This Is Really Happening

     So since my last post many things have happened, life really has a way of speeding up rather than slowing down! I'm going to take this as a sign that I NEED to keep up on my posts while I'm away or I'll get so behind that there will be no way to keep up on all the goings on's.
   
     On April 14th, I received and email from one of the recruiters I've been working with in Ireland. She had been sent my "CV" (Curriculum Vitae or as we would call it, my resume) she had an available position and the Radiology Manager wanted to speak with me if I was interested. Of course I said yes(!!!) and gave her all my contact information to be forwarded to the Manager. I was to receive a phone call the next day between seven and nine am. Which is early,  even though I work mornings I'm not ever up at seven am. So the next day I was up at six-thirty, making sure I was ready for the call when it came. Call didn't come by seven forty-five and I headed for work. Arriving fifteen minutes early and still waiting. Nine am came and went with no phone call. I gave it until ten and ten-thirty before I sent an email to my recruiter to see if she had heard anything or if maybe the number didn't work since dialing out of the country can be a little tricky. But of course at this point I felt my hopes dropping, like my chance at the job was gone.

       Let me warn you the Irish are phone call teases!! When I first got in contact with my current recruiter we arranged a time to speak on the phone and get things in order to start the job hunt. I didn't get called at the time specified and even the next time we agreed on, the call was still late. So if you ever are expecting a phone call from anyone (including myself) from Ireland...don't freak out if it's not on time. It will come eventually.

       Eventually finally came around right at seven-thirty on day two (16th). I had woken up earlier than normal again to be ready for the call. However when it came I can't say I was as prepared this time and was caught with my pants down, literally. All I can say is I'm glad this was not a video chat and the man on the other line could only hear my voice. Even with only being half dressed the phone interview or "chat" as he called it went very well! I was able to understand every word he said and  I was offered the job before we had even finished talked. The one thing he said that caught me was when he asked if I had a pen, he called it a stylist. Like what we use for touch screens?! Anyway all that matters is that I was offered the job, a full time position, Monday-Friday at a regional hospital!!

        It was later that day that I accepted the position via email and then spent most of my morning on the phone with close friends and family sharing the exciting news!!

         Since then my mom and myself moved everything out of my apartment and into storage(while we both were sick). I'm now living out of suitcases and crashing with family while I work the last two weeks at my two current jobs. In the mean time Ireland has been nice enough to give me more forms and papers to fill out for employment.

         My final day at work here in the states will be May 7th and I will fly out exactly a week later on May 14th!! Landing in Dublin on the 15th. Since booking my flight I have also secured housing! Always good to know you will have a roof over your head and bed to rest in once you land in new country.