ah.... I am getting some cold feet.
I like the idea of working with refugees, particularly Muslim ones that I have the opportunity to "proselytize" without risk of getting killed in a foreign land. LOVE that idea. And the patients/clients served are from all parts of the world. While I was there, there as a guy from Uganda and a family with sick baby who'd arrived about 3 weeks ago from Thailand (I think?)
HOWEVER..the commute.. oh how I love Southern CA. At 10 am- not rush hour- 10AM the traffic was 25 MPH on the 4-6 lane free way for MILES. no apparent reason- no accident, just massive slow downs.
And even without that, Mapquest tells me it will take about an hour to get there.
AND holy crap the place is in chaos with the NP in charge saying 'don't worry' about everything and the 2 poor MA's who are on their 2nd (yes, 2nd) day and totally on their own without any sort of guidance from him as to what they are actually supposed to be doing..
Really.. I am quite familiar with chaos- it's my daily life- but THIS was Chaos on growth hormone and probably a little amphetamines thrown in.
So.. with that... I have "passed" first round of interviews and interview with the medical director (MD) Monday evening and as soon as I have my license I can start (oh, and I got to go re-certify CPR, too.. and probably ACLS, tho I really can't see myself using it there) and it looks from the paperwork that I need to do a pre-employment PE.
I'm looking into taking the commuter train there, too. In addition to the lovely commute, the clinic itself is in a neighborhood that I wouldn't feel comfortable leaving a GPS in (if you know what I mean) and apparently a computer from the clinic grew legs this week. Oh, and there's virtually no parking, so I'd have to park on the street somewhere..
So.. It's under "re-organization" so I'm probably just seeing the worse side.
In case you're wondering- here is it's website:
http://www.alliancehealthclinic.org/
And the larger organization the clinic is under:
http://www.alliance-for-africa.org/
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wow, everything is moving so fast for you! sorry about all your troubles with rules/laws and the biz and all. PITB. how are the kids liking the nanny?
Yes. my head is spinning with the speed this all is happening!!
The kids seem to like the nanny. *I* like the nanny, but they're not really learning spanish. I came home today and Joey says to me he didn't know how to ask for crackers, so he was waiting for me to come home to ask.
She does understand english some. She's lived in the US a few years.
She is very grandmotherly with them and very good with JM. They like her, but the lack of communication is a little problematic.
For example- she cooked one meal this week and told me in spanish she needed 2 ingredients. I broke out the spanish-english dictonary and *thought* I understood.
LOL. Apparently Calabasa is NOT celery. It is winter squash.
OOPS.
And green tomatoes- are Tomatillos. Not actual tomatoes picked green.
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