The Traveling Kind

Not really, what happened in San Antonio is what this post is all about! So much happened! A little bit of running, family and friends seeing, Bachelorette partying, and lots of eating (and drinking) ! First of all, I would like to refer back to my previous post .  This bill included FOUR adult beverages AND we left completely stuffed. Case and point. Texas is awesome and Chuy's creamy jalapeno ranch dip is forever delicious. Less than 25 bucks!! Holy cow!! Lauren drove an hour+ to hang for a few! After Chuy's we finally got on our way to San Antonio.  We checked in to our room at Hotel Valencia and were immediately greeted with chips, salsa, and beer.  Reason #324 why Texas is awesome, and why Megan is awesome since she snagged us the room :) I just want to take time right now and brag a little.  My friends, I do not workout on vacation. I sleep in, I eat horrible, and I fast when I get back home.  Such is the ugly cycle of R&...

I honestly can't think of anything else I'd rather be doing with my life than moving to a new place every few months and experiencing living in different parts of the country (or just mostly California) . But the longer we stay away from our beloved state the more I start to miss it. You know what they don't have in California? Dance halls -well, they do but they are few and far between and none of 'em can stand up to the Broken Spoke-plus they only play pop country-no George Jones here. Texas country music -Where are you Aaron Watson!? I seriously cried the other day on the way home from work cause "Fiddlin' Around" popped up on my iPhone.  Cheap food -Ryan and I can't leave a restaurant without spending more than $40, in Texas we could stuff ourselves with Mexican food AND beer and still leave under $20. Cheap beer -You want me to pay $5 for a bottle of Bud Light?! Nope. Not gonna. Westphalia noodles -I'm obsessing about these...

Oh. My. Gosh. Let me tell you right now-6 miles is a looooong way. HA! And I'm going to have to run over twice that distance in just a few short months.  Holy Moses what did I get myself into? The day before I had already decided that we were going to wake up early and head to the boardwalk. It was a Saturday and I didn't want to be bobbin' and weavin' outta pedestrian traffic the whole way. Well NATURALLY I slept in and made breakfast and lolly gagged around the apartment until Ryan finally asked if we were even going to run at all.  So we get to the boardwalk in prime running time, the dead heat of midday. Awesome. But I did it to myself and the place was packed. MILES 1 and 2- Feeling awesome, it's a little hot and there are people walking everywhere.  I CAN DO THIS! MILE 3 - Ok, getting tired, finish this mile and I can turn around. This isn't TOO bad. MILE 4 - Ohmygosh, I might die before I finish.  I can't breathe and I can't keep my upper ...

THIRTEEN POINT ONE stinkin' miles.  Do you even know how far that is!?  Really. stinkin. far. What in the world am I thinking?  If you've worked out with me you know that I pretty much hate all exercise.  I do it, but I kick and scream the whole way.  So why would I WANT to run for probably about 2.5 hours straight (and that's being optimistic---thunder thighs are hard work to move people!) ?? Sometimes I think Girls was written about me. If you would've told my high school self that one day I would be able to run 3 whole miles without stopping, she laugh right in your face. I didn't continue to play volleyball into high school because they said we'd have to run a mile.   A mile...just one, just one mile.  Holy moses!  What a weeny !  I've been on a very long, very frustrating journey to health.  I've altered my eating habits, I've done every weight workout, joined gyms, joined a bootcamp, and I've probably done 5,000 squats...

Can I just say that I stinkin' love almost every bit about travel nursing!? Before I graduated college I jumped around jobs like it was no tomorrow. I realize that's the case for almost all college kids, but liking one position enough to stay for the 30 year tennis bracelet and retirement check seemed highly unlikely for me. After I graduated and worked at the ol' Ess and Dub (Scott and White) for a couple of years I started getting antsy...I'm surprised myself that I lasted that long. (Side note: I loved working for S&W, promise!) Travel nursing seemed like the way to go. Yes, I sure will move somewhere new every 3 months. Yes, I sure will let my company pay for my housing. Yes, I sure will move to Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Diego. This blog actually got it's name from my travel nurse experiences.  Let me tell ya, if anyone comes to work in California be prepared to ask, and get asked that question a lot.  The staffing laws h...

Oh my gosh y'all it's my first blog!!  I'm so nervous!! What if it's boring?! What if no one reads this!?  If they do, then what if they hate it!?  What if all those grammar nazis call me out on run on sentences and the correct use of there, their, and they're?!  You know what I have to say to you people?  It's probably going happen so I'm just gonna need you to deal with it!...Just kidding, don't hate me please. I've been wanting to start a blog for a while, you know, because I think I'm so interesting the world needs to know what's happening in my life  I think it's a super neat way to get ALL THE THOUGHTS out of my head and it's way better than writing in my anablog aka journal.  (I feel like I've got a lot of run on sentences already...oops...) Also, I can't just sit back and let Ryan have a blog all by himself. I have my own side to our story! From what I've learned from reading and enjoying other blogs, it'...