Tom, retrieve the application and go for it. After 23 years on the front line as a nurse I know what happens when colleagues and friends leave the front line work. The connections loosen, the poor bloody infantry look askance at one who has moved into one of the plush ivory towers (education, management, PR, etc) and you mightn't feel like 'one of us' around your former colleagues. Only you really know if you want to lose that but unless you apply you may never know. On the plus side: regular hours, sleep, proper meal breaks, return to good health, new doors open for you and beverages on tap! I'm interested because I am fast approaching the time when I may decide to plump for a job away from the clinical arena but I am a sad bugger in that I enjoy the clinical work and have no desire as yet to leave it. As for your blog...life moves on and you may have to change your blog. It's your choice and reaching crossroads like this always make life interesting and exciting.