Jobs and Blog Posts

  I'm probably being very brave posting my job thoughts on here, but I shall proceed cautiously.

  I love my job. I really do. I love being able to play with the animals, take care of and spoil the cats (I call it my therapy time-walking into the cat section and being affectionate right back at them when they meow and nudge the bars to greet me-it's a great way to banish stress) and learn more and more everyday about fish and other small animals. I've been at it for a year and half simply because there's been no reason to leave.

  I have finished my program with a 4.0 GPA. I spent many hours studying terminology, disease processes, anatomy, and any other medical subject possible. I still have MUCH more to learn and need to take time to refresh myself, but I have indeed finished. Like any other person would agree, it's time for me to put my education to use. My school has already been paid off, but I still refuse to let my knowledge just sit. So, the job hunt begins.

  My current job has hired more people in the department, meaning our hours have taken a nosedive. I've been working 10-15 hours per week. Do I love the free time? Why, yes I do. However, it's not how I want to live right now. We don't have children and I know it's the perfect opportunity to save money and do something I love-work in the medical field. Getting my foot in the door is exactly what I need so someday I may work from home if necessary. It may also be a great foundation to continuing my education as well.

 On that note, I have found two wonderful jobs I could most definitely benefit from. They're both a little more south (Glendale and Baldwin Park), but I'm willing to commute if it means getting the job I want and need. One is in the pathology department and the other is in clinical research. They both have steady hours, marvelous benefits, and more pay than I've ever made, but most of all, they're just what I desire.

So, I am asking for prayers as I pursue this new world.

On an entirely different subject, I read a blog post from a friend of mine about romance books and how they can be like pornography to women. It actually makes a great amount of sense. Here's a link to her friend's original post: Romance Novels and Not-so-Romantic Results.

It's almost depressing these days how women will avoid something so wonderful simply because they can't seem to find their footing on the real world. They're merely swept away in fantasy land and dreaming about the perfect man. Let's not forget to mention married women who continuously live in a non-fiction universe and allow it to eat away at their marriage while they speak down to their husbands and see them as less valuable- all because they can't separate a romance novel and things as they really are. Which reminds me of this great article by Elder David A. Bednar- Things as They Really Are.

Well, it's time for me to head out. I'm actually working today (gasp), so I have many things to get done (which is mostly just being lazy and relaxing so I can be completely stress-free when I walk into work later, but still). :)