Hey Yall!

Bleu and Sarah have inspired me to create a blogging sight of my own as I too am abroad from IL. So, here goes nothing! :)

I AM REALLY enjoying The Woodlands, TX and having Patrick around again. Our apartment is just great; love the view (left), nice area to walk Sadie, a gym where Patrick and I work out most mornings @ 5:40 a.m. Here is a picture of what we've done with the place so far.
And just in case you're wondering, yes, that is a monster t.v. Patrick put in here, so of course he's happy w/ the place too. ;) We love to watch Lost every day on it. Kinda has become the running joke that we ask each other what they want to do when we both know we only want to watch Lost all the time! (BIG shout out to Sonny right now by the way for getting me seasons one and two as a going away present. YOU'RE THE BEST BF!)

Other than Lost, Sadie Daul takes up quite a bit of time. She's a very smart, but has a mind of her own. It's not that she doesn't know what to do, she simply looks at you like "I'm deciding whether to do it or not!" She can "leave it, sit, come, and target." She's best at the last, which Patrick is excited about as it's the beginnings of teaching her to retrieve from hunting, haha! Right now the biggest task is walking on the leash... And when I say "walking" I mean me coaxing her every 5 steps to get up... As you can see, it's a process...


A lot of people have been asking me about work, so I'll just repeat this for those of you who haven't heard. When the hospital offered me a position in November, it was different than how they usually take on grads. Usually you're already working there in a grad residency when they hire you on, but they took me on w/o this position and I was from outside the state. When I came here for my physical in the beginning of January, they let me know they weren't aware my Graduate Nursing license would take so long to transfer in TX. So, with out this, I'm unable to work. It's been slightly chaotic trying to get signed up for the quickest process, but all my paper work is in now, so I'm waiting for notification that I can sign up for my test in the next week or so. A few days later my GN license will be available as well. I still have a position, and they have been great to reassure me that I am welcome as soon as the paper work comes in. So prayers of thanks for that!


For the time being, the running joke is God decided w/ Sadie that I needed to be on maternity leave for a while before I could start work. ;0 ) Who, speaking of which is up from her nap, and probably is poised to chew or piddle on something. Again, I love TX, but miss you all dearly. I can't wait to see you all again soon, and hope to make it back sometime this Summer. I would appreciate prayers for the paper processing to go quickly and successfully and to pass my boards as well! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

God bless & Yall take care now!


Anne-Marie