Bullet Points...

Wow...it's been a long time since I have updated!!!  The summer seems to have flown by...and I wish time would slow down, but I'm enjoying every last bit of it!!!  There has been a lot going on...so I'm going to hit the highlights with bulletpoints to spare you from run-on sentences!!!

* I have about 6 weeks left of my contract, so I am half way there!!!  Boy, am I ready for this contract to end!!  I love spending time with my family & friends, but this job is less than perfect!  Let's just leave it at that!
* I have a new best friend:  my 8 yr. old cousin!!!  She is my shadow on my days off that I stay at the farm and she is always sitting right next to me telling me every detail of every day that I haven't spent with her!!  The other day I laid my head in her lap while it was story telling time and I got an hour and a half head rub...let me tell you...I WAS IN HEAVEN!!!!
* After a 2 month break, I have taken up my running again.  I quickly reminded myself that I will never take 2 months off again.  It is no fun getting back into shape!  However, I have a new doggie friend that runs with me every day and we have quite the adventures!! Almost getting ran over, chasing pheasants & deer, & avoiding snakes are just a few!
* I attended the Ellis County Fair where my cousin won Grand Champion bucket calf!!!  I got a play by play from my aunt on the steer and hefer shows as I had NO idea what was going on!!!  It was interesting and I learned a lot that night!
*  I referred someone to my company and she signed a contract with my fabulous recruiter and became a travel nurse!!!  So excited that I was able to help both the nurse and my company out with a new adventure!!
* I went to KC last weekend to baby Easton's 1st birthday!!!  She is soooo cute!!  It was great to catch up with my friends while there too!!!  I always have a blast when I am with them...and I found out that Midwest sushi is good too!!!
* There are some days that we have the white leg show around the farm!!  Sometimes they just sneak up and blind you so fast you don't know what hit you!!  I am talking about my uncles white legs!!!!  You can't tell where his sock starts or ends!  He is headed to Vegas next week, so if you are going to be there...BE AWARE, you might wanna put on two pairs of sunglasses if you cross his path!!!  HAHAHA!!!  Since I know he is going to read this...Pat, I just had too!!!! 
* Some exciting family news is that my uncle was appointed ArchBishop of Philadelphia last week!!!  So, I am busy planning a trip to Philly in Sept. with my family!!!  I can't wait for his installation and some time with my family!!!  Hopefully there will be a trip to Rome next summer when he goes to get his pellium from the Pope!!! 
* I'm planning my first baby shower...and after several bridal showers this one is definiately different.  However, I'm loving every minute of it!!  It is bittersweet because I planned/hosted Kendra's bridal shower a couple years ago and now it's time for her baby shower!!!  I love planning parties!!!

Well...that about sums up the highlight of my last month or so since I last updated!!!  I am still looking forward to the birth of my neice or nephew in January...I actually can't wait!!!  I would love to hear updates from my fellow bloggers...hint hint, Jenna Lechner!!! 

ONE YEAR!!!

It's just a few days shy of being one year when I first annouced my first travel assignment in Corpus Christi, TX.  Since then, I have experience so many new things, meet many new people, driven countless miles, and had the time of my life!!!  I can't imagine my career without the experience of being a travel nurse!  I can't begin to tell you how happy I am that I stepped out on a limb and took this chance at life!!  I wouldn't have gotten through it without my family, friends, and fabulous recruiter!  All of whom have kept me sane, made me laugh, listened to my "can you believe this hospital does this?" moments, and just sat on the other end of the phone while I just needed that sense of someone who cares when I'm lonely!  I am excited to continue this career and see where is takes me!  There is always those thoughts of not having a place to call "home", not being in a central location, missing my family and friends that have made me think about quitting this traveling business, however I am trying to make some life decisions, and in those I see at least one more, if not two more assignments in my future.  We'll see what life, love, and the future bring me in the next few months before I make any big decisions!!!