Disney Vacation with Family (December 2008)
I have neglected my blog for a long time! I can’t believe that I haven’t been blogging lately but life has really gotten away from me. I was going to blog while I was in Florida with the family in December but that trip was just far too much fun and I was so exhausted the second half of the trip that I slept instead of blogging! It was an amazing trip to Disney World with Mom, Dad, Chris, Jennie, Greg, Ryan, Jacob, and Aaron! We had a blast!

Dad, Sarah, Jen, Chris, and Mom in front of the Magic Kingdom Mickey flowers

Ohana (Jennie with Aaron, Sarah, Chris, Greg, Dad with Jacob, Ryan, and Mom)
New Job?!
Now let’s jump forward to 4 weeks ago! Wow, that doesn’t seem like that long ago and it wasn’t! So what’s so special about 4 weeks ago … well, I felt a nudge from God that it was time to make a change. I had considered applying for this position several months ago when Greg was first promoted but decided the timing wasn’t exactly right. Well, the timing seemed right now, with the potential changes in the Shriners contract in a few years and some other things I prayed hard when I found out that the position was going to be available again. I considered the advantages: no weekends, no holidays, no evenings, combing two things I love (pharmacy and computers), not having to pay for parking anymore. I considered the disadvantages: driving to Roseville everyday, no more shift differential, salaried position (rather then hourly) … If I could make a lateral pay move this made sense.
So I decided to go for it, I had a telephone screening interview on a Wednesday, HR called Friday to set up a in person interview for the next Tuesday, I had my in person interview where I got to meet with Karen, Jeffery, Kelly, Greg, and other IT team members and then on Thursday when I had the day off I was called by HR and offered the position. I accepted and called Bill to let him know. I knew that Kelly wanted to transition me as soon as possible because Children’s has CPOE (Computerized Provider Order Entry) go-live May 8th. Bill and Kelly ended up fighting over me and I have been shared the last couple of weeks in order to facilitate my transition to IT.
Bill told me in my year end review that my transition was “bittersweet” because he was losing a great clinical asset but gaining a great technical support member in the IT department! That made me feel really appreciated and confident in my decision to make this move!
Now with Go-Live only 2 weeks away I’m as scared as ever but learning quickly and finding the work highly enjoyable! I’ve decided that I’m a computer geek more then I ever knew. I never thought when I was graduating from pharmacy school that I would ever find myself in a position like this but I am really excited about the challenge and the opportunity it has to offer!
T.E.C. 75 God’s amazing mystery
God also gave me a great reward two weekends ago when I worked TEC 75. Chris called me when she was putting the team together. I had signed up to be an ATL because I wasn’t sure that I could make it to all three team meetings and the leadership meeting. My second choice was Wheat. Chris called to find out if I would be willing to work Support because she needed the experience. My first reaction was No. I just worked Support and don’t really want to work Support again. It isn’t my favorite team and it wasn’t really where I wanted to be obviously God had other plans. We talked a bit longer and I agreed to be on Support. When the team was initially released I got excited because there were some great kids that I was excited to get to work with … then it started changing … Chris had a record number of both adults and youth drop off team but God obviously knew what was going on because in the end God provided the most amazing group of youth for our Support Team! I’ve never worked with such hard working kids who were truly motivated to serve God. We bonded before the weekend through great talk discussions during the team meetings and then really bonded through our work and through our down time when we shared stories and our faith! I couldn’t have asked God for a better weekend.

Amazing Support Team from TEC 75 (they really clean up!)

Sarah, Howie, and Janet (I love these two!) at TEC 75
I also got to bond with Kate while I took her to the ER on Friday and was amazed that my team got everything done while I was gone! Oh what a great weekend! Thank you God for knowing better then me where I was meant to be for TEC 75!
So I’ve updated you on my life and hope that I will be back again soon with another update!