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just before my MC diagnosis i had set in place the goal, to relocate to a regional area that is 2 hours west of the capital city where i am currently live and work.
The aim was to get a job (that i like as i hate my current role) and a small place in a quieter type lifestyle, and get a dog.
the MC thing slightly interupted things but in the past couple of months i have got back into making the dream happen.
Jobs in this area that would suit me are not very common. My first attempt was via my current employer. which turned into a mess with Chief Financial Officer screwing things around.
Then a very good role was advertised with a good company (large international engineering firm) i applied and i was starting to think it was a no go...... got the call today to come in for an interview.
I was aware that my flare this week was partly attributed to stress with 'stuff.
stress with my current role and incompetant supervisors and feeling like I didnt have control on things (work, life, health) and things were not as i wanted them.
Gabes Ryan
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
I prep on Sunday, April 25th, and the procedure is on that monday the 26th. The prep is different that the one I did 5 years ago. It is a 2 stage prep. I will start on Sunday and do the last of the prep on Monday before the procedure. She said is is better than the old way.......we will see!
Romanita
I can do ALL THINGS through Christ who strengthens me!!!!
strangely enough after I had applied for the first job in this location, a month later, a role that would be a promotion for him was advertised, he contemplated it embracing the reasons why i was considering it, cheaper housing, better lifestyle quality etc, and he applied for it, had the interview and 2 weeks ago got offered the role.
what he chooses to do is his thing.
i had made the decision to relocate there before the romance started.
the roller coaster ride continues.... later today got called into the big big bosses office and got offered a role based where i am now, it is a promotion.... he said lots of good things about my abilities
i started to wonder if the universe was trying to tempt me to stay here, then i realised it was just affirming to me that i am a good worker, with good skills and with the right role and manager i will flourish.
staying here is not the goal or the dream.
Gabes Ryan
"Anything that contradicts experience and logic should be abandoned"
Dalai Lama
I'm doing the same thing: moving out of the city, returning to my small town roots. Last year while I was housebound and living in the bathroom, I had a lot of time to think about life, where I am, what I want and such. My MIL died spring 2009 after a 2 month illness and years of dementia (the stress of that was the trigger for full blown MC, I believe), and that really made me think about how I want to spend the last 20-40 years of my life.
Living in a busy town with awful traffic, crowds, expensive living ... not what I want. We're moving to a small town that we know and love. 30,000 people instead of 2 million, countryside, and things within walking.
I feel so good about this move, and there's been no MC flare because the stress is good stress. I've retired so I'm home and can pack and do all the moving associated things at my own pace.
All the best wishes for taking things in hand and landing that interview. I know you will shine! Your writing lets me know that you shine through the worst of times.
Love, Maggie
Maggie Scarpone
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Hello Gabes, so glad to hear your life is developing so well!! I wish you good luck with your job interview next week. Keep us updated.
About the quiet life, I do recognize it too. I was born in a small village on a farm and my whole childhood was country-village life, with animal a goat, rabbits, cats and my favorites the dog and my ponies. After finishing my study I moved to the city (well in the rest of the world you would call this city a town), it is the only real city in the area. Actually living here is having the best of two worlds. It is only 15 minutes cycle (yeh Dutch of course cycling) to the fields and nature area (real country side), but also cinema, theatre, cafe's restaurants in are walking distance. With the car it takes only 5 to 10 minutes to leave town. The north of the Netherlands is a bit of a "lacking behind" region of the Netherlands. About six weeks ago I went for a day to Amsterdam. Was I happy to back in Groningen that evening. So nice and -relatively- quiet. Let us "lack behind" here, I am quiet happy with it.
I also do believe If live changes come from the inside, I mean a longing to want something, only putting your mind and energy to it will make it work, will make it happen.
