Oh my goodness - we Berning's are floating around in a sea of decisions right now! It has been crazy and overwhelming. We recently have made some decisions which have meant an entirely different plan then we previously had.
This last year of pharmacy school is just comprised of six-week rotations that Mark does to gain experience in different pharmacy atmospheres and jobs, compile a portfolio of sorts and study for his pharmacy boards that he will take after graduation. Today Mark began his fifth rotation (can you believe it?!) out of eight that he will do.
Our "plan" was to move to Grand Junction, Colorado the beginning of January and to have Mark finish his rotations there. But last Monday we had a very unexpected turn of events.
Mark received an email from someone at SelectHealth in Utah saying that they were excited for him to begin a rotation with him in a week (which would be starting today!) and asked him to fill out this form...yada yada yada. He was freaking out! We had tried to arrange a rotation with SelectHealth a year ago (when all of this was being arranged) but we were told that it wasn't going to work out. So imagine our surprise!
Mark emailed the man that is in charge of rotations at the school that night asking if there was any way we could make this work because he would love to have the opportunity to work with them. Now, we had already planned a trip to Grand Junction for that weekend to go apartment hunting and now we weren't sure if we were going to be moving in a matter of days to a completely different place!
We were both on pins and needles for a couple of days. To make a long story short though, by Wednesday night it was decided that Mark could do the rotation with SelectHealth but only if he did it during the sixth rotation (which is supposed to be a break to focus on their portfolio and studying). So we quickly needed to decide if it was worth it to miss the break and where we were going to live and for how long.
We decided that we are going to do the rotation at SelectHealth starting in January and will finish out the school year in the Salt Lake area. It is crazy and I still can't really believe that we are doing it - but we are excited and feel like it's what we are supposed to do. Unfortunately, it means that Mark will be away from us living in Grand Junction for a time but we are trying to think "big picture" and not be too bummed about it. Plus, being away from us will give Mark a lot more time to focus on studying and working on his portfolio without as much family distractions. And I will be near to family to help me and keep my sanity while I am alone with two little kiddos!
It is definitely an exciting time! We still have a lot of decisions to make about various things coming up in our little family's life but we are excited to share this decision. It will be fun to be closer to family and friends that we have been away from while living here in Denver. It is definitely going to be an adventure - but I think we are up for it.
Utah...here we come!!!
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