craigs list success

today i had my first successful craig's list purchase. if you dont know what craigs list is... you should check it out... craigslist.com ...basically its a place to buy and sell or give away stuff by meeting up with people or doing something like that. different than ebay. but basically the same... you can buy houses, washing machines, or even tickets! and its broken up by areas in the country... so i search durham-raleigh nc ... but you pick wherever you live... sadly lagrange was not nearly as convienent as it is here in a bigger city.

anyway. there is a concert tonight... jack johnson. chelsea and a friend of hers is going... and chelsea's sister is in town and going... so chels had this idea i should look at craigs list for a ticket. so i began my hunt last night... and today at 11:00 i had success for the concert TONIGHT! so crazy. so fun. and the best thing is my ticket was WAY cheaper than anyone else's! so yeah. off to see jack johnson tonight. if you dont know who he is listen here... jackjohnsonmusic.com

so ... wahoo craigslist... jack johnson here i come! :)

monday- monday.

oh monday. a little stressful, kinda frustrating. more meetings/orientation at the hospital. luckily only 2 more days of it! but kinda not good. we are only working thur and fri of this week... which is so nice, but at this point in my life... sadly... i need to work. i need hours... and im not getting them this week. oh dear. anyway, it was a little bit of a frustrating day, poor ryan and sara... they were the people i vented to... haha... but thats what best friends are for. :)

anyway i did work out today... holy cow! i went to a new class... muscle pump- BUT with a different instructor... good gracious. best work out ive had in a while so it was nice to sweat and get my mind off things.

the work out was followed by a superb dinner of taco salad. mmmm. so good.

anyway it was just a regular monday, except i think all this time away from rhino is catching up with me. good gracious. four weeks is an AWFULLY long time to be a part. im so ready to be with him! see him. talk to him- to his FACE! to laugh and goof off and just be together. hopefully it will be the last time we are a part for so long. i hope so anyway!

and yay... for ill be flying home in one week! to see some special people for a special occassion. so wahoOO for that! ok off to olympic watching... and to craig's list. i am on the hunt for some jack johnson tickets... for cheap. he is in concert tomorrow night here. my roomie is going so im trying to find a cheap ticket to go too!!

doubtful, but its fun to hunt!

love and peace from north carolina-

greece please.

the next place I am going.
the Greek Isles. in particular the island of Santorini. thats the place below.

I decided today I am going there. I have even already looked at hostels to stay in and cruises around the isles and things to do and the best places to go. Santorini is apparently the island to go to, and after seeing some pictures I agree. It is one absolutely breathtaking place... and I want to go. Typically, when I want to go somewhere, I end up going there too. Not to sound snotty or whatever about it, but normally I find the money, find the trip, and make it happen. Thats just my personality. I make unrealistic and crazy dreams- come true. Its how I am... and well I am going to make it happen. Somehow, someway, I am going to go. Whether I go on a nice luxurious cruise, or I go- backpack around and stay in hostels along the way. The latter being the much more affordable thing to do... so we shall see. Ok enough about Greece... Let me share about my day.

Lunch: with a FRIEND! waHOO! a girl I went to undergrad with goes to Duke Divinity here so I got to meet up with her, have a super lunch, and then get a "tour-de-durham" saw LOTS of cool places, and things I need to do, and restaurants I need to eat at! It was perfect!

Afternoon: met up with another FRIEND! this one from work... yes i know. I am making friends at work... yeahHH! :) but met up with her and saw "sisterhood of the traveling pants 2" SUPERB girl movie. I LOVED it. made me laugh, made me cry, made me miss my girlfriends, and my ryan. which i will add there is a baby in the movie... named RYAN CHRISTOPHER! yeahHHH. talk about making me miss my man even more... the baby in the movie had the same name!! i def made an audible gasp when i heard that. i couldn't believe it! anyway- lots of romantic scenes and lots of laughs. and oh yeah... they went to greece (prob why i want to go now) but after the movie i did research... so i really do want to go. haha...

nightime: OLYMPICS... of course.

so yeah. there was my saturday. very nice and fun. now im off to read a little and watch some olympics... that is if i can get away from my many google searches: greece ; greek isles; greece vacations; Mediterranean cruises.... haha. those are just a few!

so for now. much love and peace...

and for some... see you SOON! :)

8.8.08

the weekend is here! and now that I am a working woman, I have come to appreciate the weekends! My first full week of work is complete, and truly it will probably be the last time I work monday-friday for a long long time. my hours and days working as a nurse are quite sporatic. mostly 7am-7:30pm... long long long days, but only 3 days a week! so that gives me 4 days every week to play. eat. workout. sleep. and read. mmm fun fun. def glad to be done with week one of orientation... sadly 1 more week to go. (only mon, thurs, fri though!) its been fun this week getting to know some people and making friends. def a good thing!!

so as you should know. its 8.8.08. the beginning of the olympics!! im pumped. so time to watch the opening ceremonies... be the roommates... and possibly find some chinese food!

not much longer before ryan comes! THANK GOODNESS!! today makes 3 weeks... may not seem like long... but thats 21 DAYS! much longer than we have ever been a part in our 3 1/2 years! so yay... one more week without him!

ok enough for now. off to read and relax. :)

my best friend is getting ESPOUSED!

my sanity.
my laugh

my inspiration.
my india companion...
the only one who truly understands and knows how i feel...
::because she was there too::

my adventure partner.
my jelly bean experimenter.

one of my bestest friends...

so needless to say- im quite excited that she is GETTING MARRIED!!!
to the man of her dreams- who is perfect for her.
im so happy for them and so lucky to have such an amazing woman in my life.
yeah i can't wait!
thats what ive been busy doing... and loving every minute. getting emails about dresses, and invitations and the girls dresses and places. its been so fun to help out and be a part of this amazing time in her life!!

oh pong-a-u-long-a, i love you so much!


*ill do a quick side note*work is going great. long boring classroom meetings, but today was good and i am getting to know a lot of fun great people. so far so good. and today i learned about benefits... but actually think i might understand! haha :)

off to bed for an early morning.

peace and love.

rice crispies...

chelsea and i got a little crafty last night.
we found some marshmallows and was like hmmmm.
what can we make with marshmallows?
RICE CRISPIES!!!
so of course the next question was... well have you made them before?
no i responded- the same time she responded.
so we decided to go to a cookbook.
after that plan failed we had a breakthrough.
the marshmallow bag ::of course:: had the recipe.
so off to food lion we go to buy crispy rice cereal.
we got home and began making our delicious late night snack.
::let me add. late night is now 9:30::
anyway 24hours later... the rice crispy treats are gone.

they were so so so delicious.
so my first cooking experiment ended brilliantly. :)


let me add a few things about Duke orientation...
going great. long boring meetings, but when i remember i am getting paid to sit here, i brighten up and put a smile on my face. :) i also found out today my boss is totally fine with me leaving for three days to go to paula's wedding. whenever that may be.?!?!.
such a HUGE relief. im so so so excited for her and pumped that she is moving on with this next step in her life. i know its perfect and exactly what she and chad should do.
totally them. totally what they need. exactly what God wants for them.

so yeah. work is good. ive met a couple of fun girls so we sit in the back and laugh and have fun- while still paying attention to the amazing speakers that come through. haha.
no really. its been good. and it will last until friday... then a great weekend free!

thats all for now... off to read. watch tv. and go to bed. oh how painful waking up early is!!

love and peace

20 youth + oil + chocolate pudding+ egg= messy game night

me.
plus a lot of gunk.

me and chels. (1 of the roomies)
plus tons and tons of gunk.


tonight at chelsea's church the youth had messy game night.
chelsea being the superb senior high sunday school teacher that she is- decided she should go to meet some kids and get them pumped about sunday school.

well i went to. not wanting to get dirty at all. i was just the nurse who was watching making sure all went well. sadly my plan didn't work. i got filthy- but i did have a blast and meet some great people. it was lot of fun, at a great church, with fun people so what more could i ask for.

tomorrow is day one of the real world though-
so i need to go to bed to rest up before the big day!

peace and love