“I got two job offers.”
“That’s fabulous. I didn’t have any doubt. Did you accept one?”
“I will, but I’m weighing the pros and cons.”
“You’ve never had that luxury before, have you?”
“No.” Which might be why this was so hard. In the past, she went wherever she was assigned, as long as she was happy to move to that city.
“Give me your options. You obviously want my opinion.”
She told her grandmother what her choices were. “So ten minutes away in the hospital working third shift.”
“Which you don’t care for.”
“No. There is a five thousand dollar signing bonus and it’s a lot more money, but the schedule is always changing. I’m used to that.”
“But not used to being in a relationship like you are now and worrying about it.”
“Exactly. The other position is a set schedule. Fewer days, but longer ones. I get three days off in a row. Half a day Wednesday, all Thursday, Friday and Saturday.”
“That sounds perfect. Why aren’t you jumping on it?”
“It’s twenty minutes away. Not the end of the world, but with traffic could be worse. At least I’m guessing that. It doesn’t pay as much and no signing bonus.”
“Saylor. Money isn’t everything. I know you’re bothered Rowan isn’t letting you contribute much, but use that time to put money away. Place your relationship first and what you think works for the two of you. Not just you, but him also.”
“I’m not used to talking over my jobs with a guy.”
“You’re not used to living with one either.”
She snorted. “Good point. I’ll talk to him tonight.”
“When would you start?” her grandmother asked. “On either job?”
“The hospital would like me to start right away. The urgent care said if I accepted, they’d like me to come in on Thursday for training and paperwork, then start on Sunday for my first shift.”
Which gave her a few more days to settle and still get her feet under her from the drive.
She’d never traveled so far before in a short time.
She felt as if it was still weighing on her body, her blood sugar struggling to adapt, which in turn made her feel off.
That was the thing with third shift. Changing her sleep patterns also changed her settings in her pump and her body never had time to regulate to it.
One more thing to take into consideration.
“You’ll make the right decision for you,” her grandmother said. “And if it doesn’t work, you find another job. You are constantly changing, so it’s unrealistic to expect you’ll know immediately what will and won’t work.”
She sighed. “I know. I just get sick of Mom telling me all the time I can’t commit and I run when I’m done with things.”
“Don’t you dare listen to your mother. She doesn’t know what she’s talking about. If she paid more attention to what your sister was doing to you or how they dismissed you in favor of Sandy more, then she’d understand what you did was self-preservation mode.”
“Yeah,” she said.
She wanted to fit in more than anything in life. Even in her own family.
It never happened and was best to move on. She had a good relationship with her parents now, but they never understood her either.
