Lunch With GP

Its been a fun filled day! I took GP out to lunch at Red Robin. We got some yummy food. We ate a french onion soup and I highly recommend it. The food is kinda expensive there, but the soup was about $5 not too badl. 

After lunch I finished up some online education course needed for working in Australia. It sounds like I will have to start on the general ward (Tele/Medsurg) and progress into ER. It is disappointing but either way it will work out. I'm working with two agencies because I want to keep my options open. I figure I will be available to work Monday-Wednesday for one and the other agency Thursday-Saturday and off Sunday. One has better benefits but it doesn't offer sponsorship the other one offers sponsorship after 3 months but the perks are a little lesson.  Random tidbit of information all the shifts are 8 hours.

 Also I booked a room for 10 days at a hostel which is super cheap and I'm hoping to find a flatmate within 10 days!

Visit With Grandma

I went to visit Grandma P. We had a nice conversation. She told me a little about what life was like when she was little and growing up. When she was very little she was kidnapped by her father and grandma and moved to Colorado! A little background GP's parents were divorced and her mom had to work nights. Her mother dropped the kids off at a daycare and in the middle of the night GP's dad and grandma came and kidnapped them. Her father re-married a very abusive woman.

One story she told happened when she was around 17. Her step mom had a very dirty mouth and was swearing/yelling at her. GP was ignoring the rude/dirty remarks. So her step mom came around and yanked her long red hair, this was the last straw for GP she turned and punched her step mom in the face! She said it made her feel so much better, but knows it was probably wrong. When her dad came home he took her outside to spank her and she was out there with him and said “if you touch me I will never talk to you again”. He didn't spank her probably because he know the step mom was a witch and abusive. It was an enjoyable conversation. I also learned what I thought to be true. Grandma was married and divorced before Grandpa H. She was going through a divorce at 21. She's never talked about what happened with her first marriage to ANYONE. A while back I heard second hand from my brother who heard it from my Aunt who heard it from my Great Grandma that she was in a relationship at a young age. I'm interested to know what happened and why she's kept it secret all these years.  I'm thankful to have such a loving Grandma although she's had a difficult/painful life. 

Comfort From a Movie

On Sunday I was thinking about the second coming of Christ and the quote from Lord of the Rings came to my mind and gave me some comfort. 

Frodo: "I wish none of this had happened." Gandalf: "So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us."

Mexican Food

I woke up an hour ago and can't seem to sleep.

Exciting adventures this week with Little D!

Yesterday we had a yard sale (actually Little D did all the work so I should say she had a yard sale). It was a success! Got rid of junk and made a little money.

To celebrate we went out to eat at a Mexican restaurant. Now my tummy hurts ;-) The food was good though. I jokingly told my sis to make sure she had her vaccinations before eating! You never know what the cook is doing.

Enough rambling for one night. Off to laying in bed, wishing I could sleep and my stomach would recover faster.