It Begins!

At long last I have been hired into an ER job.  Yes, yes, they say you need to pay your dues before you can start getting what you want, but after applying to 5 16 29 37 job postings in a year, I am thrilled to pieces! 

Actually, I went for an interview at this same hospital (Our Mother of Mercy Ghetto Hospital) about a month and half ago, and they offered me a temporary position that was only going to last five months.  Sadly I had to turn it down because the Gods of Poor Timing saw fit to have my current unit (at what we shall call Other Big Hospital, which I had worked at in a year long mat leave) offer me a permanent position the day before.  One might say "It's only five months, but you would probably be able to get something soon after".  But I was recently recovering from Stressballitis, as I had gone 6 weeks of technical unemployment prior to this offer.  I couldn't risk being unemployed again.  So I took the job with all the bells and whistles a permanent position could offer.

Five weeks later, Other Big Hospital calls to schedule an interview.  I light up like a fabulous fantastic Christmas Tree full of neon fireflies.  Sadly I'm on nights during the first week of interviews so I have to book one the following week.  During this said week of nights, OMMGH calls to say they used my same interview for another posting I applied on and are offering a full time year long temporary position.  Oh Gods of Poor Timing, yet again you seek to make conflict and force me to make hard decisions.  Well, I went for the interview yesterday at Other Big Hospital but accepted the temp position at OMMGH.  I will literally die if OBH offers me a permanent job, but my manager has already posted my position as a temp so I'm a bit locked into it.

EITHER WAY....I'm starting in the ER.  At OMMGH where I'll be over run with drunks and druggies.  Yay.  

But...it's only a year and the experience will no doubt make it super easy to get into OBH down the road.

The first couple of weeks will be in-class education with computer modules (secretly I'm glad there will actually be computer modules), but I'm over the moon excited nonetheless.  I'm vibrating down to my toes with anticipation.

*Bouncing around the room in case you didn't notice*