"Where you Movin?" I said, "Onto better things"
Most all of you are aware that I finally made it out of Florida! I've only tried like 5 times since moving there in December of 2012. It was one hell of a journey but I finally found my new home. UTAH! I've been here for a month now and just absolutely love it. I miss my Floridian friends deeply, but this is something I have become accustomed to. Leaving NH for Tennessee in 2010 was extremely tough. I called NH/MA home for 19 years! I had to leave some of my best friends, and of course family. And then I made amazing friends, many that I now consider family, during my stint in the Bible Belt. And spending 4.5 years in Florida, working 5 jobs, I made so many amazing friendships. I don't see myself leaving here anytime soon, but I know someday I will and I will leave some amazing friends behind. It gets a little easier each time. I cherish the time I spend with people in the places I live and know that I have made lifelong friendships all across the map! To all of you reading this, I miss you, wherever you are! If you're seeing this, then you are a friend I've made along the way or family of course and you have likely made some type of impact in my life or maybe I have in yours.
“There comes a day when you realise turning the page is the best feeling in the world, because you realise there's so much more to the book than the page you were stuck on.”
Yes I just used a Zayn Malik quote, so what? 😜. So I have been out of work since before moving here but I finally start this Monday! When I started looking out here I decided I was only going to apply to healthcare related jobs. I told myself I would only resort to call center or hospitality jobs if I didn't get anywhere with healthcare. A friend told me about a company that her dad works for and told me to take a look into it (thanks Kacie!). So I did. And I knew almost instantly that this would be a promising company to be with. I also applied for many jobs with the University of Utah Health, because that's where I really wanted to work. I ended up having a phone interview in May about 3.5 weeks before coming to Utah with ARUP,clinical and anatomic pathology reference laboratory , which happens to be a nonprofit entity of the University of Utah. I was extremely excited and was asked to interview in person the day after we arrived in Salt Lake City. The interview went well but then the waiting game started. I finally got a call saying the full-time positions I had interviewed for were no longer available. I became extremely worried but my recruiter followed up by advising a position had become available in the lab located at the U of U Hospital. I drove to the University Hospital, and sat there waiting for my interviewers, while talking in the surroundings. I had this feeling that overcame me. I knew in that moment this is where I wanted to work. I have never wanted a job more. I went into this interview with the most confidence I'd ever had before because I wanted the job so badly. And then, the final question. "We are interviewing nearly 30 candidates for this position,(and shows me a stack of previous candidate question/responses) so why do we hire you?" And all the confidence faded away. I became nervous. I was quickly reminded of the last interview I had done with the Senior Manager of my department and his words he gave me, after telling my I got the position. He told me that I interviewed the best out of all the candidates and that he felt as though I'd been there before. I took a deep breath, I explained why I should be hired and walked out trying to be positive. 3 days later I got the call, the job was mine! But I had to still wait 3 weeks before starting. I knew it was worth the wait. So here I am, just over 24 hours away from officially starting the next chapter in my career path.
So why did I blab so much about that?
If any of you are feeling tired, hopeless or impatient about things happening (or not happening) in your life, remember, as cliche as it is, patience is a virtue. If you really know me, you know that is hard for me to admit, I generally have very little patience. But this time it paid off. So just hold on, you'll get there!
The two most powerful warriors are patience and time- Leo Tolstoy
Please stay tuned for more post in the future!
(PS. sorry for the typos/poor grammar/structure, its nearly 4:30 AM and I should be asleep but wanted to get this out! I'll edit it tomorrow )
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