California

It is my goal, today and tomorrow, to get going on getting my California license.  It appears there are always jobs there, and if I am going to travel, I'll need to travel there.

Nurse Choice

I was so excited last week after talking to my recruiter through NurseChoice, they have awesome pay, shorter assignments and great benefits.  AND, there was a job posting for San Antonio starting in the fall.  Things were looking up.

Today, I emailed my recruiter, and asked him to let me know if anything else comes up or if the SA job changes and starts sooner.  He replied letting me know that that job was already filled up but that he'd keep an eye out for me. 

Another up, another down.

And I am extremely thankful that I have a full time position at The Cove.  If I didn't, I'd be a lot more upset at all these "close calls".  But, it makes me wonder if this is still something I am supposed to be doing or not.  I had 4 days off over the weekend and was only called in yesterday for a few hours, but I still felt a bit deflated going into work.  The clientele lately up there has just been so depressing.  It's not the babies, persay, it's the parents that we deal with.  I was thinking a change of scenery would be nice, would help rejuvenate me.  Hopefully this door to SA closed so that a better one could open.  I really would like a good door to open soon.

postmarked

The receipt for my fingerprints was in my email box yesterday so today I got the rest of my paperwork together and sent it to Illinois for my temporary permit.  I am still waiting for San Jac's paperwork to be returned so I can send out the rest of my paperwork to get my permanent license.

Of course, Chicago no longer has a position listed, but hopefully something will work out.  In the meantime, Dallas does have a position listed, only for 4 weeks, but I already have a Texas license so, why not?

some more waiting...

I am still waiting on the fingerprint place to email me a confirmation that they've received and run my prints.  I mailed them Thursday, so they should have received them by now, but they have to run them.  I had my manager fill out the Verification of Employment form, and I am waiting for San Jac to email me back the Verification of Education form.  Really, all I need right now is the receipt for my fingerprints so I can mail in the application for a temporary permit, and then get the rest of paperwork into place. 

printed!

I called the police station yesterday to verify which department fingerprinted and when so I could make my plans accordingly.  The station I went to last week had an officer available on Thursdays from 9-11am for fingerprinting so I went this morning and got that done.  Afterwards, I went to the post office and mailed the card and money order to Chicago and now I just have to wait for them to email me a receipt which I will then send with my application to IL and will hopefully at least get my temporary permit while I finish up the paperwork for the actual nursing license.