Well, it has been exactly 3 months since my last post, so I will try to keep this brief!
After interviewing in the NICU, I decided that at this point, it would be best to stick with my Clinical Implementation Manager job - building, training and installing software in ERs across the country. I will look for a clinical job too, as I fully intend on using my degree. (Did I mention that I passed boards in late January? This means that I am now an RN! 7 years later....) I am enjoying the job, LOVE traveling, and learning new things each day. I am able to work from home, so the commute rocks.
In other news, my husband has decided to accept a position with the company he worked for previously and one of his business partners will be moving his family to Omaha for another position within the same company. I am excited about this, mostly because Shannon (Jeremy - business partner's wife) is awesome. They have a 3-almost-4-year-old daughter Riley who calls Jason and I "Aunt Katie & Uncle Jason" :) The guys have some work ahead of them - they have notified their customers that they will be disolving the company and are wrapping up some existing projects and last-minute training requests. Their company was a success overall, 3 families survived off the profits for 2.5 years...but the pending sale of the software company they support and the overall crappy economy left them seeking greater stability and security of a steady income and fewer variables. He will have to go into the office every day instead of working from home, which seems to be the biggest tradeoff at this point.
Also, we have been biding our time with our current house...every time we start looking at houses, something changes...first I was a full time student, then Jason started ai, etc. Well, with both school and ai behind us, we put an offer on a 4 bed/3 bath ranch Sunday night, and accepted the seller's counter offer Monday night! We close the last week of May barring any terrible findings during the inspection next week. I am very excited about this - we are essentially doubling our SF and will have room to grow. The plan is to rent our current house, the ad will go up in a couple days.
As I said, I am traveling for work and leave next week on a 2 week trip to NJ and CO. I am not coming home in between, so I have the daunting task of packing 1 suitcase for two completely seperate trips :) Then home for 10 days, whirlwind cleaning/packing and several anticipated trips to goodwill, then back to the East Coast for 5 days, leaving about a week to finish packing, close and move.
I spent this past weekend "Eme-sitting" so that Erika could visit her new nephew, Grant, in Michigan. We had a good visit, and despite
her hectic cares and an unexpected trip to the hospital to replace her feeding tube, we were able to play dollies, eat "ice cream" and "cookies" and color. She has been outpatient now for longer than ever before (over a month?!) with plans to move home (Colorado) permanently in about 2 weeks! I am excited that she is well enough to make this transistion, but will miss her and Erika. Check out Erika's blog: www.cotaforEmersonW.com/node/35
That's all for now, but I do promise to update more frequently!
I feel as though I have accomplished literally nothing today. I am not really sure why, but I am ok with it. I have a couple of projects at work right now...all of which are waiting for something. 
