Commuter Chaos Concerns

Luxury Living vs. Commuter Chaos....That is the question.

We currently live 45 minutes away from Adam's work...and less than 5 from my work. Although our apartment has been good for the first 1.5 years of marraige...we are ready to bid it farewell.

There are many luxury apartment and townhome options if we move much closer to Adam's work...but seeing as I am not in the position to leave my job it would now place me in the position of a 45 minute commute tacked onto a 12-13 hr work 'night.' The job is tiring enough...is it safe to drive home after staying up all night??
Pros: great living space (laundry room, garages sometimes, great kitchens, etc etc etc).
get to explore a new area (shopping and restaurants!!)
could possibly see Adam for lunch now and then.
Adam would get home an hour earlier and leave an hour later.
great living space (counts as 2 because its such a plus!)

Cons: further away from friends and family
further away from...everything except the desert.
hot hot hot in the summer
possibly an (even more) exhausting shift and dissatisfaction with the job
Adam would save gas and I would use more gas.
Have to leave earlier for work and would get home later. And still go back to work that night.



WHAT DO YOU THINK???

WHO AM I??

Who Am I?

I am under 45 years old,
I love the outdoors,
I hunt,
I am a Republican reformer,
I have taken on the Republican Party establishment,
I have many children,
I have a spot on the national ticket as vice president with less than two years in the governor's office.


Did you guess?


I am Teddy Roosevelt in 1900

Sleepless in Pasadena...

Well, its been a rough month for my sleep cycle. I am working full time nights now in the hospital. Really, I am grateful to have such a good job at this stage of life, but for many reasons working full time nights is really difficult. I tend to sleep a lot these days, but many times I still don't feel rested. I work 6 shifts every 2 weeks...so it averages out to be about 3 a week. I try to work two nights then have 3 days off before the next set of 2. Unfortunately, I lose the day before shift sleeping and usually it takes me 2 days to fully recover. I have to nap during the day and then I stay up really late at night...which in turn, makes me feel like sleeping in.

I also really miss Adam when I have to go to work. It feels like such a bummer that I don't get to spend the evening with him! We try to make up for it and do fun things on my days off..but it just is totally sad not having normal weekends with him and different weeknights. I've heard it takes 6 months to get used to a new job...and I'm in that stage I think. Hopefully there will be a day shift open. Now, if only I didn't have to work on weekends!! I think a Doctors Office is calling my name in the future. I really like the unit I work in...but it can only be this way for so long!!

Phelps Phan!

WELL, I hope you all are watching the Olympics. I think it is literally one of the best things that exists. That being said, I think the most interesting person in the Olympics is by far: MICHAEL PHELPS. He is definitely an amazing athlete. Each time I watch him swim (or just stand there hehe jk) I am amazed at his ability to ROCK the socks of everyone else in the water. In Saturday's race, his weakness (breaststroke) was stronger than all the others' strengths. Then, in Sunday's relay....well I hope you have heard about that by now. UH-Mazing. Tonight, he will attempt the 200 freestyle (an event which he only made bronze last year)...My guess is he perfected it and will continue to SPANK the competition!!! BUT my favorite thing about him is how he shows excitement when he wins!! I love how he comes out of the water smiling and looking for his mom! Haha. Now, all of you who are worried about what Adam thinks of my gushing...have you seen the girls' volleyball this year? He completely understands my Olympic Crush :-)

Coming to a blog near you...

Well, for those of you who actually look at my blog more than once a year..I want to let you know that I will SOON be posting pictures from our totally fun vacation to Lake Powell. There are literally thousands of pictures and I have been working like a DOG (wait...do dogs work??) so I haven't had a second to get them all organized. But sadly, that post will not be this one, because I am off to the gym to try to keep my arms strong since they got a jumpstart waterskiing.

R.N= Real Nurse!!

Last Monday (June 9th) was a big day for me. I went and took my Boards in order to get my licensed R.N! (As if four years of nursing school isn't enough~!!). Well, I felt as good as can be expected after taking the test. I finished at 75 questions, which is the minimum the computer can give you. It means either I passed with strong certainty, or I failed miserably! I figured that I wouldnt have failed miserably so I felt pretty good about it. Then I had to play the waiting game...I checked online at the Board of Registered Nursing to see if I was listed on there as a licensed nurse! Finally on Thursday morning I was listed...EXCITING!!! A few days later in the mail I received a cute light blue card (shape and feel of a credit card) that is actually my license card. I didnt know we got one of those...so fun! I start my job in Maternity on July 7. You can be praying that it will go smoothly, I will meet some nice people, the managers will like me, and that the scheduling doesn't knock my socks off!!! I am nervous about working nights...but hopefully it won't be forever!!!

Another Weekend Away

Sara got married to Matt on Monday (which was also Adam's and my first year anniversary!!!) We drove to Arizona on Friday and got there mid afternoon. We had an anniversary date that night and went to a nice dinner and a movie. Adam surprised me with a diamond anniversary band for my right hand which I'm in love with. It is engraved with our wedding date :) If you are wondering what I got him...its a bit of an inside 'joke' between us-but he got to pick out any really nice luxurious pillow he wanted from any store. That is because I stole his favorite pillow because it was really comfortable and he has been suffering with cheap pillows all year!! The weekend of events was very fun and we had a great time at the wedding. I was a fan of the color of the dresses paired with the white longstem rose bouquets. Sara's dress was the same designer as mine and had some similar components...I loved it on her. She added some fabric from the bridesmaids dress to accent it which was neat. The weather was perfect (could have been really hot) so all in all I enjoyed it. It is very nice to be home again though after two long weekends of driving and events in a row :)