Virginia is for loving
Yesterday morning, I was asleep in my bed in Kentucky and when I woke up this morning, I was in a different state. Have you ever gone somewhere new and the reality that you're somewhere new doesn't really hit you until later? That's me. I arrived in Virginia yesterday evening after a nearly 6 hour drive, the longest I've ever driven by myself. I was pretty wiped out by the end of the day, but it was a beautiful journey. As I described to my sister earlier today, I'm pretty smitten with this place. There's so much to look at, the people are friendly and yeah. I think I'm very much going to enjoy it here. The extended stay hotel I'm in is really nice too, though I have yet to meet any of the staff, which I likely will tomorrow. It's a small place but it's just fine for me; I need very little space (I'm sort of like a Hobbit). I'm on the bottom floor and only about 10 steps away from my car, which will help if I'm a little on the slow side in getting out the door in the morning. And just for the record, the new Midnight Mocha mint frap at Starbucks is AWESOME. Run, do not walk to the nearest one and get one for yourself! I ended up just driving around before getting some groceries (that I'm like a 30 second drive away from) and ended up in a memorial park. I figured it would be an honorable thing to pay my respects, given that my now late Grandpa was a WWII veteran. Thank you vets, past and present for your service. I am not going to be ashamed to admit that while driving around and seeing the flags planted by the grave stones, it was a bit emotional.
Being here in Virginia has been a welcoming change thus far. This past Friday, after wrestling with the idea on and off since I started traveling, I quit my PRN job with the intentions of not returning. It was a difficult decision, but it was for the best. For about the past year, I hadn't been enjoying the job anyway, and it's just not fair to work in a place you're not really going to be all in in anyway. There's many other reasons too, but that was part of it. The other part was fear; fear in the waiting in between contracts and not having a "safety net" so to speak. I think part of me quitting was God telling me to cut those safety nets; the longest I've waited in between jobs so far is 3 weeks, and even then I actually had the job, rather it was just dealing with logistical and loose end kind of stuff. It's weird; when I left I felt...nothing really. I put something on Facebook about it that night and was to be honest expecting some comments to the degree of "wow, Kelly. We're so sad to see you go." But...nothing. I'm not mad though; I think everyone knew it was coming, even though I kept it very quiet. I don't regret my decision at all. Life's way too short for that.
Tomorrow is my first day of orientation. I'm not really sure what to expect, but you can see the hospital when you go up the hill from where I'm staying. And it's....big. Probably the biggest hospital I will ever work in at least for a while. It's amazing so far where this travel nursing journey has taken me, and I am so grateful to God that I am here now. All I'm going to say is it is going to be very difficult to leave here, that is for sure. But yes, I am here. The only downside is that it is much warmer here than in Kentucky, and gas is 1.99 in some places (sorry guys!). I don't know what the next few months are going to entail, but God does and that is more than enough for me.
Being here in Virginia has been a welcoming change thus far. This past Friday, after wrestling with the idea on and off since I started traveling, I quit my PRN job with the intentions of not returning. It was a difficult decision, but it was for the best. For about the past year, I hadn't been enjoying the job anyway, and it's just not fair to work in a place you're not really going to be all in in anyway. There's many other reasons too, but that was part of it. The other part was fear; fear in the waiting in between contracts and not having a "safety net" so to speak. I think part of me quitting was God telling me to cut those safety nets; the longest I've waited in between jobs so far is 3 weeks, and even then I actually had the job, rather it was just dealing with logistical and loose end kind of stuff. It's weird; when I left I felt...nothing really. I put something on Facebook about it that night and was to be honest expecting some comments to the degree of "wow, Kelly. We're so sad to see you go." But...nothing. I'm not mad though; I think everyone knew it was coming, even though I kept it very quiet. I don't regret my decision at all. Life's way too short for that.
Tomorrow is my first day of orientation. I'm not really sure what to expect, but you can see the hospital when you go up the hill from where I'm staying. And it's....big. Probably the biggest hospital I will ever work in at least for a while. It's amazing so far where this travel nursing journey has taken me, and I am so grateful to God that I am here now. All I'm going to say is it is going to be very difficult to leave here, that is for sure. But yes, I am here. The only downside is that it is much warmer here than in Kentucky, and gas is 1.99 in some places (sorry guys!). I don't know what the next few months are going to entail, but God does and that is more than enough for me.
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