Well, there has been a lot going on in a little time. I'll start with my career. The last couple of weeks, I've been contemplating a job change as I was offered a clinic manager position with Intermountian Healthcare. I'd been negotiating with them a little on salary and other things and it came time on Tuesday to make a decision. I did a lot of thinking and prayed about it, talked to my dad, got Jenny's feelings...it was a hard decision because, one, I like my job. I manage good clinics with good doctors and staff members. I have a lot of autonomy to do things my way and a lot of flexibility with my schedule. Two, it wasn't a whole lot more money. The position is definitely a lateral move, same job description with relatively similar duties. Three, I really like my boss and our company. Kent gave me a shot fresh out of school with basically no experience and put me in charge of two fairly challenging clinics. I feel like I've done a good job and things are headed in the right direction. There have been three different managers come and go from the other group of offices that Carepoint manages. I think the stability has helped the clinics grow, as well as Carepoint itself.
All that said, I accepted the position Tuesday. It was hard to tell my boss, Kent, and even harder because I didn't have a real concrete excuse, like more money. I didn't really want it to be about the money anyway. When I look at myself and where I want to be one day, I feel like I need this challenge now. I will be starting school again soon and felt I needed to have an expanded experience. I also don't want to get complacent, if that makes sense. I was in a groove and a comfort zone where I was at and felt like this might recharge some of my creative batteries. I'm excited both for what I have accomplished and what lies ahead. I will start at Intermountain on May 12.
The other life choice we dealt with this week was in regards to housing. A neighbor of my parents who I know well stopped us on Sunday and basically asked us if we wanted to buy his house. They were selling it way under market at essentially the same price as our townhome. We went and looked at it and Jenny was sold immediately. She liked the thought of having a real house with a yard. Monday, I went to the model townhome and asked them what it would cost us to break our contract and we would have lost our deposit, $2500. I thought about it most of the rest of the day. We came to my parents house. I talked to my dad about what he thought. On our way home, I decided to call on the house and tell them we were interested, only to be told they were signing the papers as we were speaking. Jenny was pretty upset. I think she had it in her heart that this was a blessing for us. I don't think I was a jazzed as she was. I didn't really think it was a possiblity given the time frame and the price of the house. We couldn't have afforded to get in a bidding war, anyway, which probably would have happened given the list price and the location.
All said, it was a pretty stressful week. I guess what it really boils down to is I have to face the fact that I'm a growd-up.
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wow those are a couple of serious decisions in just a week. sorry to hear about the loss of the house b/c i probably would have been excited about it like jenny. and in those situations it's a lot easier to say "if it was supposed to happen then it would have" then to really believe it.
good luck with the job move, i really hope it works out. and if anything, i'm hoping that your boss resembles michael scott. because then at least you'll have some pretty funny stories.
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