Big decisions are the hardest. Especially when these decisions affect our family. Like moving back to Vegas. I feel like that was the best and the most right decision for our family, and so far it has been pretty good to us. Dan's job has turned out to be pretty "cushy." And although his boss can drive him nuts with her forgetfulness or his co-worker making him crazy with her "assistant to the manager" Dwight Schrute arrogance; all in all it has been very good. Dan has excelled at his position as Chaplain in the US Army; and has just recently been promoted to captain. We are hoping that one day he will eventually make it to colonel, and being in Las Vegas has definitely helped his chances in achieving that.
On the flip side, my job has been, let's see, anti-climatic, depressing, frustrating and a whole lot of disillusion. Que sera, sera, One thing that they don't mention to you when you are touring the Chiropractic colleges is that when you graduate, after you have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on your education, you won't be able to find a job. And if you do find a job you will be getting paid pennies, have to jump through hoops with the insurance companies and have to sell your self out just to get patients to walk through your door. This is not what I had signed up for. And, after months of marketing and trying to set myself up at this clinic, the head doctor/owner has come to me with an unreasonable amount of money that he would like to charge me for rent. I saw this coming (like way back in November) and so I have been preparing myself by meeting with other chiropractors, interviewing for jobs and getting my name out. Now here I am with another big decision that I don't want to make. Do I take the job that has an established salary, but that would require me to work set hours and a lot of them or do I take the job that has a lot of risk up front but has the potential to turn into something great, plus it's really flexible? Since having Lydia I just want to be home with the kids and I just don't know if working 40 plus hours a week is what I should be doing. {Hmmm, sounds like I already made my decision....}
Another big decision (and all of the little decisions that come with it) that we got to make this past month was buying a house! If escrow goes through, and we are found worthy, this beauty will be ours. So come February 15th-visitors welcome!
With the combination of buying a house and possibly getting a new job oh and the unmentioned fact that Dan will be away with the military for two weeks, February will be nuts.
One of the best decisions for me the past year was giving birth naturally. I know I blogged about it before but it has been one of the best decisions of my life! Seriously, it was so wonderful that it makes me want to have another baby!
