Where do I start? The last blog talked about the Lord providing me a job here in Houston. So here is the continuing story of the Lord's faithfulness. I moved back from Hawaii Friday Dec 19. I was planning on spending the week with my family, getting to do Christmas with them (which in the life of a nurse, Christmas isn't always celebrated on Dec 25! The hospitals don't close for the holidays! ), so I was so excited. I don't think we had celebrated Christmas on Dec 25 for a couple of years. I would work, so that the moms at work could celebrate it with their families. Anyway, so my plan was to spend that week with them, then move and start my new job on Monday the 29th.
So we drove down the 27th, and got settled into a hotel. I then moved my clothes to Janna's house on Sunday to get ready to start on Monday. Well I did pre-employment appts on Tues, so already the plan was not going well. To make a long story short, in my appt, I had to tell them that I was allergic to Latex. W0rking in the NICU, this has NEVER been a problem because most NICUs are latex free, but not here!!! So I waited for 2 WEEKS to be cleared to work. Oh the drama!!! But again the Lord is faithful, and I was able to learn the city, shop for furniture, find a really cute appt and just start to feel settled. I should have probably done more errands like register my car and get my license during those 2 weeks but oh well. So I got to move into my apt the middle of Jan, Jan 17th to be exact, and I started work Jan 19th. I live about 2 miles from work, so what a blessing!
Going back to the latex thing, so what i didn't know, and wasn't really told in my interview, was that there was latex in the unit, and a lot of latex! I don't just get a rash if i use the gloves, but in the past have had like an asthma reaction to it. I do carry medication with me to open up my throat if it swells, so it is scary for me to work around latex. But, once again the Father reminded me that He is so near, and to date, I have had ABSOLUTELY NO REACTION!!!!!!! You don't know how excited I am. When I saw the box of latex gloves my first day of work, I almost quit right there on the spot, in fear that I would have a reaction, but I didn't.
So, being new a job is intimidating and annoying at the same time. I hate having to prove myself to my coworkers. I just want them to know that I know what I am doing and let me do my thing. So when they told me I was going to have 8 weeks of orientation, I was mad!!!! Do you not know that I have 5 years of experience!! That is so dumb to make me train for 8 weeks. But most of the time I need to be humbled. I get on a high horse with my thoughts on how to care for premies and think that I know best. Umm, wrong thing to do. So my preceptor Amy is patient with me and lets me voice my frustration with the ways some things are done, and then says, "here at Hermann this is how you are going to do it..it may be silly, but this is how we do it here". So I dismount my high horse, am humbled, and do what she says!
I am still in shock as I write this, but when I applied for the job, it was a night position. Some of you know that I am not a night person. I get cranky, sick, and depressed when I have to work nights. So I was really dreading coming off orientation, and starting nights. But again the Father is faithful, and I found out just this last Thursday that I have a DAY position waiting for me right off of orientation. I was told that with my experience, and skill level ( this time that won't be going to my head), that I was moved to the top of the list to come to days. I am elated!!!! I can't believe it!!!! I feel like the Lord just drops things in my lap to remind me that he is near and active.
Now if he could just drop a man in my lap!!! But I guess I would have to stop expecting that! None of what he has given me I have been expecting, so I need to learn that lesson.
Sorry for the long update. My God is Huge!!! I pray all of you are doing well!! I am learning to look for the small daily miracles.
Question: Can anyone tell me why when I wake up in the morning, and my fan (which has not been turned on at all) is slowly spinning, then stops, then starts slowly spinning again. I want to believe that it is the angel's wings making it move. I know cheesy, but I want to think that I have angels protecting me! Any thoughts??!!
