I texted Dr. Petersen, the owner of Westgate Animal Clinic.
I requested a chance to reapply for the position I had turned down two years ago (while crying I might add - I knew I was giving up a great opportunity to pursue an equally great opportunity, and that HURT.)
It had been such an amazing two years - it was absolutely the right decision at the time - but now here I was wondering if I could be so lucky as to have it all. I wanted to work with this team too.
This one time, at a family dinner, I was telling my brother Dave about what a great team Westgate Animal Clinic had and how much I had enjoyed meeting them two years prior. He said later that my eyes lit up when I told him.
Russ overheard and said maybe that was next. “Absolutely not,” I said. I continued to line up other options.
Russ let it go knowing I have scary good intuition.
Eventually he asked why I would not even consider looking into this opportunity. I told him Dr. Petersen and his team were the kindest group of people I had ever met, and if I worked there and learned that were not true I would be devastated.
Russ stared at me and waited. “Oh…” I whispered, and texted Dr. Petersen.
Fear is sometimes a good reason not to do a thing, but it is sometimes a barrier that keeps us from taking a risk we should take. I mean me…I.
Dr. Petersen invited me to visit. “Wow! Can I hug your client??” I asked when I got there. Without waiting for an answer, I hugged his client. It was Ryan Sorensen! “Oh, I know him,” I explained, much later in the interaction than I should have.
Dr. Grant and Bre let me shadow them in surgery. “Are you all as kind as you seem?” I asked. When Dr. Grant said they were I said, “you know a good guy AND a bad guy would both say yes to that.” I then let her complete surgery while I watched politely as I assume (but do not know for sure) that normal people would do.
When Dr. Petersen asked if I had questions, I asked if he was going to hire me. “Yeah probably,” he said. And then he just…did. I was (am) so happy.
(Art above from Pixabay by ractapopulous - used with permission, color corrected to dog and cat vision.)
In my very first solo appointment, I opened the exam room door and knocked the art off the wall. I introduced myself with my back to the client and her dog while I tried to rehang the picture. “Are you…a doctor?” she asked.
“Yup!” I said as I dropped the corner of the picture and started over trying to put it back up. She was very gracious and let me see her dog even though she had not yet seen me be able to handle anything I touched!
The appointment improved, and it was a very enjoyable day.
This is a great next chapter you all. I love it here so much.
