update

Last week, while at work, my Cross Country recruiter called and left a message on my phone.  I finally called her back today and we went over a few more details for my upcoming travel job.  I need to get a nurse manager reference and a charge nurse reference.  Thankfully, I think I do have both at my current job that will work just fine. 

Currently there are 20 positions listed on their website and the one I am most hopeful will still be around in September is a 12hr dayshift position in Chicago for 12 weeks.  Of course, I would love to find a position that didn't last 12 weeks, but Chicago is only 5 hours a way and would be perfect for my first assignment.  The current listing is for dayshift, which is ideal, and 12 hr shifts, which would give me 4 days a week to explore the city.

I think Chicago would be perfect, and I am excited at the possibility of it being my first assignment.  My current recruiter (I will have a new one for the remainder of my employ with them) said that those listings are for now, and so we'll see what will be available in September closer to the end of August, beginning of September.  That makes me extremely nervous- to change my status at Covenant to occasional without an official signed assignment is unsettling.  But, even if I don't get to go to Chicago, there will be an assigment somewhere.

Anyway, Chicago would be ideal:  5 hr drive, dayshift, and even though it'd be for 12 weeks, it is within driving distance for family and friends to visit.  In those 12 weeks, I am certain I would have visitors at least every 2 weeks.  And I could come home as well.

Tomorrow I will apply for an Illinois license and then wait for my new Placement Consultant to contact me.  In the meantime, I need to take advantage of my dental and vision insurance that I am paying for.  My eyes are due for new glasses, probably, as I've had these for 2 years, and I'll need to go in for a dental check up before I lose the insurance.