Two down, three to go

Today I accepted an offer from Kaiser Permanente to work in their communications department as Liaison, NW Permanente. The job is a marketing communications manager position, with writing responsibility. I will be working on internal and external communications projects for the physicians of Kaiser, some 800-900 of them. I am thrilled to be back in the workaday world, doing what I like to do and happen to be good at. Provided I pass my drug test and background check, I will start work on May 14th.

Also today, I offered the job of Executive Director of The Women's Health Project to a bright, confident woman who will do great at keeping the organization moving forward. I am so relieved. I will train her for the next few weeks, then she is free to make the job her own. Once we make an announcement about her, the fundraising should kick back in to gear.

Not bad for one day.

Fun w/Face Paint

Moving right along

It has been an interesting experiment to try and manage the spin on our upcoming relocation. Our timing is so heavily dependent on a bunch of things coming together at roughly the same time, it's hard to tell people exactly what we are up to. But here's an update, such as it is:

We have five major points to address in this life-change we've embarked on.

1. Sell the store. We are working with a terrific buyer, and if all goes well we will be transferring ownership in the near future. That's about as specific as I can get at the moment.

2. Sell our house in PT. It was listed this week, and we are READY TO SHOW!

3. Get a job (for me) in PDX. I have a second interview next week.

4. Transfer my nonprofit organization to a new Director. I am interviewing four candidates in the next several days.

5. Buy a house in PDX. This can't happen until all of the above is accomplished, plus probably Steve getting a job. But we're looking at lots of places next weekend!