does fort worth ever cross your mind

So today i went to Fort Worth to see where I was born and my first home and the hospital I was born at. I got to see my cousin Susan too, who drove me around and took me everywhere, we ate at this cute little burger place called Kincaids, and it was soo good...i think i like fort worth more than dallas, it just seems a little more calm than it is here.......it was a good day and i will definantely be going back to see the Stockyards and maybe spend the night with them!!! anywho LOVE YALL

we didnt start the fire

Today I went to the 6th Floor Museum at Dealy Plaze to see the JFK stuff. It was so interesting, and it really made me wish I was in DC!! I am going to have to go there on an assignment! I just get so caught up in learning about it and seeing actual things and documents and its so cool to me! I learned that Lee Harvey Oswald bought the gun he shot Kennedy with for 12.78! how crazy is that....what a horrible end result for 12 bucks........after the museum i went outside and took pictures of the x's on the road, adn then back up towards the building to get the view of the depository and the windows..of course got pictures of the grassy knoll...and me in the grassy knoll! haha....anywho.......hope yall are all doing fabulous!! LOVE YALL

are you ready for some football??

Today I went to take a tour of the Texas Stadium, home of the Cowboys, but not for much longer bc they are building a new stadium katy cornered to the rangers stadium. anyways...it was fun, i felt kind of dumb taking pictures by myself, but i also didnt pay 20 bucks the tour guide was trying to con people in to buying the cd of the pics he was taking, i just let people take my camera and take the same pics he was taking...im not totally dumb! it was fun, got to see their lockers, and play on the field, went into the stadium club room which Lyndon B Johnson and Bush(old one) have both hosted parties...got to pretend to be a professional cheerleader for a moment in one of the dudes poses....and then there is a picture of this sign about personal conduct and at the bottom someone wrote in with sharpie 14. dog fighting...which made me laugh. little kids were out their at flag football camps playing around.....possibly future cowboy players? you never know........anyways then i went to the cotton bowl and got a picture of that...no worries rebel fans we will be back there one day! GO NUTTS...HOTTY TODDY!!! LOVE YALL!

Take me out to the ballgame

So how random, but the 7th graders from church came with Mike the youth director and Jim our associate preacher to Dallas to see the Rangers/Braves game, and then go to six flags the next day. Jim called me on their way over, and so I drove over last night and met them in Arlington to go to the game together with them! It was so much fun, and I am definantely going to catch some more games before I leave!


i love the hospital..the patients are about the same as what i was taking care of in jackson, its kind of hard to learn the computer charting and computer medication dispensing..but change is a good thing, and i have never been good at it and it makes me uncomfortable so hopefully its helping me to become a better nurse.......the people at work today asked if my middle name was "Ann" like Bailey Ann...a double name...assuming i guess that since i am from the south that Ann is somewhere in my name and its used as a double name.........they said i had a deep southern accent but i dont think its that bad!! anyways..its fun....they say IIIIce and NIIIIce with a overexaggeration on the I's.....its fun, i am just like at home always tired after a 12-13 hour day at work, but now at least i have enough off days to recooperate!! anywho...LOVE YALL!

Little Deuce Coupe

.
so yesterday i went to three different car dealerships, test drove a camry and a accord, and by 7pm last night, i had a new car. it is a grey ish sparkley shiny new 2007 honda accord LX. its just the basic stuff nothing fancy, not my dream BMW SUV but its practical, and it will get me where i need to go and i will maybe make some money with the gas money i am saving. I "negotiated" for what seemed to be about 2 hours before we finally decided on something, so all in all the past 2 weeks i consider myself now an official grown up. I have moved to a new HUGE city by myself, moved into an apt by myself, gotten to and from work per mapquest, made new friends and quickly had to trust them, had a car break on me, and had to deal with figuring out what to do with it during overnight stays in abandoned parking lots, and then looking for a car and buying one and all that comes with that..negotiating, etc. etc.So anyways now i have a nice new car that wont blow up on me...this is my favorite featuregot to love the radio...but i love the buttons and such...it has a place to hid or lock your trunk and glove compartment in case you valet park, and then if you hold the button down on the key chain it will automatically roll the windows down for you even before you get in!so i am trying to get excited and be happy about my new purchase it was just overwhelming and exhausting but now its over and i wont break down! anywho...if yall come visit now i can ride you around the city in my new car!!! LOVE YALL

big wheels keep on turning

or the big wheels just blow up and explode on you. Im sure whoever is reading this if anyone is, knows the drama that was my weekend. Friday the 13th has new meaning to me know, and i will never plan to do anything again on one. and i may not ever plan to go out for my birthday again either ha. Friday (the 13th) i was kind of stressed that afternoon bc we had learned how to computer chart and just alot of info was thrown at me, then i was nervous about going out with new people on the town that night, sad i wasnt there for my family with mama millers funeral, and kind of blah about being 26. so anyway me and my new travel friend Megha were going to get sushi for supper then go to main street where there were lots of fun bars/clubs places to hang out. so i got all dressed up and spent more time getting ready than i have spent in a long time...so i was all ready in a fun little dress and high heels and i was ready to just have fun...well we found a sushi place finally at like 1000 so we ate supper and then we were headed to main street...we had met another group of young people and were talking to some of them and they said they were going too...so we were kind of excited to meet up with new friends possibly. so we were pulling into park in this parking lot and the guys were trying to jew me out of 15 bucks then they went down to 10 to park, so i was kind of hesitate about just the area, and the whole parking situation anyways....so as we are turning to park ...smoke .......and my radiator blows.

we got a taxi back that night. i went to sleep about 4 am bc i was looking up cars online and all kinds of stuff.
saturday my birthday was spent going to get my jeep from the lot, driving it all but 3 blocks away from my apt,and it dying again......some mexican guys pushed it into a lot, and there it stays for now. i got a rental car a nissan versa...which my travel company will reimburse me for, so that is a positive i guess.

so hopefully im praying that everything will run smooth and work out but hopefully by tuesday i will have a new used car probably either an accord or camry. goodbye to my SUV era for now....next time i have a big ol car will be when i have kids....but till that time and place...car will be it....and if all else fails with the whole car buying business i may get a horse bc that may be a better option at this point anyways. ..
GOOD TIMES.
LOVE YALL.

***Thanks to all my wonderful family and friends who have sent birthday cards, called, texted, sent flowers, presents, prayed and everything else that you all are doing. I would not WOULD NOT be making it if i didnt have a support system like I do. its kind of tough right now, but i have each of you in my life and thats all that really matters!

9 to 5

Today was my first day which consisted of the wonderful world of orientation...gotta love blood borne pathogens, osha, infection contral, jchaho, and all those other repetitive discussions that you hear at every hospital. I must say though that this hospital has orientation down to an art, no waiting, and you dont really feel like you are herded around like cattle either. It is absolutely an amazing hospital, Im so excited to be at such a prestigious place and work in a nationally recognized hospital. It is definantely a different atmosphere than what I am used to. Everything is so clean and crisp and everyone knows what is going on and what they are supposed to do. How cool is it that this is where the egyptian conjoined twins where seperated? that makes me feel like wow! i met some new grads that were at my table, and they were so excited to be at their first job and orientation and talking so big, it made me laugh listening to them, bc i was right there 2 years ago, which is CRAZY. i met another traveler who is actually in my complex, she is my age and just got done in california. we may ride together in the AM, but that was nice to meet a new friend! This morning i woke up at 530 AM, left the apt. at 625, got onto the interstate at 630 and didnt get into the parking lot until 730. it took ONE HOUR for 12 miles..i am not kidding, like i looked up at one point on the road and there were 4 other interstates or fairways or whatever they are above me. its insane i guess im just naive but seriously and no road is less than 3 lanes across, and most are 5 with exits and lanes coming in and out everywhere....it definantely is going to help with my speeding bc you cant! anywho...it was a great first day, lots of paperwork to fill out, and hopefully i wont get lost tomorrow bc we go to the Chase Building which is like 5 million stories high..not really but its high..anywho LOVE YALL!!

hot child in the city

So i got moved into the apts. at first when i drove through to the place i was a little leery bc i guess i just didnt know where i was and it felt uncomfortable, but i suppose that is the reason i came? to get out of the comfort zone? anyways. got moved in, had a little drama trying to eat my first meal last night, i went to the lovely szchewan pavillion for some quick chinese food at 9pm and then got all the way back to the apt. and realized i had no utensils so had to get back out and get plastic forks and such...so anyways i finally ate at like 1030 last night so that was fun. im on the third floor and i have a garage for my jeep and i moved in all my stuff all by myself up 3 flights. im a rock. i slept soo good last night bc i guess i was just sooo exhausted
This morning i woke up got out and went to find the Childrens Medical Center Pavillion where I will be in orientation on Monday, it wasnt so far as in distance but it took longer bc of traffic out here which is like WAY jumbled and crazy! I found it, and found the hospital too. I then had mapquested to find North Park mall....well i took a wrong turn and so i decided to just follow the big buildings and i ended up downtown in the arts district. so i went to the art museum which was on my list of things to do anyways, so why not go ahead and check that off...there was some art by jackson pollock(only reason i know of him is bc of the movie Mona Lisa Smile with julia roberts in it, and she took her class to actually meet him i think) anyways saw his stuff, some greek jewelry and this guy who painted the bluebonnets of texas which was pretty!!aanyways, saw some other cool stuff, found the methodist church and the baptist church downtown then i got back out on the interstate and...found NORTHPARK mall i was soooo excited, and when i say northpark mall...it doesnt even compare to ours........the first store i went in was David Yurman, then tiffanys, they have anthropologie, burberry, michael kors, juicy coutoure, coach, HUGE HUGE designer label places..neiman marcus, barneys of new york, ralph lauren, too many too remember, i was overwhelmed but happy i found it, then i got back out, and somehow managed to make my way back here to the apt. so the most exciting part of the day was that i found my way back and i made it all by myself! anyways my cousin from kentucky lives like 5 minutes from me and his girlfriend is in town, and we are all going to grab supper tonight, i am soo happy to have family out here and its so cool that even though i havent seen them all in years....they are here and its just nice to have family and it definately makes me thankful for the wonderful family i do have...and that you can always count on family for everything! anyways, im just chilling now, watching Youve Got Mail. anywho, definantely still a little in shock and exhausted but its all good, and i will get used to it all soon! The exciting day ended with dinner at Salt Grass in Mesquite TX which is like basically still Dallas with my cousin Josh from Kentucky and his girlfriend Stephanie from cinncinati but is a transplant to MSU!! i had a great time with them just being with people my age, and also just having the familiarity of family with me. It was so great to catch up with Josh, and it was just a fun night to be with other young people and more importantly family! its a shame that we all dont see each other more often, anyways, i am going to try to go to church in the AM but we shall see...i also want to lay out some at the pool! that never changes!! summertime sundays at the pool!LOVE YALL

Bye Bye Bye!!

Im leaving in less than 24 hours!! yay! i am really excited and cannot wait for the roadtrip and im so excited to see my apt.! anywho.love yall all bunches and i will update as soon as i get a bit situated!!!!! LOVE YALL!!

home???

So my apartment complex changed!! I am now going to be living at Vista Del Lago...its on/beside a lake that has like a 9 mile running track and people go out on the water there all the time!!! I have a washer and dryer so that is comforting bc you got to wash scrubs otherwise that is just gross! and i will have cable and internet at some point on saturday so no worries with my lack of communication! i got on that! i talked with one of our friends out there and he was saying that the area i live in is a little bit older, and it is like a 35 minute drive now to the hospital opposed to my 5 min. drive but he said that its great bc its like in an area with lots of good restaurants and shops and stuff that arent so mainstream like in the middle of it all!! so that is exciting to me, plus YAY im on a lake, and YAY i will find my hole in the wall mexican restaurant! so now just waiting to go to work tonight, processing out in the AM, fitting in LOTS of food and family and friends and packing between now and friday then heading out!!! yay!! LOVE YALL!

the little things

what a weekend!!! i was soo excited to be off and enjoy such a happy time with the the people in my life who i love most and who love me the most,no matter what!

So last week i took some pictures at work...to be followed by many more tomorrow night, but here are some...last week i walked out one night and there was a rainbow in the sky!! what a peaceful feeling!! it made me think of a quote in a book i read about Noah "hope is an olive leaf, evidence of dry land after a flood, proof to the dreamer that dreaming is worth the risk"-----id like to think that my olive leaf and dry land is coming sometime soon around the corner and that all my hopes and dreams are there with it waiting for me, its just WAY hard to let go of the control and let God do his job, but it sure would take alot of worry away from me if i did, although this whole traveling this is definantely already teaching me to sit back and know that its going to work out and its under control!...here is a picture of the rainbow and my last few nights/days at work

so that was work days last week and then this past weekend was just the absolute best!!! friday i was soo exhausted bc i had worked the night before and only had like 3 hours of sleep before going to the clinic to work, so i went to bed at like 9 that night, then sat. am i worked at the clinic again and then saturday night was lins sisters wedding, and it was just so much fun! i was so happy for page and linda and the whole fam it was just a great night and exciting and i was happy to be a part of it! it was also just amazing to be with my very best friends for one last hoorah before i venture off!! we had so much fun as always laughing and dancing and eating...at IHOP!! so good!! then today the girls had our sex in the city day! we went to julep my absolute favorite place in jackson to eat and then we all went to see the sex in the city movie together!! it was SOOO good! it definantely did not give me a break from crying!! every other minute something else would happen to bring on the crocadile tears! it was so much fun to be with my best girls at that movie about best friends together and i am so glad that we are all so close and able to do things together and enjoy each other and good times!!! we all definantely each have our different sex in the city girls qualities like the show and it was just such a fun time to be together, Megan is so thoughtful to think of us and to have gotten us all together for it!!! i had to say goodbye to megan after the movie so i was already crying and then that just brought on way more tears and then i had to rush to fernandos to eat with some people from my sunday school class...so i was speeding and crying on the way to eat supper but it was good to be with everyone there and hang out! LOTS of tears this weekend, any little thing will tip me off but i guess thats why i am a girl! anyways.........i have some errands in the morning to run then i will be going to work for my last shift at the U. craziness anywho not much longer!! i have my hotel booked for friday night in dallas then i will move into my apartment on saturday...it has a fireplace or some of them do!! not that i need a fireplace in the summer but still!! i am going to try and go to this methodist church i found online that looked pretty big and with lots of young people on sunday but we shall see....anywho...thats all i can think of at the moment!! HUGE week ahead!! LOVE YALL!