The Traveling Kind

Howdy, howdy! We've finished up our time in Idaho Falls and made our way to Texas. We set up camp at our parents' house and here we've sat for the last 3 weeks, with one more week to go. So back in Idaho I mentioned we had two weeks left and still didn't have an assignment. Well, that didn't change until about 3 days ago. This has been the weirdest few weeks in the travel nurse universe. Apparently there's this lull in the PICU travel world. It's been hard for me and a lot of my friends to find their summer assignment. I don't know why it's happening or how long it'll last but I'm happy to report that it's finally over for me. I've accepted a night (😥) position at The Children's Hospital at TriStar Centennial in  Nashville, Tennessee ! I'm not super excited about the whole nights thing but we're ecstatic to be going back to beautiful Tennessee. We visited Nashville a few times while on assignment in Knoxville. Ryan loved ...

Ryan and I had to make some pretty big adjustments after moving to Idaho Falls. We went from Austin, a city of almost 900,000 people, to Idaho Falls - population: 56,000. In Austin we could eat, drink, shop, catch live music, or walk the trail next to Lady Bird Lake all within 2-4 blocks from our apartment. Here in little ol' Idaho Falls we have to try a little harder to find the fun. Sometimes that means driving a few miles to the Greenbelt along the Snake River or to Snow Eagle Brewery. Other times it means spending hours a day driving around sightseeing. Our first outings here in Idaho Falls consisted of visiting the Falls and the Greenbelt. We also walked around the little baby downtown and a nearby park.  The frozen Snake River, taken from the Greenbelt. In the background you can see the Mormon Temple The then frozen Falls-you just don't see this everywhere. I just love frozen bodies of water! Haha! Checking out Sportsman Park The side of an old hotel ...

Well haaay y'all!! Ryan and I have been busy working and playing and I've just found a few minutes to tell y'all about it. So far, so good here in ol' Idaho. I just finished my 7th week here and we've nestled in quite nicely. I'm really enjoying my job and we've made some really great friends here. We'll be so sad to leave them! So, Idaho Falls is tiny (compared to every other city we've lived in) so it only took us a few weeks to check all the "touristy" things off of our list. It -literally- took TWO days to run into someone we knew at the mall. Idaho Falls is like Temple, TX style small town where everyone knows everyone and their mama. It's been kinda fun being back in a small town. It's really quiet here, even in the middle of a weekday. We rarely hear sirens or loud drunk people making their way down the sidewalk. It's a little weird. But also nice. But also were anxious to get back to a big city! My recruiter has been u...

Well dang y'all. It's been a while. Between work and cramming in as much family and friend time as possible there's not much time left for blogging. Not that y'all probably even noticed. Haha! I was just talking to Ryan today about how blogging is a little bit narcissistic. But, here I am, so I guess I don't care. 😆 Anyway, we're finishing up our time here in Austin. I'm not going to lie, we got of to a pretty rocky start but the last half is shaping up to be pretty awesome. I've really gotten to know and love my unit and coworkers. It's going to be pretty hard to leave family, old friends, and new friends. In the same breath those same pesky pants ants are in full force and I'm super excited for our next adventure. Ryan and I had been pretty set on finishing out the winter in Florida, or at least on the east coast. As my end date neared there were potential contracts in New Hampshire, Baltimore, Washington D.C., Myrtle Beach, S.C., and St...