So much to tell . . .

After pondering, I think I'll just write quick notes here, rather than detailed stories, since it's been over a month since I last posted.

In no particular order:

I had a job interview in another state. They flew me out, paid for my car rental, and arranged a 12 hour day of interviews! Breakfast with the midwives, meet with administrators, lunch with docs and NPs, more meetings with administrators, a tour of 2 clinics, and then dinner with docs, midwives, and NPs. They never really interviewed me. Interesting, huh? They also never really gave me the chance to interview them, so I asked for a follow up meeting the next day with one of the midwives to get my questions answered. Here's what I learned: Everyone's philosophy there seems to be different. This is quite challenging when sharing patients! One of the docs doesn't like women to get out of bed AT ALL during labor. YIKES! I also learned that it is a loan repayment site. What this means is that they pay off my student loans in a matter of 3-4 years. I really liked the location of this job. Friends nearby, lots of places to go play outside. But it would be a tough job to be the new kid, especially straight out of school.

I finished up my training at the hospital where I worked for 6 months. It was sad to go - I learned so much and became friends with quite a few folks. Good people there, even those whose politics were very different from mine. And I think I'll be lifelong friends with one or two of the midwives I met there. Wonderful women!

I moved to another state for my last quarter of midwifery school: Integration. Today was my first day. It was awkward and awesome, like many first days anywhere. I'm working at a birth center that does only out of hospital births - about 70% at the center, and the other 30% at homes. More on that later.

I'm living on a horse farm for the next 2 months. There are 6 horses, 6 hens, 1 rooster, 2 cats, and 3 dogs (Rhodesian Ridgeback from Africa, Australian Shephard, and an English Mastiff). I've always wanted to live on a farm . . My commute is kinda long, but I think it will be worth it.

This post is dedicated to eco.