Day...oh dear...who is counting anymore?

I should be counting, but I'm afraid with the public-ness of a blog and my job search over the past couple weeks, I didn't really want to be writing much. So I believe today, November 22nd, is Day 77 but really the story of the past two weeks spans about Day 59 til now. 

The Job Search:
Well, I sent my resume off to various staffing agencies listed on Indeed in order to work in the schools. Various places contacted me with this or that part time position in Bellevue or nearby but none came up with much. 
Then I saw a position at a private clinic just south of Redmond that looked perfect. I was called in for an interview the next week. Then, at about the same time as the interview, I applied to an Early Intervention agency in Bellevue as well. Well after a week and a half, I was offered Job 1, praise the Lord! But it was a new type of job for me, new age group, new setting, new everything, and a very small clinic where I would be the primary therapist delivering intervention along with the boss who handled some therapy and all the insurance billing and everything else.  Then Job 2 called me up for a phone interview while I was debating about Job 1. After a phone interview, in-person interview and observation in the preschool, they offered me the position as well. 
The crazy thing was, I was just super anxious about the whole situation; for some reason I was just stressing out the wazoo about Job 1. 
Job 1: More money, later workdays (til 6:30pm), different population, largely independent intervention, small clinic
Job 2: Less money, more vacation, Early Intervention in a setting similar to CFA, lots of colleagues, team-based approach. 

I just felt so much more peace about Job 2. And I realized, I'm living in a new country, a new city, going to a new church, living in a new place, trying to make new friends, looking for a new job...and I just want as little 'new' about my job as possible until I settle in and feel confident enough to branch out. Although Job 1 may be a dream job, for me it's a dream job for in a few more years. 

Plus, in Vancouver, my colleagues at CFA became some really good friends of mine. I think my 'social butterfly' side, needs to have more people in the workplace and the opportunity to build friendships while I'm still "Friendless in Seattle" :P (Well not quite, there's a few). Plus, this new job isn't exactly like CFA. We do get the 'just speech and language' kids, as opposed to just the complicated kiddos. And there seems to be opportunity to move around and learn new things in various teams as opportunities arise. 

In the end, God showed me which one to pick just by giving me peace in one direction over the other. He knows that I don't like change and I'm adjusting to everything here and that I'm just nicer to be around when I'm not stressed out. 

So there you have it; I'll be starting a new job soon!