Dozens of warm compresses, a shot in the rear and an oral antibiotic later (which prompted an itchy allergic reaction!)...my right eye is back to normal...
After hours of scrolling through craigslist and many phone calls back and forth with my father for advice....my friendly little toyota has been sold to CARMAX and I have acquired a beautiful, tough and gruff ford escape! His name is Sid.
Many pleas and prayers later, I have my RN license! I'm a nurse! Praise the Lord! I never thought this day would actually arrive! Just when I was beginning to feel anxious about the timing of it all...God graciously reminded me of His faithfulness. Why do I ever doubt Him? After another set of fingerprints, a trip to a public notary, and a manila envelope sent certified, all my paperwork has been submitted to the Alaska board of nursing! Now here's to hoping that everything is processed yet again in a timely manner; in time for me to have my Alaskan license number by the time I arrive in Glennallen!
I have officially left my position at City of Hope, I have sorted through seemingly thousands of papers, documents and nursing assignments, I have picnicked in the park and visited the beach several times..... and I leave my La Mirada home for my parents' home in Washington in ONE WEEK! I will be road-tripping with two of my roommates up north about 1,200 miles and camping out along the way at Yosemite, Lake Shasta and Crater Lake! Finally going to see Yosemite! Very excited for this roommate time! My parents will then drive Sid the rest of the way and I will meet them in Alaska after a wedding in California (Yes, I will be back for a week in August).
Time is flying. It often feels like I'm just going through the motions of moving...that I'm moving within a dream. Only on a few occasions have I felt the true weight of everything that is happening...and the tears fall and the internal butterflies get a bit hyperactive. I am going to miss people so much. Please pray for my heart with all this change and transition...
Pray for peace, for closure, for emotional preparedness, for relationships that will be formed in Glennallen, for safety with all this traveling...
I'm going to share some tears with you when we say goodbye to each other and everyone else in August. I am starting to feel the weight of these big changes in life. Love you Erin.
ReplyDeleteAh poor Sid, he didn't hardly even have a chance.
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