My Charlotte Roomie

This is Rebecca Waldrop, my fabulous roommate while I was travel nursing in Charlotte. We had a wonderful time together! I could not have asked for a more gracious and welcoming friend to live with. Thanks for everything, Bec! I had a wonderful time and I miss you tons! How's the rat situation lately? ; )

Hhas Kenny Called Yet?

My most memorable weekend in Charlotte was by far the weekend that Big Al and Sarah Biz came to visit. A few highlights? We kicked off the weekend with lettuce wraps and chocolate cake at P.F. Changs (one of my new favorites). Saturday morning it was off to Southpark for some shopping and the Cheesecake Factory for lunch (and no, we did not share 1 piece of cheesecake...we shared four pieces of cheesecake). And Saturday night....well, let's just say that it is when it got interesting.

We were in the mood for some football and fried pickels so we headed to a local bar called Alexander Michael's (interesting, I know, but what do you expect from 4 southern girls raised on SEC football and fried food? And we actually had to ask the bar tender to find a game for us to watch!). So there is this waiter...he's gorgeous. Not just good looking, gorgeous. We accidently listened in on the conversation he was having with the table of old ladies beside us: His name is Kenny and he is new in town. Perfect-I'm new in town too! For about the next hour, we worked it...and he loved it! And finally...the moment of truth, I am going to stop him to ask him for some ketchup. Here he comes. He's slowing down, he's smiling, we're working it. Wait a minute...he's stopping and I haven't even said anything. What is he doing? Oh my gosh, he's stopping. He's putting his arm around my shoulder and he's pulling me close. He's handing me something...a pack of sugar?? "Excuse me," he very seductively whispers in my ear, "I think you dropped your name tag". Oh my gosh!! Hysterical! I got set up while I was in the bathroom! Absolutely hillarious. Oh well, can I keep him? Oops...I accidently wrote my number on the pack of sugar that Katie just handed him. Hillarious!!!

And then we were off to the Corn Maze. Yes, you heard me...a maze cut through a corn field. Warning: the effects of this maze are greatly intensified with high heels and 3 ultras on board upon entering. Has Kenny called yet?

And no girls weekend is complete without a day at the spa. We finished our weekend off with a roadtrip to Asheville and a night at the Grove Park Inn. Absolutely amazing! I just wish Kenny could have been my masseuse ; ) Thanks for an incredible weekend, girls! I love you !!

Assignment 1: Charlotte

I began my travel nursing adventures in Charlotte, North Carolina. Charlotte is a great city to live in! It is not a small city, but not a big city either...it has that little big town feel to it (you Mississippi girls know what I am talking about!). It is 10 hours north but still in the south. The people that I met were so much fun to be around and always welcoming. My favorite part of Charlotte? Katie and Brad. God is so good! What a gift it was for me to be able to spend six months so close to such a precious friend and her new husband. I truly cherish the time of fellowship living together in Charlotte that God so graciously gave us the opportunity to have.

A Travel Nurse's Diary

I love my life! I am blessed to be me! I have the most amazing, incredible family that I could ever dream of having. My daddy is my hero. My mom is who I hope to one day be. My sister is one my very best friends and the unltimate shopping partner. If I ever get married, my brothers heart is the one thing that the lucky man must have. My niece and nephews are absolutely the cutest, funniest little people God has ever placed on this earth. Even my brother-in-law is an ok guy. And on top of having a fabulous family, I have been blessed with amazing friends. The kind of friends that love me despite me, and the kind of friends that I will cherish for all eternity.

And if that isn't enough, to top it all off, my job is to go on vacation. Seriously! I am getting paid to travel anywhere in the county I want to go, all expenses included. I am a ER/ICU nurse. And, like I said, traveling all over the county. The only stipulation: 3 shifts a week. I work for a travel nursing agency called American Mobile Healthcare who contracts me out to hospitals across the nation who are short on nurses . I sign a contract, work for about 3 months until the hospital can build its permanent staff back up, and then move on. I say where, I say when, I say which hospital, which unit, and which shift. So much fun! I love it! I have met amazing people and have had incredible opportunities--and I am only on my second contract!

But as wonderful as travel nursing may be, as the saying goes, "home is where the heart is". And I don't think my heart will ever leave Flowood, Mississippi--no matter where my travels might take me. So in an effort to bridge the gap, here is my story. My travel nursing diary. The places I go and the people that I meet. The things that I like and the things that I don’t like. Recaps of good days as well as the bad ones. The story of me. I realize that nobody except my mother really cares what I am doing on a daily basis, but I will pretend that I have fans and try to keep my blog as up to date as I can with what I've been up to...if anyone is interested.