ok, now I'm excited...

I knew from the time I wrote my last blog that I was going to regret it because I would wind up being fine with the new plan. Well things have turned out quite well...

Ok, so when I wrote the day before, I only "unofficially" knew about my extern assignment. I had been told since I hadn't gotten either of my preferences to avoid a huge disappointment when I didn't get what I wanted, which is good, because I would have been quite shocked.

So yesterday I got my folder with my actual assignment I was kinda bittersweet, because I was still a little sad that I wasn't going to be in pediatrics, but I was curious about where I was ending up, especially because I knew it was in the med center (she gave me the zip code so I could make sure it wouldn't be too far).

When I opened my folder it said "St. Lukes Episcopal Hospital" then "Cardiology" I was stuck on the St. Lukes part...I was placed at a hospital. We have been told since day 1 that we would not be placed in hospitals, the contracts were few and far between, MA jobs in hospital settings are rare...even though for the MA they are pretty much the best job you can get. They have better benefits, better hours, better pay...they will even pay for nursing school...which was always in my plan, but a few years down the line. Granted I do not have a job yet, and this may not turn into one, who knows, but if this does, I will have a hospital job right out of the gate...making nursing school a lot more realistic in my future.

It is just humbling to me that I wanted so much less for myself, and was upset that I hadn't gotten what I wanted. I guess in my mind I was just being realistic, it's virtually unheard of to get a hospital job right out of school. I do still have little pangs of sadness, because I really want to work with children, but I feel more confidant in the plan that is being set in motion now. It's just cool to have a real tangible story of when God has more for you than you can even expect or imagine.