Jolt,
Did you get a RN job yet? Just wondering...
Robyn
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Jolt,
Did you get a RN job yet? Just wondering...
Robyn
Working on it--the market is really tough for new grads here right now (and in Boston too). I've been doing my darndest, applying at every hospital in the area, but most of the positions are only hiring experienced nurses. That said, I had an interview last week (on another floor at the hospital where I had worked as an aide last year--the floor I worked on didn't have any positions available) that went really well and I am supposed to be hearing something by Friday. So, hopefully I get that job--it's a general surgical floor, which would be a good place to start out, the schedule would work with school, and it's extremely close to where I live. Stay tuned...Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
I used to see a handful of hardcore roadie commuters here in Everett, but I've been seeing more and more people on mountain bikes and hybrids navigating the sidewalks around retail centers with extremely heavy traffic, like Everett Mall way (not even the hardcore ride on Everett Mall Way, but then the Interurban trail does go right to the mall). I have NEVER seen any other bikes in the rack at my grocery store in the year or so since I started making grocery runs by bike, though. People used to look at me like I was insane when I first started, but now people will come up and ask questions about the bike or the panniers, or they will comment about how "that looks handy". I've never been yelled at while hauling groceries, as I have been while out on the road bike. I guess it looks like I'm doing something productive...
Hard to know if there are alot more cyclists now in our area compared to several years ago..unless I ask for statistics.
I live downtown and already live in an area where there are already on-road and off-road bike paths and routes.
However methinks that people respond to me on the idea of bike commuting more positively when they see me in my gear with more general acceptance and not totally strange (but still we're abit rare) compared to 10 years ago when I commuted by bike.
Their positive attitude is more on becoming fit/more healthy vs. saving gas money...so far.
I still think there is a huge difference between volume of regular cyclists in downtown core area vs. the sprawling suburbs. Where I work in the suburbs, it's highly unusual to see a cyclist on the road vs. bobbling on the sidewalk. Of course, I don't cycle in this area because my commute is too long already, but also there are too many transport and construction trucks and heavy equipment swinging around/speeding along.
In fact, the cycling advocates representing the suburbs in our area, really have a much tougher time on improved cycling facilities and routes. It's a serious uphill battle for them ...to convince municipal council.
And in other news: Portland outbikes Copenhagen :D
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