Makin' Moves

"The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page." ~Saint Augustine


It's May 24th. I moved to Austin almost two months ago. I can not believe it. I will be leaving Austin in one month...I can not believe it. 


I am trying to fit in all I can and am still getting adjusted to living alone. You might not believe this when you read it, but yesterday I went to see two, yes two, movies alone. And this past week I went to the grocery store. I bought raw chicken and made myself real, legit food. I would say I am adjusting well. Well...well enough (I am glad that only I had to eat the food)!


So what am I going to do next!? 
Good question. 
I am going to VACATION!! duh.


My awesome job allows me to take a month off between each assignment so obviously I will be taking advantage of this. First I am going to move out of my apt. in Austin and back home to the parents house!


My first week off I am headed to Seaside with the family!!! I am SO excited. If you know me you know that Seaside is my favorite place on earth so no doubt that it's going to be a wonderful week. 

I am currently trying to find a way to stay for another week. I will make that happen...just wait for more details. 


I am also checking something else off my "bucket list" by working as a camp nurse during my time off. As a child I went to a summer camp in Arkansas for years. So...I will be a camp nurse at Camp Mitchell the third week of July. I am really looking forward to this. I know it will be hot, hot, hot but sooo worth it! 


Soon after camp it will be time to move and start another assignment somewhere in the US of A. I still don't know where I will be going but I am making moves in the right direction to find out. Just today I sent out my applications for my Arkansas and California nursing licenses! After two different sets of fingerprints, passport photos, pages of applications, and transcript requests I am on my way to continuing the travel nursing gig! 


Here is to something new, more fun, and of course traveling!!!


LOVE & LIVE your LIFE!

real life > blog life

"The best feeling in the world is realizing that you're perfectly happy without the thing you thought you needed." ~Unknown

Well...it's been too long. A little over a month to be exact. 

Why? 

I think it's because I have been living in the real world rather than the blog/internet world. And it has been WONDERFUL!!

I have reached the halfway mark of my time in Austin which is crazyness.  I have been trying to make the most of this great city and all it has to offer while also traveling a bit 

(whose surprised?)!

Lets see...

My friend Karen and I went out to Town Lake for a little bit of stand-up paddle boarding. The day we went out the weather was so great so we paddled up to downtown and back. We also got to see a bit of filming for something. We weren't sure what they were filming but if you see two girls creeping in the back of a shot on paddle boards its probably us. 

Enjoy our hot bods. 

Later that week Karen and I went out to her family's lake house on Lake Travis. Wasn't this an adventure! Austin is currently in a drought= just pure sadness for the lakes. After making our way to the house we discovered that the water was so low that we couldn't even make it out on our rafts. Instead we drove a little way down the lake, blew up our rafts, and floated in the middle of the lake next to the docks. While it was a bit white trash we enjoyed our first lake day of the year, hopefully the rain picks up and we can take the boat out for more legit fun. We also went to Oasis for dinner which was so fun! We caught a great sunset too!! 

Oh...MY BEST FRIENDS GOT MARRIED!! Emily and Luke now share the same last name...Wittenbraker! Their wedding was SO much fun. I danced the night away and loved seeing my two best friends so so so happy together!! (side note-seeing them so happy in love makes me want to fall in love. can someone make that happen? preferably before all my married friends start having kids. great!)

This past weekend I went to San Antonio to visit Ellen! Her husband Blake was out of town so we were hyped about a girls weekend and my first San Antonio experience. After a night of catching up on Friday we had some beauty sleep and made the most of Saturday. We spent the morning with a cup of coffee, some more catching up, and a neighborhood walk with their dog Bean. The weather was absolutely perfect so we went to the Jan Jose Mission and the Alamo.  We had a great time and learned some stuff too! Later we enjoyed a nice beverage on the Riverwalk and dinner out. The weekend was a huge success and I loved San Antonio!!

While driving from SA to Austin I had a little phone convo with Mary Evelyn who convinced me to drive straight through to Fort Worth since I had a few more days off work!! Great decision! I got to visit with friends and help Emily unpack wedding gifts 

and set up their home! 

So there...sounds wonderful huh!? It has been. I am living it up and loving the adventure!

Oh...living alone. I have to admit that until about two weeks ago I hated it. I was too lonely and bored. No longer. I don't know why but over the past two weeks I've realized that its nice being able to do as I please whenever I please. I have also been utilizing skype. I love it!! Send me your skype name and we can face-time!! I no longer have to drink alone as I am not technically alone if you are on the other side of the computer...right?

LOVE your LIFE!!!