Welcome, John, Glad you found us and decided to join in. Sounds like you've got quite a bit going on. Hang around cause there's plenty of good advice and just plain old fun.
Hello John, and Welcome to the SBG site!
There's lots of good info here and a great bunch of fella's to BS with. Many of us here have uttered the same thing, " why did I wait so long"?, but you're here now and you did the deed, so enjoy the new you and keep it smooth!
john.....welcome 2 the sly brotherhood. glad that ya found us. it's also gr8 2 hear from another sly RN. i'm a RN here in florida. i work @ a med/surg unit taking care of respiratory, renal, & cardiac patients. post up often & become an active member of the best site on the internet. we have a gr8 bunch of people here. take care & c ya 'round the forum.
WARHAWK 
Med/surg in FL? I grew up in Tampa. I am not ready for med/surg yet. I am tossing around the idea of maybe applying for an adult ICU position near my house. I have a 50 mile commute right now to be able to work with the cardiac kids.
Hey John, what hospital do you work at? It's been several years, but I spent some time in the pediatric cardiac wing at UCLA for a congenital heart defect - Tetralogy of Fallot,
Welcome John..
See how the perfect world of "sly" works..
You take one bald guy out of Cali and replace him with another ( I just moved to Wa. from Ca.)...
Aww, how perfectly the universe runns itself! 
Welcome our Cali bald bro! 
We were just up in WA in May and my wife is going back up to see her dad in a couple of weeks. She grew up and he still lives in Vancouver, WA.
Hey John, what hospital do you work at? It's been several years, but I spent some time in the pediatric cardiac wing at UCLA for a congenital heart defect - Tetralogy of Fallot,
I work at Loma Linda University Children's Hospital. Yep, we get tet kids pretty often.
Hello John, and Welcome to the SBG site!
There's lots of good info here and a great bunch of fella's to BS with. Many of us here have uttered the same thing, " why did I wait so long"?, but you're here now and you did the deed, so enjoy the new you and keep it smooth! 
From my lurking I can tell that that's true! Thanks to you and everyone for the warm welcome!
SEE IT IS JUST A BROTHERHOOD IN HERE. GLad you liek it John....i know i do