Beautiful Kaua'i!

one of the wettest spots on earth below

so pretty, you can take helicopter tours here

the grand canyon of the pacific

famous for their red dirt

Wailua River

Beautiful Hanalei bay

Birthday Eve

This will be my first birthday away from most of my friends and family. I was supposed to work tonight but for some GREAT reason, they decided to put me on standby. They said they will try not to call me but Im just happy to be kind of off for now. My family sang happy birthday to me on Skype and I thought it was super gay, but when I hung up with them I was by myself and it was all of a sudden quiet--THOSE are the times when Im like damn, I wish I can just go home.

But other than those moments, it's been good. Went to Buffalo Wild Wings yesterday to watch the UH game..kinda a big deal around here. I must say it was an exciting game though. Been missing the Chargers games tho?! I guess its good considering we lost to two pretty shitty teams huh?? Anyways, Going home on Thursday! Crazy how Ruth is getting married..so happy for her though. Gary is a cool guy and Im excited for the wedding although I wish I could be smaller! lol. ANNND Im turning 26...and Im starting to realize FINALLY that were getting old. 26. So not a cool sounding age. Just sounds O-L-D. haha.

Anyways got myself a little birthday present:)

A Hello Kitty beach bag! Isnt it cute? haha.

Anywayss....see everyone this weekend!!

This is a video footage of our new place:) Im excited to move in. Hope you guys are all planning your vacays!!:)

WORK&HOME

So I am officially on my own at work, and I must say it is NOT as intimidating as I thought it was. The doctors are 10X nicer than scripps, and everyone on my shift is really helpful. I also have a lot more autonomy to do things (i.e. adjust vent settings, actually having central lines, giving more drugs). The whole charting thing is on computer which I am NOT used to..but I can get used to it. I guess you can say everyone works around the Nurse over there, haha. We get one critical care tech who does all my sugars, I&Os, watches my rhythms...and all i have to do is click "confirm" for whatever he does for me. Then I have a nurse assistant who does my other stuff like change diapers, linens, etc. The RT does my EKGs, really good about doing my oral care & suctioning...meanwhile, I'm sitting there like UHHHH.....i feel like Im not doing anything but charting. Haha, but we'll see how it goes?!! I only worked three nights.

Traffic is crazy here. I dont remember this much traffic on all my vacations here. But sometimes, it could take you 20 minutes to drive 5 miles cuz everything is so backed up. I also got my first speeding ticket going...SIXTY MPH! haha. it was on my first day to work too. It was a 50mph zone. The officer noticed I just moved there cuz my Cali plates and registration, I was using my GPS, ANNND I had my scrubs on to the first day of work. I could tell he felt bad but he already wrote the ticket and just gave it to me...he SUCKS! Anyways, Im gonna write a letter to the judge explaining the circumstances and see if I can get a break.

Lastly, we finally found a place at Koko Isle Circle (that place on my other link). Were going to meet with the landlord today to finalize things, so everyone start planning your vacays!:) The place is really nice and Im excited to FINALLY have our own place. More pics to come! Anyways, coming home next week for Ruths wedding!! I have Thanksgiving weekend off but guess how much airfare is..1600?!!! WHOA! hopefully it might go down if i try to fly out last minute but well see! K time to go register my car finally. i Miss everyone at home...!