On the Road again..

Week 2 is beginning. Tomorrow. :) I'm looking forward to it and slightly nervous which I expected but always throws you a little bit if you know what I'm saying. I had a nice couple of days with my hubby at home. Actually it was more like I got to spend sporadic moments with him on Sunday (while I wasn't being called into work for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd time...) and then we went out on Monday night had a delicious steak sandwich & a taster tray..yummm and hung out and watched a few shows in the evening. It was quite nice and relaxing..just what I needed before I start my next week!

I think the one thing I am thankful for this week is that I will get to have a look at my schedule for the next month! Holy moley, I'm getting anxious to just know when I'm working next and when I will be off! At this point I kind of don't even care if it is every other day... I just want to KNOW! I'm sure I will change my tune once I get my schedule but...we'll just go with it.

I brought a few more things back to Lisa's with me (my home away from home) to help me feel a little more settled and less like I am traveling--which tends to mean I like to eat out (aka get fat-er) and spend a crap ton of money (aka ruin my lovely budget!!)

With tax season coming up & Dan & I owing a bunch on our taxes I have been more focused on my YNAB and realizing how so very grateful I am that dan and I decided to take the plunge and just get through the first 2-3 months of budgeting. WOW its amazing how much we have paid off when I look back at it. And... this year I realize even more that I would be flipppppping out if I owed this much and I didn't know where all my money was going. Ah, the lack of guilt with spending is such the best I have to say. Okay silly rant over :).

I said I was going to get pictures up, but I have temporarily misplaced my camera...sooo a funny very unrelated video is going to have to do. Omg I am enjoying this video so much. I hope you do too :)

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!

Unpredictable

I was woke up by a phone call today calling me with more shifts to work this month! Wh-hoooo! As much as I would love to enjoy having almost this whole week off... somehow I can't when I am laden down by the possibility that my husband is convinced he is getting laid off within the next couple months coupled with the fact that most of the shifts that I actually am already scheduled for.... I am likely to be called off or will only be allowed to work 1/4 of... sigh. Who ever thought I would be hungry for more hours at work?? The downside of living in a small healthy-ish town with a good hospital...its small, low turnover, and it takes a lot of seniority to work your way up . I can think of so many "if-only's" right now it drives me crazy, but I digress...you never realize how good you have it until its gone! The take home message...life changes in a moment, and you can only depend on its unpredictability. And I mean that in the least cynical way possible. Basically all of this is reminding me that I need to be soo grateful every day for what I have because in some way that I don't even understand right now it's allowing me to grow and learn...
Anyway! The whole reason I got the bug to blog was a song that has been on my list of favorites lately.

" I don't negotiate with insecurities, they're going to have to take a backseat.
No more second guessing, no there's no more questioning, I'll be the one defining who I'm gonna be, no concealing feelings, or changing seasonally, I'm going to love myself the way I want you to love me. No more standing in my own way"

Katy Perry has spoken! Or sung..whatever. I love it.