Everybody Wants Me...by Michelle French NOT Billy Squier...

As you read this entry...get out the Billy Squier and listen to 'Everybody Wants You'. That will get you in the mood for reading this update....

This past Monday I started my orientation at WakeMed. Monday and Tuesday were systemwide orientation. Tuesday at lunch I ran into Gail Sturdivant. (Gail was a Director at Rex and my interim Director for while before she retired and then went to work at Wake as a Director.) I had already heard a couple of weeks ago that Gail was 'excited' that I was coming to Wake. That made me feel good then. Tuesday when I ran into Gail she told me that 'it is a great loss for Rex' and she told me that she was 'so happy' that I was at Wake. WOW! I can't tell you how much that meant to me. She also told me if there was anything she could help me with or anything she could do for me not to hesitate to ask. Again...WOW!

I have such a great respect for Gail and she is the type that when walking into a room, you hurry to stand up from your seat. She is someone that as right as I think I might be, if she looked at me and said 'thats wrong', I wouldn't hesitate or ask what was wrong about it. I would move on no questions asked. So back to updating my week..Wednesday and Thursday was Nursing Orientation. When I was leaving Wednesday I passed her, and I again I said hello. Thursday I again, ran into Gail in the lunch room. She said "I was trying to hunt you down...I was in a meeting with Daniel, the ED Manager and he is trying to get in touch with you, he wants to interview you for a Supervisor position'. I'm not quite sure if my mouth dropped, my heart stopped or I was dreaming. I told Gail I would get in touch with him before I left. After finishing up the Nursing Orientation I called his extension and he told me 'your name is all over the place down here'. I told him I wasn't sure if that was good or bad. He said 'definately good'. Again, WOW! I had people hunting me down wanting me to interview for positions that I didn't even know existed. They all knew about me and yet I knew none of them. So as it stands now, I am trying to get out of working Tuesday at Rex in order to interview with Daniel on Tuesday.

Today I finished up EPR charting computer stuff and then, again, passed Gail. We laughed since we had run into each other 4 days in a row. It is always a pleasure and knowing that she is in my corner is unbelievable! As I walked through Wake today...I began to wonder..'will I love Wake as much as I loved Rex?'...and I also thought 'I wonder if all the crap I have been put through at Rex the last 12-18 months and as much dislike as my own Director has toward me is turning into a compound effect of positiveness at Wake?' I sure hope so...because I have had a huge smile everyday.

I called Linda (my Rex Team Leader) today to tell her the update...She said 'you take whatever they off you...you have earned it'. I knew she would be happy for me. I miss my friends at Rex, I miss the fun times that we had. But Im not losing any friendships, hopefully gaining more and also advancing my career by leaps and bounds..

Stay tuned!