...just thought I'd get that out.

BIRTHDAY PARTY REPORT ( Read more... )

Er, rather, didn't give credit where credit is due. Dave and Toni are graciously allowing us to have the bday party at their place, but it is the lovely Trish organizing things and pulling it all together ( Read more... )

For those of you who are or will be in the Springfield, MO vicinity this Friday, Dave and Toni Harp will be hosting a goth-themed birthday party for me, since my birthday is thursday of next week. Thoughts of course to Callie and Josh who also have their birthdays in common with me ( Read more... )

Not bad for being in town 4.5 days. Interviewed on a couple of units at St. John's. The surgical heart/lung cardiac stepdown guys were great. And by that, I literally mean GUYS. The unit director, the 2 assistant directors, and half of the nurses I met were *gasp* male! I interviewed not only with the director, I interviewed with the 2 assistants ( Read more... )

TSIA.

Things are great. She's great. The place is great.
It was a long...LONG drive, but *very* well worth it. Dave & Toni had a "welcome chris to springfield/seth's 25th b-day" party, and had a great time. I was happy to meet/re-meet so many good peoples...'n stuff.

Yeah - drowsy. Nappy time.

Even though I didn't move in with a lot, it still took me several trips with the car a year ago. Over the past year I've reassimilated all of the stuff I'd left at the 'rents and granny's. Fortunately, I did't invest in too much furniture. The ultra plush foam Original Mattress Factory bed was the heftiest expense at $750ish, and unfortunately I ( Read more... )

Gah! Stuck in my heeeeaaad!

It reads like a horoscope, and I'm not sure why it was posted on *my* locker, but:
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TRANSITIONS: GRATITUDE

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. ( Read more... )

I rode her all the way home, too ( Read more... )