One of my new patients this week mentioned that she'd seen my blog.
My what????!!!!!
OK, so it's been awhile since I've blogged. (Is six months really that long?) I guess my life has been so crazy for the past few months, I forgot I had a blog! It would have really come in handy a few times when I needed to vent, or at Christmas when I wanted to share my theory of why I think the Virgin Mary had a midwife present at Christ's birth.
Those of you who know me personally are aware that the past few months my life has literally been on fast forward. I've had some major life changes, and am just beginning to catch my breath! Where do I start?
First of all, I have a new employer. Dr. McClusky decided to close his practice on October first, and he took a job at the clinic at St. E's. He wanted me to join him there, and St. E's made me an offer, but I would have been seeing patients in the clinic full-time, and not doing deliveries. Before he made the announcement, I had a feeling something might be on the horizon for him, so I had already been interviewing out-of-town since spring. I had a few nice offers, all of which included uprooting my family and abandoning my pregnant patients, and I had become pretty discouraged by the time Dr. M. made his official announcement. I just prayed and prayed, and one Sunday I had a delivery at North Side Hospital. My labor nurse was Pam, who is a nurse practitioner in Dr. Canby's office during the week and works in labor and delivery one day on the weekend. I kept thinking of her and Dr. Canby all that evening, and wondered aloud to Rich if I should ask her if she was interested in hiring a nurse-midwife. He pretty much commanded me to call her the next day, and the rest is history! She hired me that week and I started the day after Dr. McClusky's practice closed. It is a match made in heaven, I think! I became very busy very quickly, and I am sooooo happy there.
The rest of my business has been all about the kids. We visited some east coast colleges at the end of summer, and I spent nearly every day in the fall begging son#2 to finish his college applications. He's been accepted at three places he applied; we won't hear about the others until April. We also took a trip to Philadelphia in early December for the Army-Navy game (you may recall my emotional blog last year when I was forced to miss it?). The game was exciting until Army fell behind, and I was a little emotional watching all those cadets march on at the beginning of the game. Of course, winter swim season has also begun, so I've been doing my best to get to practices and meets. This year I have two high school swimmers as well as one on the Y team.
Altogether, these have been positive changes, and I'm starting to relax a little and settle into a routine now. Yesterday was the first time in months I touched my scrapbooking stuff. I got the swimming pages done for this year, so now perhaps I will find some time to blog!
