Je commence plus à Portland

Ok, so don't get too impressed with the title, my french is shotty at best. I recently spent four days in Vancouver, B.C. with one of my dearest old friends. I recently completed my doctorate and after 3 and a half long, grueling, emotionally-tough years I treated myself to an "international" trip... not to offend the Canadians, but I was hoping for the southern hemisphere for my travels, however Sallie Mae and Direct Loans sort of have me by the nuts. Anyway, the point of this is that my dear friend SEF, is an avid blog reader and after hours over bourbon and Prosecco...I am inspired to start a blog. On Vas Vois!

As I mentioned, I am on the other side of a very difficult doctoral program and have landed in Portland, Oregon. Not a far move as it was only 156 miles south on I-5 from Seattle, Washington. I am starting over...leaving a broken heart and spirit and a sleep deprived self in Seattle to start afresh in Portland. I have a new career...I'm an adult and women's health nurse practitioner and have landed in a great family medicine clinic to establish myself. I would be lying if I said I wasn't scared out of my mind...I'm a former Emergency Room RN and this is a lot of responsibility to become a primary care provider. But...I've spent many long hours preparing for this day and it is time.

I plan on blogging about new finds in Portland, trials and tribulations of my new job and my journey to returning to my former in-shape self. Maybe no one will read it...but my plans are to find myself here and discover the treasures of Portland everyone is talking about. I am starting to work out with Zuzana on Bodyrockers inspired by my extremely fit, good friend...her blog is attached to this so feel free to join me!

Cheers!

Put a bird on it!