Some of you might ask why? Why did I leave an amazing job with some incredibly amazing people? Well some days I ask that too but the bottom line is I wanted more. I felt like there was something else out there for me that I wasn't getting at my current job. At times I felt like I should be learning and applying myself more and I wasn't finding it. A lot of frustration developed and I found myself asking what next? What is my next step? Do I stay? Do I try and find a job in St George? Or do I travel? I have wanted to travel for a long time and it has never worked out, because it wasn't meant to be at the time. I started praying and contemplating my life and the opportunities and roads I could take. My first thought is I am single, I have no family here in SLC and really nothing tying me to SLC. My next thought is I am back in school getting my Bachelors in Nursing, and I want to go further like CRNA (anesthesia), or Nurse Practioner school, but the only way to do that is to be able to pay off my school loans and financially get ahead. And then traveling came into my mind. I can see the world, learn a ton, and get a lot of experience that I couldn't get if I stayed, and be able to create an income to pay of my loans and go back to school and meet and make some new friends along the way. It was a big leap of faith and trust. I started talking with the travel company and told them when I would be available and then I sold everything in my apartment, minus my clothes and a few necessities, and gave my landlord my 30 days. I started to wig out and wonder if I was doing the right thing. I then had a peace wash over me and I knew it would all work out. I moved in with a friend and then played the waiting game with the travel company. I had applications all over the US, and then one came up for Idaho. I thought I don't know about Idaho, but its not too far from SLC and its close to Jackson! (I have a thing for Jackson! Thanks to Amy!) I instinctively knew this is where I would be going, but I didn't tell anyone in case it didn't work out. Idaho called and I had a phone interview and got excited at the possibility and what they had to offer. They are a trauma hospital, the one I was working at was not, They do a lot of pediatrics, the one I was working at did not, and the list goes on. What an incredible opportunity to learn trauma, peds and everything else that takes place in the OR. As happy and excited I was to move forward, I felt like my heart was ripping in two. I worked with an amazing group of people that I have grown to love and respect. I see and spend more time with them than my own family, they were my family and then I was going to leave them? I was devastated. Well the good news is there is facetime and email and instagram and I can still see them just not in person everyday. Idaho accepted my application and on Sept 9, I put in my 2 weeks at work. You know when everything is meant to be it all works out perfectly. There is no fight or struggle with how things will turn out because they just do. For me it was learning about trust and letting go of fear. The fear of how it would work out, where I would live, what people would think or say, what if Idaho didn't like me, what if I didn't like traveling? Leaving SLC and driving to Idaho was very bitter sweet. I pretty much cried the whole drive and at times wondered if I was doing the right thing, and then I would remember the reason behind my decision and then the peace would follow and I knew this is where I get to be at this time.