The whole reason for blogging has finally arrived...

 I am California bound!  The last few weeks have been very hectic, and pretty sure it will get worse before it's better...but I can't wait for this chapter of my life to begin! 

It all begin last year with my best friend Ashley telling me I should travel nurse, an option she didn't have at the time in her life but I did.  I was still in school getting my BSN and then I had my surgery in January but I had planned to start heavily planning a travel assignment by the middle of February.  A blessing from God happened and the opportunity for travel happened for Ashley too.  By the middle of February we both were searching endlessly for an assignment.  I never knew there was so much involved with paperwork, licensing, etc. so it was starting to get discouraging. 

On March 7th, I got a call that evening from my recruitor stating that I got an offer from Oceanside, CA.  WOW!  So exciting!  The only problem was Ashley had not got a call so our job was then to find her something ASAP.  THANKFULLY, Oceanside called her that night and practically offered her the job on the phone.  Of course we both accepted the offer!

With our start date of April 4th approaching soon, there is so much to be done.  With certain fingerprinting and background checks that can only be done in CA prior to employment, we flew to LA this past weekend to finish that step.  A wonderful friend Lisa offered her place for us to stay as we enjoyed Santa Monica, Malibu, LA, and Hollywood for about 36 hrs.  Gorgeous place!  Even though our flight was overbooked and we were kicked off and had a 7 hr delay getting home, it was an awesome short weekend on the west coast.

The tentative plan is to leave March 27th for the 36 hr roadtrip to CA with many stops along the way.  My mother along with Ashley's parents are planning to take the trip with us.  There is so much to do and so little time before I begin to enjoy this opportunity that has been given to me!

It's the "new" me :-)

I'm just glad I am able to have a smiley in my title, because last week there was NO smiling!  Pretty much just whining, tears, and moaning.  I would have NEVER thought my legs could hurt so bad...like constant burning and pulling like my muscles from my hips to my knees were tearing apart everytime I barely moved!  My chest was practically painless, but I think my legs just hurt so bad that I didn't even notice my chest!  After a week full of being bedridden, laying only on my back, lightheadedness if I stood for more than 5 mins, draining from my incisions, etc. AND being snowed in at my parents, it was nice to finally be home and feeling good!  I hate that I sound so negative because it was a choice I made, but I'm GUARANTEE I will never have lipo again and definitely would not recommend it! 

On a positive note...I LOVE my new boobs!  I have never had perky, firm boobs sooo I CANNOT wait until the summer to wear cute tops and bathing suits!  My legs are still sort of lumpy, bruised, and swollen but I can tell a HUGE difference with my clothes.  So I can't totally regret that I had the lipo, I just know I will never have it done again anywhere else! 

Today, I feel great!  Just a little soreness and stiffness in my legs like I've had a really hard workout, and just some throbbing, like a headache, here and there in my chest...but I feel a MILLION times better than a week and half ago! 

One more week off work and very thankful I can get out and enjoy it now! :-) 

Yes, I'm updating!

Back at this again!  Just like I do with exercising or anything else I doin life, it's hard to stick with.  Hey, but I did stick with school and now officially have my BSN as of last month!  Graduated with Magna cum Laude, Special Honors in Nursing, and on the President's List...I sound smart huh?!  It's only deceiving...I'm still a blonde lol. 

Well today is finally the day!  Mastopexy and liposuction here I come :-)  No one else in the world will probably ever notice the difference, but I will...and I can't wait.  I've waited too long for this but still nerrvvvousss!  I'm ready to just fast forward past the pain and healing process and be in my biniki this summer!

Hopefully during my 2 weeks out of work I am going to get some "set in stone" plans made with a travel company so I can start my travel nursing dream.  It's so easy to keep finding reasons to put it off but I want to get out of here so bad.  My best friend Ash reminds me continuously how difficult it will be to leave because of how close we are...but all I can think is I can't wait for her to visit me and us go out and find awesome places to enjoy! 

Well off to get ready for the big day! :-)  I'll be back for an update!!

Too good to be true...

So I'm trying the dating scene again...all I can say is WOW!  It's so much fun and at the same time difficult because I'm all about comfortability.  Meeting new people is NOT comfortable!  But it's fun, refreshing, and exiciting!  So I had a blind date with a guy last night...and like I said, too good to be true!  He has a great story and if it can be done, he's done it!  If I had ever set a standard for myself, this guy beyond surpassed it!  With my thinking and past experiences, I know there's got to be some skeletons in the closet... I guess only time will tell. 

Going to eat with my long lost friend Paige tonight.  She used to be my single girl and would would guy hunt together and have amazing weekends.  I messed up and set her up with Levi and now she is getting married in 3 months! lol  She's a lucky girl and I'm excited for her!  They are getting married in Vegas July 31st so I'm ready for that trip!

I have SOO much to say! Not always good!

Well it's been a week....I didn't have much going on this week which I guess was a good thing.  I'll catch you up!
Mon- Work
Tues- Work
Wed- Relaxed catching up on my DVR recordings and things around the house
Thurs- Class, shopping, met a guy for coffee (first and last meeting lol)
Fri- Picked up  my table, hung out with the parents and went to dinner
Sat- My papa's 83rd birthday breakfast, stayed out of the rain and rested before work, and worked

And now it's Sunday!  Awake WAY sooner than I want to be.  I was really looking forward to doing it all day actually, oh well. 

I want to complain for a moment.  I'm good at it! lol  People can be SO decieving!  It it amazes me the things people can hide so everybody else thinks everything in their life is just great.  And the way they say things, they sugar coat everything.  It always sounds good, but it's always a lie.  I guess that is why I am the brutal honest type, because I like things to appear like they really are!  And if you can't get along with my personality, it's because you are more than likely guilty of what I'm being honest about.  Make sense?!  It totally does!  Yes, sometimes I think I could erase moments in time or choices in my life, but I would NEVER change who I am!  If anything, I would just improve everything about me!  From being a better Christian, a better friend, a better smartellic...get it?! 
I am just thankful for the people in my life that are true people.  You know who you are because if you are offended by any of this, you right, you are probably just one of those jokes to life!  Life would be so much more enjoyable for you and everybody else if you were true to yourself and others.

Wow, I feel so much better lol!  Ready for this week to begin!  I have a lot things to look forward to.  Can't wait to see how they all turn out.  Ughh except for my final Thursday!  I hate chemistry with a passion!  Or just school in general.

Well since I can't say anything positive, I'll try this again another day.  Hoping for a great night at work, wish me luck!

Taking a break....

from cleaning my house that is!  I don't want to talk about how my checkbook is 4 months behind on being balanced, I didn't have a pair of jeans clean, the 4 loads of clean clothes aren't folded....yes I am single so I can't IMAGINE having a family.  I don't know how you women do it!

Finally got the A/C fixed Wednesday evening...it feels SOO much better now.  I even have to wrap up in my comforter when I go to bed.

So, had class Thursday morning and then worked 6pm-1am that night.  Got off and had to come home and bake for the bake sale Friday.  Got a few hours of sleep before I had to get ready to work the bake sale from 11-2.  Finally became a true blonde again thanks to Morgan Scoggins at Grove Park.  Loving the new hair!  Then it was the infamous night out with Rachel and Leslie.  Started with dinner at Chili's.  After long thought, ha, we decided to go bowling.  The question was, where to go?  According to GPS, Canton and Woodstock were both about the same distance but Canton won.  I hope somebody that reads this has been there before and can understand anything I'm saying.  Rachel swears she had never even been to a place like this but it reminded me a lot of the old Cartersville Alley.

Here's how it goes....It was 30 mins before "all you can bowl" started so we went to the lounge where they had karaoke going.  As soon as we stepped in the door we got the stare.  We are some hot girls lol, but you would understand why we just about broke necks if you could have saw this breed of people.  We counted 5 mullets!  We saw girls that were so fat they didn't have a neck...their chin touched their chest, not lying!  Girls had love handles like I have NEVER seen!  One of the guys I sat down beside trying to get us to karaoke said he couldn't sing but the one arm man still clapped for him....I thought that was the new joke, but no lie, the guy running the karaoke machine only had 1 arm!!  It was one of those arms that only grew to the elbow, and the elbow had a hand!  The white haired man across from us never made an effort to sing along with the country twang karaoke songs, but when Ludacris and Kanye West was blaring he couldn't stop bankhead bouncin'!  He was slightly confused!  All I can say, if you ever want entertainment, the Canton bowling alley is the place to be.  Leslie finally came to the conclusion that we needed to get out when we did because from the stares we were about to get raped or beat up!  What a night!

Saturday, my dear mother had her graduation from OR tech school.  Congratulations Mom!  It was held at Georgia Tech but FreakNiK 2010 obviously had not started because it wasn't too crazy down there.  We then went to IKEA where I totally fell in LOVE!  I have only got the catalogs and always wondered what the fuss was about because there was never a thing I liked in the catalogs.  WELL, the store is totally different!  I don't even like to cook but the kitchens were my favorite.  I know anybody that reads this has probably been 100 times, but if you haven't, you should take a trip.  I then stopped by Farmers Furniture on the way home and ordered my dining table.  I am the most indecisive when it comes to buying anything, especially furniture or decorating stuff because I'm the least creative person ever!  But I will finally have a new dining table Thursday!
It was a good deal and has height to it like I really wanted.  Its small and simple, easy to decorate, just what I needed.

P.S.We had a change of plans for the Braves game Saturday night because I don't know the possibilites that could happen with four young blondes in Atlanta during FreakNik!  Reschedule to occur SOON!

PLEASE give me some cold air!

Ok, I'm not gonna complain TOO much b/c I absolutely love spring and summer...but its 85 degrees in my house...yes I said EIGHTY FIVE!!  As soon as I get ready to go anywhere its time to take another shower due to my sweating pits and sweat soaked hair!  Disgusting, I know!  Today is suppose to be the day the A/C is getting fixed...we will see if it happens.  I will never have been so happy to spend so much money on something stupid!

As I was telling the girls today...I felt very unfiminine last night (if that is a word).  When I'm rushed to get to work on time, b/c it's difficult to get anywhere on time in my life, I tend to forget my earrings.  This causes me to feel so unlike a girl!  I sometimes wonder, is this why guys don't wear earrings?  And if they do wear earrings, do they feel like a girl does?  It's confusing, I know!

And the deal with my obsession with testosterone induced muscles and guys that wear makeup...here are my examples...tell me what you think----

 And he is hot, don't deny it!  I would have never thought he liked guys!  So unfortunate lol!

Yes, I like love this!

Las Palmas and Bible study with the girls tonight... I started the study of Esther a few weeks ago and it has been amazing!  I just confirms that as a woman, I AM strong AND brave and even if I don't know what is in store for me, HE knows! 

Got plans for my first Braves game of the season Saturday...nothing like some good ol' tailgating, good times with good friends, and baseball!  Hopefully they will step it up by then!  And I have a confession...no matter where I am, home, gym, restuarant, you know it, if I'm watching the Braves and they start the tomahawk chop, I have to CONTAIN myself from joining in!  It doesn't always work tho!  I really hope there are others out there that do the same thing...ooo ooo OooO Ooo OOoo Ooo ooo!