I've had a lot of people ask me why we want to move to Hawaii. Aside from the obvious (it's paradise...HELLO!), what started it was my husband's ambitions.
My husband is the smartest person I know. He may work as a paramedic but his true love was always research. Specifically marine biology and coral genetic research. His dream was to go somewhere where he could do research for a living. For that kind of research, we had 3 choices: Australia, Florida, and Hawaii. In the first 2, he'd have to actually go away for months at a time to live on an island and do his research. While he may at times prefer this, I would not. That left Hawaii and the University of Hawaii.
As I began researching the university and the hospitals there I began to get on the bandwagon. U of H has a pediatric nurse practitioner program and the children's hospital services the entire South Pacific with fixed wing transport.
It still took me a few years before I was really comfortable planning such a big move. I didn't want to leave my older kids and, frankly, I was scared to fail. As the kids got older and moved farther and farther away with their own lives I decided it was time to live my own, scared or not.
I've run into a lot of people who have tried to talk me out of it. "It's too expensive" "It's too far away" "What will you do with no family?" I don't know if people think this is spur of the moment and that I've done no research on it at all, or what. Yes, I know things cost more but I'll also be making more. Yes, it's far away but there are planes. Yes, some family will be far away but some of the most important people in my life are coming with me so I think we'll be ok.
No other news on the ER job yet. I'm continuing with my planning as if it doesn't exist. I have a lot to do in a short 9 months!
Take care of yourselves. Smile as if you are up to something. And hug someone for no reason.
Peace.
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