Vacay!!!

I am sitting here at work (it's 5:30 in the morning) desperately wishing I wasn't here, but rather sound asleep on a lumpy pull out sleeper sofa at a condo. I got vacation...for 2 whole days!!!

We drove down to Daytona on Saturday afternoon. By the time we got everything settled it was late and rainy, so we took the rest of the evening to do stuff like inventory the contents of the condo, buy groceries for the week and explore the grounds. Sunday, we got up early and hit the beach. It wa so much fun to be able to sit and do nothing but read a good book and listen to the waves crashing on the shore. I took some pictures--it was gorgeous!!! But, alas, I am here and not at home. Hopefully they'll get posted buy the end of the week. Michael bought a new skim board. He's pretty good...I suck!!!! The, in the afternoon, Drea, Chris and the boys came out for Drea's birthday. We got dinner at Red Lobster (yummy Cheddar Bay Biscuits!!!). Then we spent the evening out on the beach. It was so much fun watching the boys explore and discover the sea for the first time. Especially Jordan. Once he realized that the water wouldn't swallo him, he wanted to crawl right into it!!!

Then, Josiah decided he had to "go poopy". Well, we really didn't have anywhere to go. We were a good distance away from the condo. So, I said "Siah, just go poopy in the water. That's what Nemo does". It took some convincing, but he was game. I got his little Cars swim trunks pulled down just enough and along came a huge wave. It knocked both me and him down. My heals went over my head and I lost my hat. He got plowed face down into the sand. He looked at me with these huge eyes and dripping wet and said "Beffy, I still gotta go poopy!" I laughed so hard, I could hardly stand up. Mom and Drea were laughing so hard as well. The poor little guy thought that he was trouble!!!

I can't wait to get back and see what's going down there. In the mean time, I'm here at the salt mines...

An Unofficial Decision

A couple of months ago, I started researching travel nursing. I've spent hour looking up different companies, pay rates, benefits that each company offers, etc. I've been talking to a supervisor and to those who mean the most to me to get an opinion of what I should do. The overwhelming answer has been "Go for it!!!". So, I filled out an application with American Mobile, one of the largest travel companies in the country. I now have a recrutier with the agency, Michelle. She called me the other day and we talked for about 30 minutes. The end of the story...she's looking for assignments for me in the Jacksonville area as well as the Ft. Lauderdale area and the Ft. Meyers area. I'm excited about the change, because this is what I want. But, I'm also nervouse about the changes. I am a walking contradiction...more later!!!

Summertime

My goodness!! I didn't realize it had been so long since I'd posted anything. So much has been happening, at yet nothing at all. Brie got married; I've been working like a crazed woman. But the best is yet to come-- a week from tomorrow we go to Daytona for a week. It's not glamorous, but it's away from home and the telephone and the stresses of life. Then about a week after that, I leave to go to Hilton Head, South Carolina for a conference for work. I'm just excited to be back on Hilton Head. The conference it's about sepsis and the newest trends and ideas in critical and emergency care. Hopefully, we'll come back with all kinds of new stuff to use at work!!

Last week, we went tubing down the river. Always an adventure, but this time was especially so...

I've had a cold that I can't get rid of that didn't really help things at all. Then, I got stuck in the reeds at the beginning of the river. I had to paddle my way through them and the gooey gross stuff at the bottom of bank to stand up and reposition myself. When I finally got going, I realized the worse thing that could have happened...my raft was losing air. I was sinking!!!!! Thankfully it was a small leak and not a large one! Then, my loving and wonderful younger brother decided that his singular goal of the trip would be to tip over. You gotta love 13 year old boys. I managed to stay on top of the tube for a little while. Right around the half-way mark, he succeded and I toppled right on over. I think he and the mostly deflated raft were in cohoots together. So, I had to swim most of the way down. Part of it back upriver because I kept getting separated from the rest of our group. By the time we got to the end, I could barely move upper arms. I fell asleep as soon as we got home. I didn't wake up until the next morning. Thankfully I didn't get too burned. All that time at the pool payed off... ;-)

The plan for today was to clean the apartment and the car and then go swimming. Well, the weather isn't cooperating with the last two... I guess I'll be sequestered to either reading here at home or going shopping with mom. darn. :-)