Been a while...

Yes, I realize it's been a LONG while but it's ok, I'm here now. :o) So...happy exciting news...I FINALLY submitted my passport application on Feb 4th, and to my great astonishment, I received my passport just 10 days later! And in other great news...I filed taxes today! Between Federal and State I'll be getting enough back to pay for the cruise I have in mind!!! What cruise is that you may ask?? Well...it's a 7 night Southern Caribbean cruise leaving from Puerto Rico and visiting St. Thomas, Dominica, Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, and St. Kitts. I'M SOOOO STOKED!! Now I'm just hoping to have at least one person be able to join me on this adventure!

What else have I been up to in my absence from blogland...
Work...we finally hit our busy season about a month ago so I've started putting in extra hours of sucking out baby boogies and otherwise saving lives.
Working out...I'm still going to the gym (although not as regularly as I need to), but generally at least twice a week. I'm down about 12 lbs or so. It's not much, but I can feel the difference already. AND...the comments/compliments I get from friends feels great too!
Expanding my social life...I've actually gone hiking TWICE, can you believe it? TWICE in the last couple weeks. On the 14th I hiked Hieroglyphic Springs on the south end of the Superstition Mtn
Sorry, I didn't actually take any pics of the hieroglyphs or the springs...I was too busy chattin it up with some new peeps.
This last Saturday, I hiked the north side of the Superstitions to The Massacre Grounds.

I haven't been hiking in like, THE LONGEST TIME, so even though these weren't long hikes or even considered very difficult, it was still an accomplishment for me!

Well folks, I think that's about it for now.

Celebrity

I copied this from a couple friends on Facebook...some funny, some just...??? Feel free to try it out yourself and see how yours turns out!

1. Put your iTunes on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag 10 friends who might enjoy doing the memo as well as the person you got the note from.

What is your motto?
"I Just Want to Dance With You"

What do your friends think of you?
"American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" (wow, that's scary, I need new friends!)

What do you think about very often?
"(This One's Gonna) Leave a Mark"

What is 2+2?
"Dry Country Girl"

What do you think of your best friend?
"Take Me Down" (like I said, I need new friends!)

What do you think of the person you like?
"You've Got a Way"

What is your life story?
"The Sweetest Thing"

What do you want to be when you grow up?
"When I Close My Eyes"

What do you think when you see the person you like?
"Somewhere In The Sun"

What do your parents think of you?
"Follow Me"

What will you dance to at your wedding?
"I Do (Cherish You)"

What will they play at your funeral?
"Back In My Arms Again"

What is your hobby/interest?
"Who Will Roll The Stone Away"

What is your biggest secret?
"The Truth About Me"

What do you think of your friends?
"When You're With Me

What’s the worst thing that could happen?
"Neon Moon"

How will you die?
"The Change" (Ok, I'm afraid to ask WHICH change)

What is the one thing you regret?
"Hard Workin' Man"

What makes you laugh?
"I'm Little but I'm Loud"

What makes you cry?
"Leap of Faith"

Will you ever get married?
"Boston"

What scares you the most?
"When You Love Soemone" (yeah, can be scary!)

Does anyone like you?
"Once Upon A Time (Storybook Love)"

If you could go back in time, what would you change?
"Bye Bye"

What hurts right now?
"When I Think About Angels"

What will you post this as?
"Celebrity"

Heeeeellllooooooo GYM!

For a while now I've been talking about getting in better shape and stuff. I say "talking" because I really haven't DONE much to make it happen. I have cut back on the soda intake and generally take the stairs at work instead of the elevator (and I work on the 4th floor), which gives me generally twice up and twice down. Other than that, I haven't done much of anything...until today!! A week ago 24hr Fitness openend a gym a few miles away and guess what I did?!! YEP! I joined today!! PLUS, I signed up for 5 personal training sessions! I've never worked with a personal trainer before so I'm hoping to have better results! I'm really excited because this gym has way more than just your average equpiment. They have pool, jacuzzi, suana, steam room, full-size basketball court (ok not that I'll be using THAT), a "cycling" room (may eventually get to that, but not in the beginning), and another group training class where I'm hoping to get in on some Yoga, Step, Salsa, and maybe Pilates classes. My first session with the trainer is Monday morning! Wish me luck! hehe

Work

Work the last 3 nights has been really rough. My floor is piloting our new electronic medication record and I'm not convinced it's a good change. For decreasing potential errors, it's great. It's also great for making nurse's lives a living h***. There are so many bugs in the system it's sad. And unfortunatley I can see where it's making the chance of some med errors greater than before. Needless to say, it's been pretty stressful. Last night for the first time I actually was SO overwhelmed that I almost burst out in tears. Thank heavens for my supervisor and supervisor in training that were there last night and helped me out a great deal. I actually managed to walk out of the hospital just after 8am instead of 9am like yesterday morning.
I was looking forward to having a few days off before going back Monday night, but thanks to a coworker needing to adjust her schedule, I now am enjoying not going back until Wednesday night! Anybody wanna play?!

Hey strangers. It's been a while since I've posted anything, but that's really because nothing is going on except that beginning yesterday, my girl Connie and I started our new goal to get into better shape. I won't really call it a diet, but eating healthier and excercising more. Hope it works!!!

Phone Upgrade

For quite a while I've been thinking about upgrading my cell phone to some type of PDA phone. Well, today I finally did it, I got a Blackberry Curve...and it might be a good thing I have 30 days to change my mind. lol This thing is SOOO aggravating. It's so much more high tech than any other phone I've had and I totally don't understand so much. I did FINALLY figure out how to get the media card in (after like 30-45 minutes of trying/searching the stupid manual). I have my main email address setup to receive email to my blackberry, I think I figured out some basic texting stuff (although that's still confusing to me), I'm pretty good with the calendar feature, and I've figured out how to assign custom ringtones for my address book. Now I want some cool ringtones for everyone but don't want to pay like 3 bucks a song. Anybody know if there are any reputable sites that offer FREE ringtones??

Birthdays Breaking Dawn and other Ramblings

So, at Connie's request I'm blogging about my birthday, unfortunately you need to be prepared to be bored. I worked Thursday night so I got off at like 7:30 the morning of my birthday. After getting home mom took me to Denny's for birthday breakfast. That was kind of interesting, given that the waitress was training a couple new people and she was just umm...weird. Anyway, we then went to Scrapbooks Etc for like the 4th time that week (5th time for mom I think). After getting home I was pretty exhausted so I hit the sack because I was supposed to go out with a friend later to celebrate. Unfortunately neither of us felt up to celebrating. Instead, we went out to Graham Central Station Saturday night and met up with a couple friends. Fortunatley no nasty drunk guys hitting on us and overall we enjoyed ourselves. So, really not much exciting. And Connie...I'll NEVER be OLD, like you. lol In light of my not so exciting 29th...I'm going to start planning a CRUISE for my 30th. Anybody wanna join?!

In other news...I finished reading Breaking Dawn this morning. Holy cow does Stephanie Meyers ROCK or what?! I still think Twilight was probably the best, but this one was pretty good too! I can't wait for the Twilight movie to come out in December!

And umm...Sarah tagged me a few days ago but I don't have time to respond right now so maybe tomorrow...stay tuned!