The title of this post? Let’s call it “Not exactly what I had in mind, but if I still have you honey, I will go wherever the hell you lead me!”

I have so much to write about, and so very little time. 

Work continues to suck the life out of me, and my time at home goes 100% to my family.  On my days off, I take some time in the morning to read blogs, chat with a friend (the UGGS got here….they are to die for.  Be sure and order some for L) and do catch up with my husband, kids and chores.

We are making some changes here at our house.  Benefits (such as medical, life insurance, and disability) became very important to us in May.  His current job has no benefits.  He gets a paycheck, a 401K that is losing money, and the kiddos and I pretty much get free doctors visits.  That is it.

So, after much soul searching, several job interviews, and a possible move to the coast that was so close, we had contract in hand and had found a new house (good Lord, it was so wonderful…I still tear up thinking about it), an excellent job popped up within 30 minutes commute.  Great benefits, security for our family, and the clinic is very busy and it appears Bill will be something of a clinic coordinator.  Oh, and more pay!

He took it.

Behind the scenes at ”and baby makes 6!” has been wild.  Back in November, Bill and I had decided to pull a Travelogue and take a year off of work and travel with the kids across the US, Baja and Mexico, surfing every surfable spot along the way.  We made our plans, bought the trailer and truck, began preparations, and in May, all that came to a heart breaking, screeching halt.  You know why, so I will not say the “S” word.

So, we switched gears and decided that a move back to our home in Galveston was in order.  He interviewed for a job, along with 16 other people, and they hired someone that they could pay less salary to.  We were VERY disappointed.  Jobs in Galveston are hard to come by right now, as the big hospital there just had a mass lay off of over 1500 employees.  Not exactly a stable work environment.

Next, we focused in on the Corpus area, found a good job, interviewed, and Bill was offered the job.  Great benefits, the beach!!!! and the house (sob) was amazing.  The problem was the time off…….he would be on call 50% of the time, and would only have 4 days off a month.  Not a great choice for my husband, who, you know, had an event….

The morning after we turned the job down (and they are still calling, offering more and more $) I was sitting at the nurses station charting, and I overheard the doctors talking about finding a PA for the downtown clinic…..I spoke up that I knew of one, and the rest is history.

Although I was in need of a change in a big way……I choke up as I write this, because I was mega, mega psyched up for the move into the 5′er and the adventure of traveling, then when that fell through, I was ready for a move to the beach……this job just dropped out of the sky and landed in Bill’s lap like a gift, all wrapped up in bright colored wrapping paper and a huge bow of benefits.

Another turning point,

A fork stuck in the road. 

Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go……………….