cyn - how's the shoulder? Hope it's continuing to heal. We're now in Alamogordo, NM, you guys! I was killing myself in Washington state with that commute, all the nasty snow and ice, etc. I side-swiped a road marker (so lightly that no damage was done to my car, or me, or anybody else, thank goodness) once, and another time plowed into and out of a pile of snow on the side of the road because I was so tired.
My job in Wenatchee was tiring me out and my commute sucked, basically. Rents were too high (it's a Washington state thing) and they don't rent to people with animals, our lease was to go through mid-May of 2018 and then we'd be up against it to find housing that we could afford.
So, one day an e-mail dropped into my inbox from the same job recruiter I had last time that got me on here in Alamogordo at the hospital in Jan. of 2013.
"Could you ask them if they'd be interested in talking to me?", I asked him in the e-mail reply.
"Sure, I'll ask them about talking to you."
Well, he came back and said they're interested in chatting with me, I think having my Registry in my field really helped with that. They paid off our Washington state lease and will reimburse for travel expenses for us to get down here, and, my pay will be the most I've ever made.
What's more, real estate is not insanely-priced down here in the Land of Enchantment! Whoo-hoo! We ordered the appraisal on Friday and the seller is considering whether or not she wants to pay for a few inexpensive fixes on our house that our inspector pointed out to us we could use. We told our RE agent to ask the seller for those fixes, but, and it's a big 'ole but, we won't stop that train and we'll still go through with the closing of the house if she doesn't agree to the fixes. She's priced the 3BD, 1 3/4 BA house really fairly already and she knows it's a peppy market right now. My wife and I don't think she'll agree to have them done - we'll find out on Monday. We're hoping to close around March 21st on this pup!
My job is the same but different - a few people are still there from before. More scoring on the fly than I'm used to - I'll really have to cook when I'm "on" in this job three nights a week, but, at least two people have told me that the new to me Manager of the Sleep Lab is the "best Manager they've ever had in any job they've ever had." Wow - that should bode well for all of our futures there - there will be a lot of pressure, but, I've worked at Boeing Aircraft before and, man, that place was a cesspool of stress at certain times. And they laid people off like swatting flies, too.
So we're back in the desert southwest and digging the beautiful weather down here. We are agreeing that we need to hunt down a gorgeous photo of White Sands National Monument and frame it and hang it in our living room somewhere!
So, as you all should be able to tell, I have been super, super busy of late. I'm still getting driver licenses, car registrations, still need ta do our 2017 Fed. and State Income taxes, and provide the State of New Mexico Respiratory Board with more paperwork so they can grant me my NM RT license so I can treat patients here. I'm so busy I don't know if I'm coming or going!
But I'll tell you all this - Lord willing and the creek don't rise - we'll be here for a long, long time. We're buying this house to just settle us down, stay put and one day...retire.
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