Moving On

A little over a month ago, I received an email from my former LPC licensure supervisor, Dr. Meehan (the associate executive director at Epworth.) The title of the message was "Opportunity Knocking." Dr. Meehan wrote to inform me of some therapist positions opening up at Epworth (the agency I worked at before St. Vincent.) I initially decided that I was not going to apply for any of the positions because I had just wrestled with God over my whole career stuff and had come to peace with staying at St. Vincent one more year (making it two years total.)
After talking with several people, I was convinced that I should at least apply for one of the positions- a residential therapist for a girls' unit. I checked the website on a Monday morning and the job was still posted. I checked it again later that afternoon to get the contact person's email address and... wouldn't you know it... the job was gone. I quickly emailed Dr. Meehan and he informed me that the job had just been filled.
Oh, well.
On Thursday, I received a surprising call from Dr. Meehan. He told me that the person that they had hired for the position was not working out and he said that they were gonna have to let her go that afternoon. The residential director had 4 other people that she had interviewed prior for the position but was willing to meet with me. I sent in my resume on Friday and had an interview on the following Monday afternoon. She offered me the job a few days later.
So, it's pretty much a lateral move. Same type of clients (except these will be girls.) Same type of paperwork. Same pay. BUT, it's less than a mile from my house. AND more importantly, there are 5 other therapists there. I will no longer have to be the lone-ranger-therapist! AND Epworth is much larger, has a much better reputation and their residential units are almost always full= job security!!! (At St. Vincent, we can have 36 residents but only have 4 right now. Yikes!)
I start on 9/13 and have A LOT of work to do to finish well at St. Vincent. Very stressful but a little exciting.