Quick post as I'm at work....I got the job I wanted in the NICU!! And they want me to start May 27th...way soon I know, but its so great that I won't have to be apart from Nathan. Please if anyone can help me pack or wants to help me pack let me know!!
OK so not really again, but in about five hours Nathan and I are going to be making the trek up to Colorado. Nathan starts his job on May 5Th. So we are taking up a lot of our stuff this week and then the rest when I move. It is so crazy for me to think that we are actually doing this. I drove away from my house this morning and it was so surreal to me. I didn't even process that last night was the last night I would sleep in our room. It feels strange. I'm trying not be be a big ol' bawl baby. Tomorrow marks our two year wedding anniversary and how weird that we will be in a car for most of it!! We appreciate all the support and good wishes we have received from you all. We love you and look forward to sharing our new stories and adventures with you!!
I'll post pictures when we get back. We are bringing Tazo up so Nathan has someone to keep him company till I move, so all that time cooped up in the truck should be interesting!!
Dear Family and Friends,
By now many of you have probably heard some rumors about me and Nathan. This email is to let you all know what is actually going on.
Most of you probably knew that Nathan and I had a very difficult year last year. Nathan had started a business and was living his dream! And then some really awful things happened and that dream was taken from him. He attempted to start a new company doing the same type of work, however in the current Arizona housing market, that was quite difficult.
I have been trying to make up the difference of him working by working a lot of extra shifts and doing a lot more activities in my unit to try and bring in more of an income. However, I have become really run down and burned out and Nathan and I realized we couldn't keep living like this.
So we prayed for a solution and one finally came. A job offer for Nate in Colorado. Its a great job for him with so many opportunities for advancement. The company flew us up there to check things out and I interviewed at the Denver Children's Hospital. I loved it!!! So this opportunity became one for me as well.
The moral of the story is we are moving!! I know this may be a shock to some of you and believe me it was a very hard decision. We really feel that it is where God wants us to be and we are willing to step out in faith to find out for sure. I would love to have called you all individually and explained the situation, but Nathan leaves on April 27th and I have to get our whole house packed up so we can get some renters in here!!!
We would sincerely appreciate your prayers and support as we take a huge leap. We are terrified and excited, nervous and at peace all in the same moment. We understand that to our family and friends this is a sad thing, and I promise we are grieiving as well. We love our home and we love Arizona. But we really feel that we need to do this.
I won't be leaving for a little while and trust me before I go we will have a big going away party so I can see you all and spend some time with you. And lets just be honest, I love a good party!!
We love you all,
Chels and Nate
I have started spring cleaning which I thought I would enjoy...apparently I'm crazy. I just felt like the house had a layer of yuck on it from the winter and the fall and the fact that I really haven't ever spring cleaned!! Well I got one room done successfully. I didn't realize that moving furniture and washing walls and baseboards would take so long. Today I plan on mastering the kitchen. I'm getting a much earlier start. I really want to go shopping later so I hope to be done by noon.
I thought I would post a pic of Tazo since it seems I favor Oscar. Tazo also joined in on the spring cleaning fun...after all only a few days earlier was he covered in poo from an unfortunate incident involving people food and 8 hours in a kennel!!
I really should be cleaning, but I'm really not in the mood. I just got back from running some errands and Bible study and I would love to be watching Design on a Dime right now. But I think that maybe I watch too much TV. Nate's gone working on a job and I'm just hanging out with my doggies. Today during Bible Study everyone was talking about how they experience the Joy of God when hanging out with their children. Since I have none, I was thinking how do I feel that joy. Well there are several things that make me feel God's love but honestly as silly as it may seem...This guy makes my heart smile and me feel so much joy I can hardly stand it. God sure knew what He was doing when he made pets....And I love mine more than is probably normal!
So today started out great...I didn't get called into work and I couldn't have been more thrilled. Problem being I definatley didn't sleep last night becuase I was so worried about being called in. Oh well one giant cup of coffee later I was sitting on my couch watching TiVo'd episodes of Design on a Dime. One of my faves.
Then I started cleaning...yea!! I actually was really happy to get some more cleaning done and then I realized I had run out of swiffers and needed some more air fresheners. So I "kissed" Nate goodbye wink wink and hopped in my car. I got to Safeway, texted a friend, then proceeded to the aisle I needed. After about thirty seconds I realized that their prices were too expensive. So I left. I went to the gym had a great work out then got back in my car....only to find my cell phone missing. I searched high and low with no luck. I went back into the gym and they said no one had turned in a phone. I realized at this point it was most likely at Safeway. However I still needed to go to Walmart becuase I needed the aforementioned items.
After Walmart I headed back to Safeway...a knot forming in my stomache but a prayerful heart that it would be there...I asked a manager who said "Sorry no phone here. Don't know what to tell ya." I got back in my car and started crying hysterically. We do not have the money to replace my phone!!! So I got home and called it twice fully prepared to ream the person who answered it for stealing my phone!! Then I called my husband...still crying and told him someone "stole" my phone. He responds "or maybe your husband has it" I was like What?!?!?! Apparently I did leave it at Safeway and some nice man picked it up got a hold of my mom who got a hold of Nate and he went to pick it up from this kind man. FANTASTIC!!! Nate said he was sorry for not answering but he was trying to make me nervous and he didn't realize I was that upset!!!
So the day was getting better. Then I went home got some good cleaning done, and then Jen came over and helped me load up my new IPOD that my brother and sister and law gave me. I must admit I am obsessed!!! I want to go running right now just so I can use it!!
And in a little bit I'm headed to Landon and Danielle's for delicious dinner and fun times. Woot!! To bad I have to work tomorrow!!
I just barely got home and after a nice conversation with a good friend, I poured a glass of my favorite Pinot Noir and I am going to post to my blog. I did, after all, say I was going to be a better blogger. Doesn't seem that I am sticking to that goal.
Today one of my patients, well she wasn't my patient today...(I have had her several several times in the past and grown quite attached to her and her mom) found out she has a fairly serious strain of pneumonia. The thing is the average person hears of pneumonia and you think old people or you think that she'll get some meds and get better. That could very well be the case, but with this type, she could get even more sick and not make it. It just reminds me how out of control we are with our lives. I know you hear it all the time, but it is so often brought back to my attention. You can't imagine, well some can, but you can't know how hard it is to look into a mother's eyes who so desperately wants to protect her child and now that she can't is trusting you to do it for her and you have to say that you didn't. That her baby got sick and probably got sick from being in the hospital. These parents trust you so much and look to you for truth and healing and restoration and hope. And sometimes we can't give anything but truth. And that truth to be honest sometimes sucks! I'm feeling very sad about this baby. These are the moments when I am greatful for what I have, but reminded that its all a gift and not to be expected. I'm also reminded for gazillionth time that I have no power in this life. I wish I could fix that baby. I wish I could make that mom feel better. I wish I could restore her faith in us as a unit. I can't. Sometimes my job is crap. I am by no means trying to have a holier than thou attitude, but sometimes I wish for a job where someone's loved one's life wasn't in my hands. Seriously...I think Target is hiring. I may apply.
Well my wine is beckoning me...I might forgo dinner and indulge in another glass...or two.
Nathan and I have started running together. We want to do more active things as a couple...let me tell you his orignal idea of more active was not exactly what I had in mind. So we run/walk about five miles around our neighborhood and up by this wash. Its actually quite beautiful. However, my feet have been hurting and I'm pretty sure I need new shoes. But for now...wine will be my cure.
Who knows?....it may spur on more posts.
