Do you remember?

Do you remember that time I passed Chemistry and Biology? No? Me neither. Ohh...my life. Love it don't get me wrong but holy guacamole can it be frustrating at times. So yes its taken me a while to be able to post this and not that I actually have to post this but I know a few of you read my blog and believe it or not your comments have really helped me through. That being said you do not have to comment. I know I know I just totally put pressure on you too but anywhoo just sayin thanks for the love. I took Chemistry for my second time this past spring semester. I received a big fat D. So thats awesome. I also took biology got a humongous E. Now I'm forced to eat my words I've said in the past about how to fail a class you have to try because as long as you do the work,study, take the tests, do the extra credit if offered you can at least pass. Oh universe thank you for making me eat my words. That was high school this is college and its no longer the general ed courses its the pre-requisites for nursing. So no I'm not taking online classes at Weber State at this time. I figured it wasn't really good time seeing how I just failed two classes and we were moving to another state and our internet didn't get set up until about a week ago. Probably one of the smartest decisions I've made actually. Can we just throw out there as well that I don't fail classes. Before school even starts I get my folder and my highlighters and everything organized. I hold on to the syllabus and class schedules. I do the extra credit I actually talk to the teachers if needed. What the crap am I doing wrong? And its not like I'm trying to get into a program just for kicks and giggles. I want to be a nurse for heavens sakes. Oh well... just keep truckin. Right? We are not even going to get into the whole time and money aspect of this situation.

No we are not unpacked yet thus no pictures of our place yet. I'm getting there OK. It's been a little stressfull lately what with the move and all but I am sure glad to be up here with Ben. We finalized the decision that I was moving up here about 2 weeks before Ben needed to be up here. *The reason I wasn't coming in the first place was they are paying for his housing (no wives or pets allowed) and the place where he is working out of is a really expensive place to live. They said they were going to give him 4 days off a month and I could either come up and see him or he could come see me in Utah. Then we decided he would come up here for a month and feel things out. Then the more we talked about it it just felt like the right decision for me to just move up here with him when he started work. Its turned out to be a really great decision* I had to find a place for us to live with our 75lb dog Duke. I found a site thats like KSL in Utah its called bismanonline and has private listings I called and emailed and finally found us a place that would let us have Duke for an extra $75 a month. I also started applying for jobs up here. Why? 1- I love having health insurance. 2- I wanted to meet new people/friends 3-I knew I would probably get bored really easy and want to spend money so why not work?

The day we were finalizing all of our packing I got a call from Claude at Great Plains Rehab Center asking if I could come in for an interview for the customer service job I had applied for. Then as we were driving up I believe we were in Montana I received another call from Sandy at St. Alexius Medical Center. Now just so there is no confusion both are part of St. Alexius. Sandy states she is looking over my resume and even though I had applied for the "info desk" position she was wondering if I would be interested in interviewing for the "patient registration" position which she says I am more than qualified for. 

Ok so fast forward. Both interviews go great. Both positions seem well. The only difference really is one is in the hospital working with patients who are coming in for the clinics or same day surgery. Where as the other one is ordering supplies customers may need at home i.e. wheelchairs, railings and such. At the hospital you are required to work 1 weekend day a month and they rotate holidays every 3 years. At the rehab center its 9-5 M-F no weekends no holidays. So Sandy calls me and states she would like to offer me the job with her department. She explains what the pay would be and I would be starting most likely the following Monday. However, she has spoken with Claude and he is offering me the position at his department as well and he is able to pay me more but doesn't tell me how much. I take the night to sleep on it and talk it over with Ben. I didn't really feel like there was a right or wrong decision so I ultimately just chose the one with better pay and no weekends or holidays. 

Fast forward again. I let claude now yada yada and then there is seriously no communication from him about when I'm starting what I need to get done. I wait a whole flipping week and finally they call me to come in to do my pre-hire "physical" and "paperwork" Well at this point I'm frustrated and not very happy with my soon to be manager who doesn't seem to have communicating with new employees down just yet. Well the place where I have to go for my physical is at...you guessed it the hospital and with the exact people I would have been doing the same job as if I had taken the job with Sandy. I go to my chest x-ray ( I had a positive TB test a few years back so I have to do an x-ray no biggie) and I come back and see if I can see Faye or Sandy (the ladies I originally interviewed with). So longer story just a little shorter. I asked if they would be willing to still take me on they said YES!!! and kept telling me how excited they were to have me on their team. They got everything figured out for me and so now I start with them on Monday. I feel really great about this decision. I definitely think it was meant to be and I think I'm really going to enjoy this position more. And for those of you wondering just how much more Claude was paying me... It was only 20 cents so no big deal.