The ABC's of Trip Planning, Pt 1- K is for Keeping Things Kooky- Drinks V-Z; pg. 197 + New Link

[Steppesister]

Good luck with your exam!! I am confident that you will pass - and for this exam, that is all that matters!!

Sending lots of and best wishes for your boards.

Good luck with the exam!
And looking forward to some photos!

Glad you were there to help and got some great photos! Good luck on the boards! You can do it!

Good luck with your test! I'm sure you'll be fine!

Best of luck on the exam.

Thanks so much everyone!! Your well wishes certainly cheered me on and did what they were supposed to. I am now officially licensed.

 

[Steppesister]

Wow!! Good luck!! I will be crossing everything and sending good vibes from up here in the North!!



Wow...what a cool picture...and I am intrigued to see what else you've got to share!!

Thanks! I had me quite a "safari" out there.

Nice shot!

Why thank you!

I've got you covered.

Now you'll be sure to get an 88.



Already saw it on Facebook, but it's worth saying again--it's an amazing photo!

I will never know what sort of percentage I got; it's pass/fail. And pass was good enough for me!

Congratulations Liesa! That's great news.

It certainly is! Now I can work this summer and feel better about being prepared next year for the RN test.

Me too. In a movie called, "One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest".

Aw, but she was so compassionate and kind.

That'd be good. It helps when you're traveling solo though. On our last trip, I put the receipts I received in a pocket of my camera bag, but Judy put hers in her purse. Now there's quite a mish-mash.

I can imagine. Coordinating that would be tough. We don't normally keep any receipts for anything, and Mike thinks I"m insane for even thinking that anyone would give a crap about hearing of our trip. So he won't be part of saving any receipts; this is a solo adventure in Trip Reporting.

Wow. Good practice for you, and providential I'm sure.

I'm certain it was very Providential.

What a coincidence -- they're having me tested too!

It's an elite club.

Go get 'em. 88 or bust!

I"m sure that's a generous score.

 

[Steppesister]

Wow 104 degrees !!!! How was sleeping in the TENT!!!!!!!!!. The antiques look interesting !!!Orvis looks like quite an interesting character !!!

The good news, Rosie, is that we have a very small pop up trailer mostly reserved for Mom and Dad (us) and it had A/C. It ran a fair amount of the time to say the least. If we weren't sitting in the river, we were hunkered down in there reading or napping(ish).

Orvis is definitely the last of his kind. Sadly, he is not well, and wonderful piece of Americana will be with us only in memory.

OMG there's nothing that drives me more nuts in the car than the back seat bickering!! My kids are experts at it.



Wow. That's just crazy.



That was a really cool shot. The scenery was very pretty ....despite being so sweltering I'm sure! Looks lovely though.

Generally, ours are pretty good. But 12 hours in a cramped backseat would make even a saint cranky. So I'll give them a pass for the most part.

Thanks for your compliments on the photos. I enjoy photography a lot. I still have a lot to learn and will take a few classes once I get settled in to my career a bit.

Not likely! And I'm glad I didn't skip!


(I don't skip... I sashay.)

And I saunter. So naturally, I don't skip either.

Oh, I'm all too familiar with those!
But usually, after a while, either the kids or DW tells me to shut up.

I"m glad you're able to fess up. On our trips, it starts with me whining about getting a coffee stat. The longer they make me wait, the more they will hear me squeal. The middle is usually DH ranting about someone else taking over the driving. And the end is the kids with the usual litany.

Perfect. Lots of sun! Isn't that wonderful?



No?




Hello?

NO.

You forgot the pictorial proof.
I see the 104 one, though.

Oops.

104 at 10:00.
I actually don't mind that.
Because that's when I tell the family, "Pack up! We're going to an air conditioned hotel!"

I wanna go on vacation with you. Maybe you could whack some sense into the Mister. On the other hand, it's a bit hard to see what we saw from a hotel room.

Main drag....

It was really hopping. For 6 hours. One night. And buzzing with business and activity. Once a year.

Whoa.
And I thought I lived in some small towns (800).

Small is an understatement.

Is she smiling because she's happy or because she's delirious from the heat?

She's laughing at all the INCREDIBLY drunk people acting like COMPLETE morons. Someone had a dog who would go fetch a beer.

I love that story!
I want to bid against him... and then share the pie with him.

Nice! That is a sound and delicious idea.

Nice. If you really want the cup gone, send me the file. Should take less than a minute.

Ok, I will do that when things get on a more regular schedule for me. I keep saying that, and I sure hope they do soon.

Yeah... I meant to do that... sure...

Mhm. Of course.

I first read that as "the grader that made the 4 mile road trip up the mountain"....
And then.... Oh!

aha~

'Cause it's like hunting. Only better.

It is better. And yes, it takes as much patience as hunting, and the trophies are so much better.

Water? That's just what comes out of the tap, right?

Those guys are possessed.

YOu saw that too!

Love that one. I think that's my fave... although it's tough to pick just one.

WE looked up and saw it hoisted up there and I thought, Ok, that is super cool! Why on earth would he DO that?!

People.

Right?!

Have you ever seen the Clint Eastwood movie "In the Line of Fire"?

If you haven't (or if you have, here's a reminder) John Malkovich plays a man who wants to assassinate the president and Clint Eastwood plays a Secret Service agent who has to protect him.
Anyway. Malkovich's character makes a gun out of plastic or ceramic and tests it.
Two hunters run up to see what's going on.
They ask to see the gun and ask to try it.
He says yes.
So the hunter shoots and kills a duck.
Malkovich takes the gun back and loads it.
One hunter says "Why'd you make a gun like that?"
He says to kill the president.
A hunter says. "Why'd you want to do that? Mister?"
Malkovich says. "Why'd you have to kill that duck?"
And then shoots them both.

He was a bad guy.
But I was kind of on his side there a little bit.

I should rent that one! Sounds like a good one.

Hey!!!!!! Way to go! Congrats!!!



Atta girl Good Nurse Liesa!

:takes a bow:

Yeah, always a problem when you zoom in/crop.
I get so tired of people giving me small, blurry, grainy, low res photos and asking me to turn them into amazing 8x10 photos.

Mhm. My next learning project is to shoot in RAW and then figure out how to manipulate from there. I like JPEG because you can just simply edit and upload. I need a class methinks.

No idea. At first I just thought it was a way of transporting mail, or other small items across the river.

I will explain in an upcoming post.

I can say that round metal silos are all over the place... but I've never seen a round barn up on the Canadian prairies.

Do you know where Olds is by chance?

And for that I say thank you.

You are so welcome!

That's really interesting.

I thought so. Glad you did too!!

Well thanks for that!
Reminds me of a cartoon I saw once (Far Side I think) where an artist is painting seagulls... which are swarming over a dump.

Wait... is it goats or bears???

Neither. The ones I"d picked out that we were supposed to get over the weekend didn't work out. So we're hunting again.

Thanks for the update!

You bet!!

 

[pkondz]

I am now officially licensed.

Congrats!

And I saunter. So naturally, I don't skip either.

On our trips, it starts with me whining about getting a coffee stat.

When you become an adult, you can do that and not get smacked.... much.

On the other hand, it's a bit hard to see what we saw from a hotel room.

True. Great sacrifices = great rewards.

Someone had a dog who would go fetch a beer.

Good dog.... now go fetch an air conditioner.

It is better. And yes, it takes as much patience as hunting, and the trophies are so much better.

WE looked up and saw it hoisted up there and I thought, Ok, that is super cool! Why on earth would he DO that?!

So the city folk will come and oggle an old saddle.

I should rent that one! Sounds like a good one.

It's okay. Not his best.
His best is Unforgiven. If you haven't seen that one. Do yourself a favour and rent it.
Four academy awards including best picture, best directing, best supporting actor

My next learning project is to shoot in RAW and then figure out how to manipulate from there.

I only shoot in RAW (Gawd that makes me sound pretentious, doesn't it?)
But it makes fixin' fotos so much easier.

Do you know where Olds is by chance?

Never been. Close. I've been to both Calgary and Edmonton.
Are there some there?

 

[KathyM2]

Somehow I feel like we've lost something in our country when I see things like this.

I know what you mean...kids these days don't even want to move a muscle...back in my day.....lol No but really....they have no idea how easy they have it.

A few more:

That's a lot of elk.

I FOUND OUT TODAY THAT I PASSED MY BOARDS!!

Wahoooo congrats!! That's so awesome after all your hard work!!

I heard that the drugs flowed freely and the kegs never ran dry. He's long gone, but the old cabin is still there.

So that's where the music comes from...

 

[englishrose47]

Congrats !! So what are you now an LPN ??

 

[Steppesister]

Off to my first day of work as a licensed nurse.....

Will be a short day, so I'll try and get back here for the evening.

 

[pkondz]

Off to my first day of work as a licensed nurse.....

Will be a short day, so I'll try and get back here for the evening.

Go get 'em! Good luck!

 

[englishrose47]

Off to my first day of work as a licensed nurse.....

Will be a short day, so I'll try and get back here for the evening.

Do let us know how it went!!!! Recently I lost my med cert not cuz I did anything wrong but the Nurse got my pour date wrong and I was a month late so had to take an online test, which she said people had a hard time with but it was okay as you could take it multiple times till you passed . So I figure hey let's just go right to the TEST and read a dang thing , the nurse was in the room when I did this and guess what I passed with flying colors , she was stunned !! I gues I had learned a few things over the years !!

 

[Steppesister]

Awesome Job !!!! Good Nurse Liesa...




No clue - but maybe transport over the river....

Thanks, Pat! It's an exciting time to be sure!

Nope, not transport. Explanation coming up in a bit....

Hi. I followed your original ABC trip, so excited you've started a new one. I read through the entire PTR to this point because I haven't been on the DIS in awhile and it took me forever to find this PTR (I just got back on facebook and you friended me and I saw you had a PTR going, but you changed your sn on here) and I'm having a hard time navigating all the changes on the DIS- I need to try and change my signature next probably.
If we go on our trip fall 2016, we are just going to miss you. My boys and I are hoping to go for the ultimate field trip the end of September to beginning of October with other homeschoolers . We had fun on it three years ago, they are hoping to have even more fun next year.
Looking forward to reading more. Congrats on all your nursing exams and job.

I'm excited to have you here! This is sure to be a long slog to Disney, but worth it in the end. The long wait makes my trip that much more special and the time is flying by so quickly it makes my head spin at times. I'm glad you're here to make my waiting that much more sweet.

The changes do get easier; hang in there. Awww.... too bad we'll just miss you! I'm hoping a nice, big group ends up coming out.

Great to have you here; make sure you come often to say hello!

Dang. I know I've seen these before but I can't remember what they're for. I'll have to puzzle on it.



Nope, can't say that I've seen any here in PA.

Beautiful pictures Liesa. And congratulations on passing your boards!!!

The explanation is coming up very soon.... I have to wade through so many comments and get another update up first.

Thanks, Glenn. It was a tough exam, but my program prepared me well, and for that I'm thankful.

Sounds like fun! Vacationing in Hell!!!!!

Well, now I know what it'd be like anyway.

Wait a minute... you slept in a tent in that heat??????

No. We have a small pop up trailer that actually has A/C that worked minimally well. We spent the hottest parts of the days in there holed up.

Did your camera actually work in that heat?

Worked just fine.

Oh cool! I guess if you never leave the mountain, you really don't have much need for money anyway. No pie is too expensive!

Nice spin. Let's see $260 divided by 8 slices= $32.5. A little more than a piece at Sherris.

Congratulations!!!!!

It's a great feeling!

I have no idea...

I think you'll be surprised.

Ok, there are a few old ones here in Indiana. My understanding was that some of the more progressive farmers started building them thinking it a more efficient use of space. An open round design allowed them to use less materials to build it and they didn't have to have as much framing and support posts and trusses throughout the inside of the barn. So it allowed a more open area inside than you have with a square or rectangle framed barn. They were a neat concept, but they just never really caught on. Now the ones that were built and survived are just kind of a cool artifact.

That's a plausible, good explanation. Going now to do a bit of research.....

Found this site, as well as many others with good history; the one pictured is the one from Troy on the list.

http://www.dalejtravis.com/rblist/rbor.htm

I'm thinking that they used that the cross the river. You'd lay/sit in it and kinda shimmy yourself along the cable. Is that correct? Isn't there also a rope or something to pull it to yourself if it was on the wrong side from where you were (or left mid-way, like in your case)?

It was used to cross the river, but not for transport.

 

[Steppesister]

Love the pictures. They are amazing.

I remember seeing a round barn on the drive to Triangle Lake, Oregon. First and only one I had ever seen.

Congratulations on passing the Boards! A friend of mine got some goats loaned to her to help mow her yard. She said it worked great, although cleaning up after them was not as fun.

Thank you so much! I love photography, but don't have much time to do more than dabble.

I found a website with many listed right here in Oregon. There are, aparently, a LOT more than I'd originally thought.

We're FINALLY getting goats on Wedneday. It's been a LONG time coming. And a TON of hard work getting ready for them.

Well, this seems like a nice place to pitch our tent for the week. No, not in that field, let's set it up next to this open sewer.

Hey, I've had to fish shoes out of those before.... remember?

Wow! That is mighty impressive! But don't sell our generation too short. I can finish a pint of Ben 'n Jerry's in one sitting.

That is definitely impressive. Are you passing along this talent to the younger generation, or is this the end of a prestigious line?

And thank you for the equally impressive party! I'll come visit your pontoon boat anytime.

What about Evil Nurse Liesa? I seem to remember a discussion several pages back about which side of the nurse patients get to see.

Depends on:

1. How much coffee I've had in the morning.

2. How much sleep I've had the night before.

3. Which kind of gown I've decided to give you when I admit you.

I'm guessing that was used to send packages back and forth across the river? Or maybe small livestock?

Nope.

Thank you for the amazing photos! There were too many good ones to quote individually.

You are very welcome! I had a really great time capturing them; and I'm pretty excited to maybe get some time tonight to hit up your new TR as well!

 

[Steppesister]

When you become an adult, you can do that and not get smacked.... much.

There are definitely perks to growing up. Getting up at 4:00 AM to go to work is not one though.

True. Great sacrifices = great rewards.

A great adage to live by.

So the city folk will come and oggle an old saddle.

All 3 of us/them.

It's okay. Not his best.
His best is Unforgiven. If you haven't seen that one. Do yourself a favour and rent it.
Four academy awards including best picture, best directing, best supporting actor

I will! Going on the netflix DVD thingy now....

I only shoot in RAW (Gawd that makes me sound pretentious, doesn't it?)
But it makes fixin' fotos so much easier.

Yes, it does. And now I feel compelled to shoot in RAW too so I can sound just as snooty.


Or at least ramp up my sick skilz. I seriously am going to take a photog class at the comm college so I can know what I"m doing.

Never been. Close. I've been to both Calgary and Edmonton.
Are there some there?

Maybe. I actually found a registry of all the ones in Oregon, and another one that is a partial list of those in the US. Apparently, there a ton more than I'd thought.

Anyway, I was mostly asking because my DH's grandparents lived there for a long time. We've been toying with the idea of doing the Stampede again; he did a couple times as a kid as his uncle was a circuit rider/ bull rider for a while.

I know what you mean...kids these days don't even want to move a muscle...back in my day.....lol No but really....they have no idea how easy they have it.



That's a lot of elk.



Wahoooo congrats!! That's so awesome after all your hard work!!



So that's where the music comes from...

Thanks, Kathy!! ANd you're right! We divy out the chores pretty handily, but they still don't embrace the work ethic. Maybe someday.

They were EVERY WHERE!! Easy to spot!

LOL! The legend is that's where the song Proud Mary got its inspiration from. I'm not sure I buy it; I think it's about the Mississippi.

Congrats !! So what are you now an LPN ??

Yes, Rosie! An LPN. I have a year of school left and after that I'll be eligible to sit the RN Boards.

Go get 'em! Good luck!

I had a good day! Thanks!!

 

[Steppesister]

Your photos are stunning. I love the story of Orvis. It is a dying way of life.

Congrats again on passing your boards! What a huge accomplishment!

Jill in CO

Hi Jill!

Thanks! It truly is! The last of his kind.

My LPN is already paying off as I made almost what I paid for my exam in one day. I have been scheduled for 40 hours this week, and get another 40 next week, and for 2 more after that before I go to on call/per diem. That'll more than pay for most of school next year.

So - you passed your LPN boards? But you're still going back to school in the fall, right? Just want to make sure I know what's going on. This was your first year right? Are you still going to try to get a job for the remainder of the summer?

Congrats! Like there was any doubt!!!!!

Gorgeous pictures from your recent summer vacation. I enjoyed each and every one. I can tell you that we do NOT have round barns in this area. If we do, I have never seen one.

I really enjoy the pictures of the old cars. I think they make such great subject matter.

Mary Ellen, I feel like I've been REALLY out of touch with you and so many others already this summer. Just when I thought things would settle down... they SO haven't. Between testing/ studying/ applying/ work orientation/ my daughter's OSU orientation, and now an up coming trip, I barely have had time to just sit down and be on the DIS. All time well spent, but time nonetheless.

So... yes, I passed my Boards, and got a handy little job at a LTC/SNF for the rest of the summer. I will pick up a few shifts if I can after school starts too. $27/hr ain't bad. YES, of COURSE I'm going on for my RN in the Fall. I really want to work in acute care, and although I like LTC and can do it, I think I'd be bored after a while. I admit I am somewhat of an adrenaline junky and love the high pace of the ED, IMCU, ICU, and even PACU. Time will tell where I land eventually, but I don't think LTC is for me.

Thanks! I loved taking them all, and all of the new sights we got to see on that trip. Yes, it was hotter than me in a bikini (yes, I'm kidding) but it was nice to see some of our state that we hadn't before.

Yes, the antiques are super fun to tinker with! I adore the colors in them!!

 

[Steppesister]

D is for Disney Dream Vacation​

So,

I promised a little recap on my recent "vacation" and to tie it into Disney. Where does one start with such commentary?


How about with the fact that it simply was not. It just wasn't what I'd even call... A VACATION. An adventure to a new place, maybe. For me, perhaps a photo safari, but a vacation. No way.

I don't know about you, but in order to qualify for "Vacation Status" a few basic prerequisites have to be in place:

1) Some form of climate control. Somewhere. Anywhere. A place to retreat should it rain, the weather literally threaten to cook you alive, freeze you to death, or blow sand into your food, face, or sheets. This trip didn't offer any of that should we'd have wanted it. Well, actually, Troy did have a small lodge we could have gone into to hunker down, but it's "nottavacation" if you must be in one place for more than 5 minutes if you have to be.

2) Someone else to cook your food AND clean up after said cooking. This place did have that option if you wanted to eat a burger and fries for a week straight. I do not. I am a foodie. Sue me. I want GOOD food, a good VARIETY of food, and I want it available at most times of the day. The only great thing in the way of food that Troy had going was the huckleberry ice cream. $4 for a double scoop the size of a Kardashian... eh hem, nevermind.

3) I want a comfortable bed and pillow. And towel animals. NONE of that was within about 150 miles of my trailer. Even one night of GOOD sleep would have put this adventure out of Hell status, but since I got 7 bad nights in a row, it stayed in that category the entire time.

4) How about a variety of stuffs to do. Is it asking too much to want to have some entertainment along the way? Yes, we got to watch a LOT of drunk people try to dance, dogs carry beer, fish jump 4 feet out of the water, elk head butt each other, and life flight land in the middle of nowhere, but I need more than that for a week to be called "Vacation".

5) I don't want to be in a car for 12 hours to get there. A plane for sure, but not a car. Even the best air conditioner won't redeem a week:

With no A/C in 120* weather, devoid of good food that *I* have to cook AND clean up, wholly without a cushy bed that I can jump on (yes, I do!), with no Mickey ears smiling at me when I walk in, only one thing to do day after day, that is 12 hours away in a cramped, hot car.

We all know that Disney has all of that and more. Like Trolley shows and Yeehaw Bob. Where else can you have over 100 restaurants within a few minutes of you at any time where someone else does all the dishes, busses the tables and offers BGM and theming? Raining? Big deal, hop on a monorail and stay on it for days if you want.

I love the occasional camping trip out to smell the piney fresh air, singe my lungs with the campfire smoke just like everyone else and to burn my tongue with toasty marshmallows like a lot of other people, but it's just not a truly relaxing, yet thrilling at the same time kind of vacation I really could use right about now. But we all know that that kind of REAL vacation is still over a year away. But one I'm chipping away at it little by little and day by day.

Let's recap the progress some, shall we?

1) Year 1 of Nursing School is OVER and done with! Can you believe it?!?! I simply cannot thank you enough for the encouragement and walking alongside me you've done these last many months! There were definitely some very dark days and your notes of cheering me on helped me ways you'll never know.

2) I passed my NCLEX-PN National Boards and got my first of 2 Nursing Licenses.

3) I have already been able to buy 3 of our 8 day PH tickets. That's pretty darned exciting!

4) I got a very wonderful job that pays quite well; in fact, with pay 10% more than I thought when I walked out of my interview.

5) This summer has also given me some very encouraging and useful Clinical experience to bolster that resume for next summer when I apply at the local hospital.

6) I've looked at the park hours and have sketched out a VERY rough draft which I'll start sharing in the next post or so. Reviving you from this far away is not an option, so please contain your excitement.

Now a little peek at my new job...

I got to finally buy me some new scrubs. I love getting to wear anything other than the awful black and white ones I have to wear for school Clinicals. I'll bet you wanna see the uber awesome favorite I picked out today! No, really, I think you do. Let me set this up by saying it was the only one of it kind, or even CLOSE to it. And even better it was on the clearance rack. I give to you...



How utterly ironic that I'd find THIS scrub top to give a hat tip to one of the biggest reasons I'm getting a summer job. I mean of course, it had to go to tuition first, but if I can pull this coming year off debt free, the rest goes to










My REAL vacation.

Lastly, remember the little cart suspended across the river?

Here is where having a hydrogeologist for a hubby comes in handy! This was used to hang a person over the river in order to drop a device into the water at different points across the river to measure flow, velocity and discharge of a river at a specific point. This one was quite old, so they were doing this on the Grande Ronde a very long time ago. Now there are much better tools to do the job, and it continues to be important to get data for measuring drought, predicting fish stuff, how much and when to let water through a dam, etc... So there ya have it. Who'da thunk it?

 

[glennbo123]

Nice new scrub top!

Here is where having a hydrogeologist for a hubby comes in handy! This was used to hang a person over the river in order to drop a device into the water at different points across the river to measure flow, velocity and discharge of a river at a specific point. This one was quite old, so they were doing this on the Grande Ronde a very long time ago. Now there are much better tools to do the job, and it continues to be important to get data for measuring drought, predicting fish stuff, how much and when to let water through a dam, etc... So there ya have it.

Well, yeah...that's pretty much what we all said.

 

[pkondz]

Getting up at 4:00 AM to go to work is not one though.

Tell me about it.
Especially when DD14 makes a racket until midnight.
I feel like banging on her door at 5am just to let her know that I'm leaving for work.

All 3 of us/them.

See!!

I will! Going on the netflix DVD thingy now....

Let me know what you think!

And now I feel compelled to shoot in RAW too so I can sound just as snooty.

Then you too can do this.
"Oh, is that a jpeg? Pfft. Philistine."

We've been toying with the idea of doing the Stampede again; he did a couple times as a kid as his uncle was a circuit rider/ bull rider for a while.

I've never been. Just never been interested enough to go.
But I can see how you would be.

I had a good day! Thanks!!

Back later to read the update!

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

I don't know about you, but in order to qualify for "Vacation Status" a few basic prerequisites have to be in place:

1) Some form of climate control.

I can get on board with that. You need a place to hide from the heat/cold.

2) Someone else to cook your food AND clean up after said cooking.

My wife would definitely agree! She's always most excited about the restaurants I research on a trip because it insures that she doesn't have to make dinner.

3) I want a comfortable bed and pillow.

Sure, makes sense.

4) How about a variety of stuffs to do.

Absolutely. Don't expect me to sit around doing nothing all day.

Yes, we got to watch a LOT of drunk people try to dance, dogs carry beer, fish jump 4 feet out of the water, elk head butt each other, and life flight land in the middle of nowhere, but I need more than that for a week to be called "Vacation".

Oh, I don't know...that sounds awfully entertaining when you put it that way.

5) I don't want to be in a car for 12 hours to get there.

Hey, wait a second! That rules out half the days of my trips!

I got to finally buy me some new scrubs.

Very appropriate!

This was used to hang a person over the river in order to drop a device into the water at different points across the river to measure flow, velocity and discharge of a river at a specific point.

That was my second guess.

 

[JPFamilyMom]

LOVE the scrubs top. Too cute I'm sorry about your non vacation But in one year you'll get that REAL vacation The one we all dream of...

 

[jedijill]

I'm sorry your camping trip was a dud....but glad you are getting closer to the big WDW trip next year! I love the scrub top and it was on clearance?!?!/ Score!!!

Awesome on your pay. It will be so nice to graduate debt free!

Jill in CO+

 

[pkondz]

Where does one start with such commentary?

Customarily, one starts at the beginning, fills up the middle part and finishes at the end.


Aren't you glad I'm here?

Someone else to cook your food AND clean up after said cooking.

I would put this at number one.
Yes dying of heat prostration sucks, but if I have to cook, that's not a vacation.
At. All.

$4 for a double scoop the size of a Kardashian.

OMG! That scoop's huge!!!!

Even one night of GOOD sleep would have put this adventure out of Hell status, but since I got 7 bad nights in a row, it stayed in that category the entire time.

Ugh. Lovely. Not.

How about a variety of stuffs to do. Is it asking too much to want to have some entertainment along the way? Yes, we got to watch a LOT of drunk people try to dance, dogs carry beer, fish jump 4 feet out of the water, elk head butt each other, and life flight land in the middle of nowhere, but I need more than that for a week to be called "Vacation".

You're right. Without a moose mating call, it's just not complete.

I don't want to be in a car for 12 hours to get there.

Uh.... Umm.... I once spent somewhere in the neighborhood of 35 straight hours in a car (minus gas stops and bathroom breaks... and I think one fifteen minute dine in at a KFC) to get to Disney.

I'd do it again, too.

Year 1 of Nursing School is OVER and done with! Can you believe it?!?!

Yes I can! Because we've been sharing your journey with you!

I passed my NCLEX-PN National Boards and got my first of 2 Nursing Licenses.

And again, congratulations!

I have already been able to buy 3 of our 8 day PH tickets. That's pretty darned exciting!

Woot!

I got a very wonderful job that pays quite well; in fact, with pay 10% more than I thought when I walked out of my interview.

More pay is a good thing.

Reviving you from this far away is not an option, so please contain your excitement.

Be still my beating heart... well, not too still.

I got to finally buy me some new scrubs.

Perfect!

Lastly, remember the little cart suspended across the river?

YES!!!!

This was used to hang a person over the river in order to drop a device into the water at different points across the river to measure flow, velocity and discharge of a river at a specific point.

Huh! Really! It looked so old that I never would've suspected it for any sort of scientific endeavor.