SNOW!

I'm so excited about the snow. Nothing screams Christmas like waking up to snow and having an orange for breakfast. We were all so excited about the snow that we decided to put on our snow gear and head outside for some fun. It was Cody's first time playing in the snow. He loved it, at first. We were building a snow man. By the time we got to the end, he was crying and ready to come in. We barely got the snowman done, so I didn't have time to get a picture of us with our snowman. I had to go back and take the picture of our snowman later. We will have to get some eyes, nose and arms put on him another day.

Going Private

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Agonizing over Oregon

And agonizing is really the perfect way to describe this decision. Brandon was offered a job in Oregon over a week ago. We still haven't decided if we are going to move or not. We have put the physician off in just about every way possible. We've been hoping that a job in Poky which Brandon interviewed for 2 weeks ago would make an offer too, but no such luck. We decided today that we must have a decision made by tomorrow (okay, I know that isn't a real decision, but it's all we could decide today).

Pros:

• Great learning opportunity with a good physician
• Not completely horrible salary (we talked the physician up from the original offer) with malpractice insurance paid for, CME budget after the 1st year, 2 weeks paid vacation for the 1st year - 3 weeks after the 1st year, and possible salary increase after 6 month review.
• Will most likely qualify for federal student loan repayment (still checking on a couple things with this) which means that we could have our student loans completely paid off if we stay for 5 years.

Cons:

• Location, location, location. Basically, we would be living in the groin of Oregon. Yes, the groin.
• No mountains, just a few trees, longs winters, shorter growing season, no irrigation water in the area (which means it isn't green). Yes, just the big 'ol high desert of Oregon.
• Extremely small town. Nearest decent shoppinig for even basic supplies is over 2 hours away.
• Being so far away from family. Missing out on birthdays, holidays, weekly get togethers, you name it, we'll miss it. Being alone with just our little family.

When I think about the pros, to me it is a no brainer, we should go. When I think about the cons, all I want to do is stay in Poky. Been talking to a lot of people about it, most of them make me feel like we just need to suck it up and be grateful Brandon has been offered a good job with some good opportunities.

But we are still agonizing, just the same.