to have some peace of mind.

Mia loves her Nannie to death, so I really am not worried for her. The boys are all fine with it too, since I will be home shortly after they get home. I will be strictly days. No more night shifts for this gal.

My worries? Well, I don’t think I can go into them without crying, so I will need to save that for another day.

No contracts were signed and no bonus’ accepted, so if after 6 months I am miserable, I can reduce my time to PRN (as needed) and work as little or as much as I want. We will be shoving every cent of my salary (and I have to tell you it is an obcene amount of money for an RN….as soon as I left the meeting, I called Bill and he was freaking after doing the math) into the bank to build our account up for an emergency.

Any thoughts?