Well it's a week to go until I start my New Grad job.....and things are far from settled!
I'm moving my family to a new town, where we know nobody - no family, no friends, nothing! I don't know how my husband will adapt to the country life, only time will tell on that one. I'm more interested to see how he enjoys being the stay-at-home parent.....now that is going to be the real tester! He's quite keen on the idea, and I can't wait to say "I told you so" when things might not go as he planned! Although with our eldest starting school, I rather think he'll have it just a smidge easier than the past couple of years have been for me.
Our house isn't sold and the bank won't give us a loan, due to an incompetent so-called "home loan specialist" (but that's another story) so we are going to be living in a rented house the size of a shoebox, at least for a while. But it's a roof over our head I suppose. Rentals are at a premium due to the mines in the area, so I guess I shouldn't complain too much......but I will, because it makes me feel better momentarily! It's a big move, with 3 kids, a dog, 3 cats, 3 horses and a load of furniture that will not fit in our new, teeny tiny house! Which, I might add, has no garage or shed to store it all in. Oh, fun.
Oh, and there's the small fact that we don't get the keys until the day after I start my job......and I will be 100km away doing orientation! Minor detail.......but I have got the power, phone and all-important Austar sorted! This leaves my husband to do the loading of the truck on his own while his mother babysits the kids, then we'll have to unload it together after work one day, and he gets to drive back in the truck to return it, pick up the kids and bring them up! I know somebody who is going to be very sick of driving! Not that I escape - I have 2 trips to Tamworth and back to deliver my horses to their temporary home - and it's going to be 42 degrees!
I am still waiting on my registration as a nurse. There was a stuff up with my grades coming through from the university, and while that has been fixed, I am still waiting! Those who know me personally will understand my frustration at "all things university," so this new problem is just another in a loooooooong string of events. And, while the new national nurses' board has charged my credit card, they are yet to actually register me. It's the same in so many things.....happy to take your money, but provide the actual service? Well, maybe next week..........I mean, it's not like they are moving 400km away and spending thousands to take up a new job, are they? I made the effort to send in my pre-registration so it was easier for them, surely it can't be that difficult to look at my results and see that I passed? (With a GPA of well over 5 I might add!)
But I am pleased that I have been accepted into the graduate entry Bachelor of Midwifery. After all the dramas this year with the cancellation of the GradDip, I looked further afield, and found a great program at a new university. I've always wanted to be a midwife, it's why I did nursing (as a stepping stone) to begin with. I enjoy nursing as well, but my passion lies in midwifery. So in addition to new town, new job, and new life, it will be new university and further study as well!
Am I mad? Perhaps, just a little. Am I stressed? You bet!
But am I excited to begin this new chapter in my life? Absolutely. In a month's time, we'll be sitting in our teeny tiny shoebox home, drinking whatever alcoholic beverage the budget allows, wondering what all the fuss was about. And I will be a REAL NURSE. Now that is a scary thought. :-)
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