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Thoughts, replies and conjecture: a. "Downunder" sounds exciting, but how hard is it for a yank to get licensed? Plus, two of my favorite things are swimming WAY OUT into the open ocean and walking for miles on the beach! Won't something EAT or fatally sting me down there? b. Man, Houston beaches are sounding about as stagnant as the last wet billabong during the dry season! Corpus Christi, South Padre sounds better, but are there any jobs? c. Hawaii, now THAT is the promised land! However, what chance does a relatively NEW GRAD have of finding a job on your island oasis? d. Florida, for me it's not JUST about the beaches it's also the AMUSEMENT parks. For me Disney World, Universal Orlando, Bush Gardens and the endless array of PLACES TO EAT (and the relatively affordable SEASON PASSES which can be purchased by in state residents) would be like having VIP access to the Playboy mansion for most guys. Essentially, I have the psyche of an emotionally stunted eleven year old child and these are some of the few things which lift my tired, 40 year old spirit towards anything resembling happiness! Now if I could somehow afford a modest boat in Florida (say a 40 foot model with a decent cabin and an inboard/outboard motor) THAT would truly rival even Hawaii!!

Currently, my wife has five years of Cardiac ICU experience and I have only 8 months PCU/MedSurg experience (we both work nights) We live in Indiana and have decided that if we have to spend another winter here we will just throw ourselves off of a tall building! Basically, our motto is that we "can be broke anywhere" so we may as well be somewhere that is warm and near a beach (and which doesn't cause us to spend $500.00 per month on oil/electric heat during the winter!!). Our families are deceased or live elsewhere (mainly Chicago), our son homeschooled, and we work too much to have many friends. Our top three contenders (as far as moving) are Tampa/Orlando, Houston, or San Diego. Although, I would eventually like to work in an ICU environment (I now work PCU/med surg) I am willing to take essentially any job ranging from nursing home and home care to Media shop attendent/Mcdonald's french fry cook IF it enables me to be close to a decent public beach (within an hour or so)!! We plan to rent (or live in a Travel nursing provided apartment if my wife can find a travel gig) although, I'm willing to consider a tent city at this point if that is what it takes. The goal is to move no later than Aug 15 (we are in the process of applying for our Florida licenses as we were told that most jobs won't look at you until you are licensed in that state). Any input about these locations or possibly some others that I haven't considered?