Valentine's Day!

Well my friends Happy Valentine's day to ya! Not one of my favorite holidays, but I'm also not one of those huge haters. I like stars more then hearts and green beer more then heart shaped pizza but nonetheless an excuse to eat some chocolate is fine with me!

I am coming of 4 straight nights work so my Valentines day will be spent with the roomie, some pizza, diet coke, dvr, and a piece of red velvet cake......and that my friends is totally fine with me!!

Hope yours is fabulous tooooo!! :)

Pope Came to Texas!

I got a week break from work just in time for the snowpocalypse....annnnnnd Stephanie's visit to Texas! It was a surprise she even made it considering her flight got canceled because of the THREAT of snow in Houston. That's right folks...she was leaving from Cleveland, connecting in Chicago and landing in Houston. Cleveland and Chicago were fine with their real snow and Houston said NO because of their impending threat of an inch of snow...bananas!

Anyhow she made it...we hung out...fabulous time had by all! I miss that friend when shes not here I tell ya!

When they arrived in Austin we went to check out the capitol building downtown. Super big. Super pretty. Steph really liked the huge pic of G.W. Bush and Riz liked Davy Crockett...I just liked the cannon outside...







On Sunday before the Super Bowl we went to the biggest outlet mall I have ever seen in. my. life. Seriously. Huge.



Just a glimpse...this is a Prime outlet and Tanger outlet connected and it is pure heaven.

I went back to Houston with the girls and hung out for a couple days and relaxed since I didn't have to work.

Tomorrow starts a 4 day in a row stretch and I will be work the next 6 out of 7 days...awesome...here I go to prepare...

Texas Snowpocalypse!

Well friends you should all be happy to know that I have survived the snowpocalypse 2011 in Texas!

It was a close one but I managed to get through it!

The people up north would have just laughed at the news just like I did with these crazy Texans and their fear of any kind of white precipitation or temps below freezing! The news had called for the possibility of a half to one inch of snow and two days before the "big storm" was suppossed to hit they were already closing schools and panicking! They even activated the cities emergency preparedness plan! And this is pretty much all they got...



I mean seriously the news was giving lots of winter weather driving tips. Since they don't have much salt they were telling us all about the "deicing" mixture they were creating with sand and gravel. Car batteries were flying off the shelves to enable people to winterize their cars.

Straight bananas. Especially considering the fact that by noon the day of the snow it was already above freezing and the little bit of white on the ground was melting away!

So glad the there were no major casualties and the southerns didn't turn into popsicles!

I Heart Texas...Except...

Welll It's been a couple weeks here in Texas and I must say I am liking it a lot more then Cali! I feel more at home here and being only a 2 day drive and one hour time difference away from my family makes me feel much closer to them!

We have gone out downtown a couple of times to experience the fabulous Austin night life and it is pretty fantastic...I mean look how awesome it looks!



As far as the real reason that I am here...to work..it could be better. The hospital actually isn't too bad. Same types of patients...similar equipment...just one HUGE downfall...

PAPER CHARTING!!!

I mean seriously?!?! It is the year 2011 and I am working at DELL Children's Hospital..Dell like those computer people...and we are PAPER charting?!?!?! RIDICULOUS!!

And some doctor thinks this is safer??? Let me just tell you sir that this is ludicris and just completely bananas! I can't even read the writing of the nurse before me to see what happened with my patient during the day...how is that safe??? People calculate the intake and output wrong all the time...how is that safe?? When you order a new medication someone just hand writes it into the medication chart and we all hope it is right...how is that safe??? BANANAS!!!

But such is the life of a travel nurse....

At least I have some FABULOUS peeps traveling with me and suffering through the writers cramp after a 12 hour shift along side me!

That is all for now...I must gear up for another 12 hours of novel writing!

Peace out kids!

Travel Nursing Stop 2!

Well I survived Cali and the holidays at home and have moved on to my next stop...Austin TX!

I am already loving it more then I did Cali...I think Texas is much more my style!

For now let me just show you our absolutely amazing apt!







2 bedroom, 2 bathroom, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, huge bedroom with walk in closets (yes there are 2!) and a huge bathtub!!

LOVE IT!!

Tomorrow night is our second night of orientation so I will update more about the job after that!

I have a feeling it's gonna be an amazing 13 weeks!!

Happy Happy :Late: Birthday!!

Mama Monaghan...who I just happen to think might be the greatest woman on the planet...had her special day yesterday!

She seriously is amazing and I scored a Kitchenaid mixer with my Chase rewards points and my family gave it to her yesterday for me! I was so excited to get that for her and was super sad I wasn't there to be with her on her birthday!

I can't wait to get back to Ohio and spend time with her!!

Happy Birthday Mama!!

Super Quick!

Hey folks!

Still in Cali here...till Dec 15th...

Christie and Theresa came to play and we had a BLAST...I wanted to go back to Columbus with them!

I'm so sad I didn't get to see the Harry Potter movie tonight! I can't wait till Sunday!

I miss Ohio sooooo much right now and can't wait to go home for Christmas!

Biggest news.....

I'm moving to Austin, TX in Jan!!


Look how pretty my new skyline will be!

CAN'T WAIT!!

Annnd I'll be living a measly 3 hours away from Houston where Miss Rizzo lives!! YAYYY!!

I'll be there from Jan 10th to April 10th so anyone that would like to spend St. Pattys in Austin or come see the rodeo is welcome to!!

That's all for now kids!

Peace out!