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[hoosiermama]

Ginger: what was your previous screen name--if you feel comfortable sharing? Glad you're doing well.

Yes, nursing is really a tough world these days. In my area there have been lots of mass layoffs; 3 in 3 years for me. And it took 4 1/2 months for me to find this job--I sort of aged out, I suppose, and in spite of lots of openings for which I was very qualified, I had very few interviews. So I hope to be here for another 10 years before I retire. As you said, it's boring! But tolerable. And I've had my time with intense jobs, so boring is okay.

I've only had the one post-divorce relationship. Not looking for any others. I kind of got manipulated and spent much of the time confused about what was going on between us; didn't really have enough self-esteem to state my needs. Recurring pattern for me, and I have no intention of finding any others. Besides, health-wise, I had a weird autoimmune inflammatory thing going on that I'm still trying to resolve, that has left me with a significant facial deformity so...yeah, dating seems ridiculous. it will take awhile to get past the damage done in that relationship, on top of my marriage and divorce; best to just work on healing of all kinds now.