What now?!?

I am not sure how we are going to get through the rest of Tom's rotations.

My boss came to me on Wednesday and dropped the bomb on me: "It looks like there will be no more openings for you to stay on day shift. As of October 5th, you will no longer be working days." When I asked about weekend days, she replied,"No -- you'll have to be on nights full-time." While I appreciate that my employers have worked with me to keep me on days this long, it is hard for me to be as gracious when I know that since I put in my request to be on day shifts (9 months ago), they have hired more nurses. And a couple of them got day shift jobs. I'm not sure how all the hospital politics work -- but this seems very unfair to me.

So naturally, I am doing my best to work on getting a labor/delivery job at the other hospital in town. It looks like I'll be on full-time nights until I can make that work out. Weekend nights at that, most likely... Sigh... It's been hard enough to be away from Tom all week long and only get a few precious hours with him on weekend nights. Now I'll be absolutely exhausted most of the time as well. I've never been a very healthy person on night shift because I simply don't sleep well during the day. I never could adjust well. I suffered through 4 years of working nights -- and I am done!!!

Okay, venting aside...I have spoken with a couple of physicians about having them as references while trying to get another job. The response has been overwhelming! This is very good -- especially since I know that the doctors I asked about this are very well respected at both facilities. Honestly, if I were able to get a job at the other place -- I would love it. They run their birthing unit very differently -- and midwives have privileges over there as well. Please pray that something works out!!!