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Please pardon the mess...and the million changes to my blog every 2 seconds.  My site is under construction...I got bored with my background again!

Sooo....It's been AWHILE

"It's been awhile"...now that's an understatement if I've ever heard one!  5 months!  Seriously??  Have I really not blogged for 5 months?!  Wow.  Let's determine why:


1. I typically work L.A.T.E. and when I get home from work all I want to do is sit on the couch, eat some dinner, catch up on facebook (lame!...I know), and veg with some TV.
2. The effort of "thinking" of something to blog about seemed...well, like a lot of effort....so I just didn't blog...and then I kinda got out of the habit!
3. ....ummm...I think #1 and #2 covered it all.


So, upon conclusion, I need to be more dedicated to my blogging! (For all you...uhh 3??? readers out there).


What does my Saturday involve today?  Well, considering I wake up uncharacteristically early the rest of the week (4:30 AM people!), and I didn't leave work until 8:00 PM last night, I SLEPT. IN.!  YES!  11:15...I was surprised I could that long!  Last weekend, "sleeping in" consisted of 9:30...after waking up at 7 am and 8 am in a panic thinking I was late for work!  haha.  On the list for today?  Ohhh, a little of this a little of that...or not if I so please!  Need to do a little cleaning, but considering it's a gloomy day outside, and my girls are preoccupied today (one has her beaux in town, the other went to Atlanta for the day), I think I may just stay at home.  And that's QUITE alright with me : )


So, blog world...sorry about the dreadful "delay" in blog posts!  I shall TRY my hardest to be more "updated"!

You Know You're a Local When...

...you find your go-to nail salon.  Yes, that's right...I have found my local nail salon for my pedi's.  Ahhhh...sweet bliss!  The salon was neat, tidy, and modern.  The chairs were super comfy with great massaging capabilities on them.  The "regular" spa pedicure was relaxing but NOT expensive (even with the necessary nail art on the big toes!).  The staff was friendly.  They are capable of doing cute nail art on my lack-thereof nails (seriously, my toes are SO short and stubby...it leaves only a wee bit to work with!  I mean, you know it's bad when you ask for nail art and the lady responds with "oh, they so little!"  haha.)  But, I'm very pleased to have found my "place"!  


Next on the list...finding a hair salon!


Have a great Saturday!

Working Girl: Week....534,799,019???

Ok, maaaaybe that's a SLIGHT exaggeration...but it sure does feel like it!  I am ashamed at myself that's it's been OVER a MONTH since I last posted...my word!  But my how life is busy!  And that's a good thing.  Work keeps me busy, busy, busy.  I stay late most days...but I'm still loving my job even so.  Life sure does change once you start working a full time job!  So, my days are filled with work, and all I want to do when I come home is R.E.L.A.X.!  Is it sad that blogging has seemed like it would require too much energy???  Whew!  But, I promised Lindsey over at Those Mitchells that I would finally post something this week...and well, you just don't break a promise to a cute pregnant lady! ;0)  We've started working in the schools now...what a change from working in the nursing home!  I've realized just how much I really do love my residents at the facility.  Schools just don't have the same love for me that I have for the people there.  But, it's nice to be able to keep all of my skills fresh, and it challenges me daily no matter where I am.


Socially, my friends and I love spending time together more and more everyday.  We have Ladies night every Wednesday and we all cook dinner together and watch a movie (which we now will be watching DVR'ed Glee instead!)  But it's a great mid-week escape to help all of us get through the stress of the week.  We wouldn't miss it!  


I'm LOVING living in Greenville more and more every day!  This weekend Kacie and I spent Saturday shopping and exploring downtown.  She introduced me to a FABULOUS little cafe called Rainer's.  They have FABULOUS food, all handmade, a great atmosphere, local charm, and they're so very friendly.  Plus, the owner is originally a Georgia native :0)  I got the chicken salad sandwich (wonderful!) with a side of black-eyed pea salad (a Paula Dean recipe...also good!)  They also introduced me to my newest obsession: French pressed coffee!  I'm SO getting a French press soon...it beats the lame automatic drip coffee by a thousand miles!  If you ever visit Greenville, I HIGHLY recommend you give Rainer's a try!  Plus, it's right across the street from Fall's Park on the Reedy.  OH.MY.WORD.  I didn't know I could love my town anymore...until I went to Fall's Park!  Liberty Bridge overlooks a waterfall with climbing rocks everywhere.  Then there's rolling green hills and beautifully landscaped green grass with flower beds and swings, benches, a covered picnic area...the list goes on!  Words can't even describe the beauty of it.  For all my Savannah natives, it's a thousand times better than Forsyth!  The photos really don't even do it justice, but go here to at least see a glimpse of the beauty!


So, to wrap it all up, I'm loving my job, loving my friends, and loving my town.  All in all, I'm loving life!  Days may be busy, stress may overwhelm me at times, but I've got a good job, great friends, and a fabulous town to live in.  I'm blessed beyond measure!  And I'm gonna try and be better about blogging more often!


Have a great week!

2 Weeks Later...

...I finally get around to filling you in!  Sorry about that!  I never realized how BUSY work would be!  Yeesh!  Though it's busy, and I have to work longer hours than I'm allowed to be paid for (no overtime!) just to make sure all the paperwork gets finished up each day, I still really, Really, REALLY love my job!  The residents I work with are precious and I love them to pieces!  They all make me laugh in some way every day, and I'm usually walking around with a smile on my face and in my heart because of something funny or totally random that a patient said to me.  One resident calls me "Red"...she's the happiest thing ever and it makes my heart smile a mile wide every time she says "Heeey Red!"  Granted, some of them are a little "spunky" some days...and they curse me out sometimes, but I know it's the disease talking (dementia) and I just do what I can and leave with a smile regardless.  I didn't realize how very much I would enjoy working with the geriatric population, but I truly, truly do! 


Not only are the residents wonderful, but my bosses are amazing.  They are extremely helpful, always willing to take time from whatever they're doing to help me learn the in's and out of the job.  They're understanding and always have our back.  And they truly care about us.  The first thing they always ask each day is "How are YOU doing?"  Not, "are you getting to all the patients you have to see?", but taking time to make sure that we personally are handling things alright and coping.  They are flexible too.  If we need help with a patient, they come and help us.  If we're emotionally drained from working with a patient, they flip them around to someone else.  I couldn't have found a better group of knowledgeable, skilled, understanding Speech Therapists to have as my bosses.


To top it all of (I know, it gets better!), I've also made some AMAZING friends!  There were 4 of us that all started together (ok, 3 of use started the same day...the other one started 3 weeks before us).  We're all the same age, and 3 of us are ST's (Speech Therapists) and the other one is a PT (Physical Therapist).  The 3 Speech girls are all single ladies, and the the PT is married...but still up for hanging out with us!  We all get along SO well, and it didn't take but a few hours on the first day for us to realize that we were going to all be good friends.  We spend most every weekend together and at least one night during the week.  The hours at work go by much more enjoyably with them to help get through the stressful moments.  We keep each other sane...and have fun in the process!  I'm so blessed to call them not only my co-workers, but my friends as well.


So, work is GREAT!  I'm SO in love with my life here in Greenville!  I know why God only kept this door open for me...He knew what He was doing!  He's orchestrated things so perfectly and I would've messed things up royally if I'd tried to plan it myself!  Life is good!


P.S.  Pay Day was on Tuesday!  Finally!!  I'm LOVIN' this!

Working Girl: Week 1

I know you're DYING to know about my first week at work so far!  Well, you'll have to keep waiting!  haha...sorry!  This whole working-girl thing really drains me!  Early wake up time is SO not good for me.  Ok, maybe it would be if I'd get to bed at a decent enough hour...I'm still working on that one!  Anyways, I'll update tomorrow or Saturday when I have some spare time!  There's many exciting things to tell!  


Just wanted my blog world (yes, all 4 of you!) to know I hadn't forgotten about you!  


More to come....

I've got the "GO" card!

After a month of fighting with the state Board office, (aka: calling them twice a day...everyday...nagging them to "PLEASE let me know what the reason to the hold up with my license is"), I've FINALLY been given the GO! card!!  (Who knew Monopoly could apply to real life?!).  I should've been working this past month...should've.  BUUUUT, thanks to government litigation, they took their time...and mine...which meant they took my MONEY!  I've had NO paycheck for the past month...which means my parents have had to fork out my past 2 months rent (and it's not cheap, mind you.)  Then to top it all of, my job couldn't run my background check on me until I was licensed.  AND due to the holiday last week, it wasn't going to come through until the middle of the week last week.  So, I wasn't able to start working until the 12th of July.  So, to leave aside all frustrations, I said PEACE OUT!  And took off on family vacay with my parents to our mountain cabin!  It was nice and relaxing...the perfect week to wrap up my last vacation for who knows how long (at least 6 months...maybe a year...).  This part of not being a college kid is NOT the fun part.  Anywho,  all this to say...I FINALLY start my job tomorrow!!!!  Yay!  I'm overly exited.  I'm like a kid who's about to start their first day of school (ok, confession: I got excited for the first day of school all the way up to my last year of Grad school...)!  So, folks.  Here's to growing up!  It's really here...and I'm really about to embark on adulthood.  For being 2 months shy of 25...I guess it's about time, too!  Wish me luck!!