Re: On the road again...

[Guest guest]

Hi e,

My oh my, what changes for you! I admire your decision to pack up and

leave....I know how it feels to be someplace you just can't stand, that

makes you depressed and life not the bed of roses you had hoped for. I was

very concerned when I read that you were depressed and suicidal over where

you were. You just can't stay in a situation like...changes need to be

made.

I hope that everything works out for you in Denver--do you have your old job

back?

I am a former midwestern girl myself, but the Western US has been my home

for all of my adult years--20 years now, and nobody can get me to live back

east again ever. I will be a westerner until the day I die.

Take good care of yourself and don't over do it. Stress is a very bad

thing, as we all have come to know.

Love,

Patty

----- Original Message -----

From: <eRene@...>

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Cc: <SalineInfo >

Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 2:31 PM

Subject: On the road again...

> Hi all. Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm

> hightailing it outta here and heading back to Denver on

> Wed. I hate it here, the ICU I'm working at is totally

> unsafe, and I'm just plain miserable. So I am breaking

> my contract and leaving. I will probably end up in

> Seattle in Aug, which is nice, because I've decided that

> I'm definately a " western girl. " I prefer the western

> states so much more than the east.

>

> I will have my computer with me while I'm traveling and

> will try to log on everynight, but if I don't, it's

> simply because I'm too tired and will get on probably

> over the wknd. So, send your emails and I will get back

> to you as soon as I can. But I will be online tonight

> and tomorrow as well.

>

> e

>

>

[Guest guest]

Patty,

I have been battling with this decision for so long, and

I finally found a website that is devoted to travel

nurses and therapists, and I was able to obtain a lot of

valuable info as well as support for breaking my

contract. I wish I had known about this website before

I left Denver, as I never wouldn't have gone with the

company I am with as they have a very bad reputation.

But you live and you learn.

I will hope to get back to Denver on Fri and hopefully

be able to stay with my best friend. Although she is

currently in FL and I don't know when she will be back.

So I left a message with her husband, but he hasn't

gotten back to me, and he's terribly allergic to cats,

and of course I have Farley who is a Himalayan. I

really don't have anyone else to stay with as my other

close friend is going through some marital problems and

it just wouldn't be good for me to be there. My parents

are out as we don't talk, so I just am going to have to

wing it. My high school sweetheart lives in Phoenix,

but he's married and his wife is very jealous of me so I

can't stay with him.

My plan is to go to Seattle on an assignment with a

different agency. The recruiter I'm working with is

trying very hard to get me an assignment ASAP, so I'm

hoping I only have to impose on someone for 2 wks or

so. But while I'm in Denver, I'm going to see my

psychiatrist and my rheumy and Dr. Huang and maybe do

some work for a temp agency and maybe some for &

since I won't have any extra money.

I have learned that I will never travel east of Colorado

again, except maybe to go to Minneapolis, as I've heard

it's very pretty, otherwise, I'm sticking to just the

western states. And because I'm breaking my contract, I

basically just worked 36 hrs last wk for free as the

agency will keep my money. But I have to get out for my

mental well being. I only see it getting worse. So I

must do what I have to do.

Keep me in your thoughts as I travel as it really is

scary traveling alone and being female.

e