Yippeeeeee!!! I Got A Job!!!

[live4today]

Well gang, it's official! I start the rn refresher program in Dayton, Ohio on January 13th at the same hospital I was born at! I"m so excited, I've been grinning so hard my cheeks are starting to hurt...but the hurt is GOOD because I am going back to work in a career field that I have always dearly loved...nursing! Ahhhhhhhh....it's so refreshing to have been given this blessing right at Christmas!

I will be traveling alone by car very early this coming Saturday morning to my daughter's in Indy where I will hang out while preparing for my transition back to being a Buckeye once again after soooooooo many years away! Indianapolis is only an hour's drive from where I will be working, so spending Christmas and New Years with my daughter, son-in-law, and seven grandkids will be plenty of exercise for me to prepare me for the halls of nursing again!

Please pray/send up positive thoughts for me to have safe travels this weekend! I've waited five long years for this gift of returning to nursing, and now it's finally here! :)

I'm looking forward to enrolling at Wright State in their RN-BSN program by Fall 2003 (I found out that I can't start before that time frame unless I take their online RN-BSN course which starts twice a year...in the spring and the fall).

Well, I just wanted to share my wonderful blessings with my Allnurses siblings!

[nursejamie76]

congratulations on your job hope you will be very happy there.

[live4today, RN]

Thanks nursejamie! :kiss I know the job and the experience will be 90% what I make it, so I'm going in with both eyes wide open, and a heart to absorb all the unexpected!

[Y2KRN]

Way to go!!!! We are soo happy for you! Have a great holiday season with your family.

Y2KRN

[Pretzlgl]

Congrats!! My thoughts and prayers are with you... What a great Christmas present that is for you! I hope you have a wonderful New Year..

[debyan]

Ahhh Ohio the land I love. Good luck my prayers are with you, but you know how much natural talent comes out of Ohio, it will be a breeze.

from a former Ohio native deb

[kittyw]

congrats!!!! i'm so happy you're getting to do something you love and wanted to do. :balloons: :balloons: good luck!!

[live4today, RN]

Thank you Y2KRN, Pretzlgl, Deb, and Kittyw for the well wishes! Much appreciated! Happy Holidays to all of you, too!

[NRSKarenRN, BSN, RN]

WHOPPPEEEEEEEEEEE!

Prayers have been answered. Will keep them up until your first month on the job. BEst wishes always!!

P.S.: Sent Pix to Ted for Video!

[BadBird, BSN, RN]

That is great news!!!! I bet once you are on the floor it will seem like you never left. Sounds like you have your plate full right now , full of hope, love, excitement. Happy Holidays and welcome back to nursing.

[RNbeach, ASN, RN]

Congratulations Renee!!!!! How exciting for you! What a great way to usher in a New Year!

Good Luck!

Brenda

[recnurse1]

:balloons: Oh, Cheerfuldoer, that's wonderful news!! I'm so happy for you! I know you will be happy with your "new life" Congrats :biggringi Please.... have a safe trip and please be careful driving! We are going to have some nasty stuff coming our way, so take it easy!! :balloons:

[live4today, RN]

Karen, Badbird, Brenda and recnurse1......thanks for wishing me well in my new adventures of re-entering the nursing field. It's the BEST news I've had in a very very very looooonnnnnnggggg time!

recnurse1......let's just hope and pray Mother Nature cooperates this weekend until I have arrived at my destination. I luv snow, but driving long distance in a snow blizzard aint what I like about it at all! I'll take my time, stop when it's no longer daylight, and stay overnight at a hotel before continuing on early the next day.

My husband went and got me a cell phone today so I would have it in the car in case of emergencies. He changed the oil in the car, had the tires checked, changed the filter, and cleaned out the car, so the car is ready.

I've been packing personal items to take with me, and he'll mail me what I can't take in the car. I've been online apartment hunting all week long. I hope the search for an apartment will go smoothly, too.

Karen......is Ted making an Allnurses video of all of us who have met, etc.? If so, how neat! I haven't developed our photos yet that I took with my camera, but will post them once I do. I thought I would wait until I get settled in my "new home" there in Ohio, then post them.

Nighty night all! Chat with ya tomorrow! I'm pooped from all the packing! :kiss