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Hello!

My hubby & I have decided California is probably the worst place to raise a child. And with our 1st little one on the way, we are beginning to look at other areas to move to.

I currently work in ICU (mostly cardiac) and am completing my BSN to further my marketability. My husband is completing his education to be a Respiratory Therapist (Registered).

We were thinking somewhere between Colorado Springs & Denver would be a nice place to live. The reason I'm thinking in between is it seems there's a lot more hospitals in Denver. Hubby used to be a truck driver and drove through Colorado all the time and would never shut up about how beautiful it was.

How do you all think Colorado is? Are nurses treated well there? How are the public school systems? I'm aware the economy is horrible right now, but I wouldn't be able to move anyway until hubby is done with school, which is about 3 years down the road.

Thanks!

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Thank you so much for the well wishes! When we move out there, I plan to check out the local La Leche League group. My 2yo no longer breastfeeds, but I'm a retired Leader of many years, and I know it's a good way to meet like-minded moms in the area, just like you did.

I'm SO excited. Where I live now is a bastion of conservativeness, and I long to be near other outdoorsy people who have similar political leanings.

PM me when you get here, I will personally welcome you to town!!!! :D

(BTW I seriously would so please don't some psycho stalker) HAHAHA Just kidding! Well sortof but I doubt if you were this would be where you would come HAHAHA I have a friend in nursing school with me that is very big in La Leche and Midwifery and so on. She has tons of local resources!

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PM me when you get here, I will personally welcome you to town!!!! :D

(BTW I seriously would so please don't some psycho stalker) HAHAHA Just kidding! Well sortof but I doubt if you were this would be where you would come HAHAHA I have a friend in nursing school with me that is very big in La Leche and Midwifery and so on. She has tons of local resources!

Excellent! I will PM you when we get into town!

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PM me when you get here, I will personally welcome you to town!!!! :D

(BTW I seriously would so please don't some psycho stalker) HAHAHA Just kidding! Well sortof but I doubt if you were this would be where you would come HAHAHA I have a friend in nursing school with me that is very big in La Leche and Midwifery and so on. She has tons of local resources!

I was up WAY TO LATE when I typed that, it hardly makes sense. I am glad you got the idea though LOL

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Dear Klone,

When you come this way, can you please make sure you bring Az warmth with you? Mother Nature here seems to be off her Bi Polar medication and keeps going from hot to snow, hot to snow :|

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Dear Klone,

When you come this way, can you please make sure you bring Az warmth with you? Mother Nature here seems to be off her Bi Polar medication and keeps going from hot to snow, hot to snow :|

I know, right? Someone at work recently said "You heard that Denver just got dumped with a bunch of snow, didn't you?" At times I think to myself "What am I thinking?"

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Last week we got a foot of snow and on Tuesday its going to be 77. Welcome to CO springtime - you will never get bored! ;)

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Last week we got a foot of snow and on Tuesday its going to be 77. Welcome to CO springtime - you will never get bored! ;)

I know!!!! The 10 day is looking mighty nice, no snow in sight! Obviously that can change but still.

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Just wanted to resurrect this thread, and say that we leave on Thursday for our move to the Denver area and we are all SO EXCITED to be coming. So order up some good weather for us!

I got a job at UCH in L&D and I start 5/10. I'm VERY excited about that!

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We had snow all morning. Where is this global warming that is talked about???? LOL Have a safe trip.

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klone-

I did my L&D clinical at UCH and loved it! I hope you do, too. Are you going to be in the Birth Center (low risk c midwifery and family practice) or the high risk floor? Either way, it should be a great experience. I applied for the new grad residency in the mom/baby unit (they require 2 years of PP before you can start to cross train on L&D). We are still waiting on interviews, but I have my fingers crossed. With any luck, I will see you there in a few months. Hope you had a safe trip and are settling into CO.

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CO is a good place to work as a nurse but it is an "at will" state and I've seen RNs let go pretty easily. In 3 years things things should be settled down with the economy. Anywhere along the Front Range is great living. Drive to the mountains if you like but easy winters, just about 6 weeks of hot weather in the summer.

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