Seattle Traveling Week #1

And so it has begun. Our adventure in Seattle. At the moment is only me up here. I got here a couple of nights ago and I will be up here til Saturday now since plans changed a little bit. Thankfully it was easily straightened out this time. I'm looking forward to the next couple of days because I will be closer to finding out my schedule for the rest of the month! It's so hard to be patient for it to be available for me I feel like I have been hanging by a thread. Anyway..soon enough. I had my first orientation day on Wednesday, it consisted of mostly online education modules...yayyy Healthstream. But, its good to have a few days to get settled and figure out how to get places and everything.

The class was full of 8 other nursing travelers besides me so that was awesome because I got to pick their brains a little about what to expect and what things to keep in mind and any tips that they had. They were all really nice. Funny how its easy to make friends with people when you are all in a similar situation. Feels a little crazy! Tomorrow I have my computer charting training. Which is kind of funny since I already have worked with the computer system and have gone through learning how to use it several times with both hospitals I have previously worked at. Should be another okay day.

My goal for tomorrow is to try another route to get to work. See which way is the quickest and most painless as far as traffic and time goes. I am trying to test out routes and what time will be good to leave the house to get to work on time. I'm a little neurotic what can I say. I was that girl who had to leave the house at exactly 7:08 to get to school 5 minutes before 8am during college...I know it sounds crazy but I swear for some reason traffic patterns seem to change if you leave 5 minutes earlier or later and that was the sweet spot. So I'm shooting for finding the sweet spot for this place. That and I might need some good CDs or books on tape to pass the 1-1.5 hours I will be spending on the road... wh-hoooo....apparently this is what I do for the sake of comfort. I'll tell you how my living situation is another day. :) ...with pictures!