Again, incredibly terribly horribly bad at remembering to update my little slice of the blogosphere. Since my last post in May (yikes!) TONS AND TONS of things have happened!! Here's the rundown:
June
I got a new job at St.Vincent's hospital. I LOVE MY JOB! I'm working as a CNA on a telemetry unit. I have learned so so much from being there and experience something new everyday. As I continue to prepare for nursing school I just know that being at St.Vincent's is giving me priceless experience.
July
Casey and I purchased our first house. Wow! Couldn't believe that at 23 we were becoming homeowners. The best part was that the home is absolutely beautiful. It was built in 1959 but remodeled right before we bought it. We even got to pick out the brand new appliances! I LOVE being in my home. I think it is one of the best decisions that Casey and I ever made. When we finally got things settled and moved in it made Florida feel better. A lot of the homesickness went away almost immediately. It's just so nice to have a solid place to be rather than bouncing between apartments. We've been in the house for 6 months now and just barely started hanging pictures. But we will get there eventually :) We also bought a new L-shaped sofa thing from Costco to go in our family room. Love it! It's seriously the best place to nap in our home. Once tax returns come back we are going to have to purchase a new AC and rework some of the ducts in the ceiling though. But that's really the only thing that needs to be done to the place. I'm sure that change will make this summer sooooo much nicer!
October
We added a new family member to our home. Hemingway the cat has 7 toes on each foot and was a very spontaneous addition. We took Lulu to get her nails clipped at Pets Smart and while we were waiting we went to "just look" at the cats that were up for adoption. Except for that when we walked into the room this big grey cat looked right at us and started to meow and talk away! Stole my heart immediately! Filled out some paperwork, bought some food, litter, and a box, and wondered how we got ourselves so hooked. He is such a sweet cat and will sit by me all day on the couch while I do homework. And he never passes up a good scratch. My favorite thing it that sometimes when we are sleeping he will sit next to our heads on the bed and start tapping our cheeks and foreheads ever so gently with his paw. He just wants someone to pet him and love on him! :) We were told that they think he's around 6 years old which isn't too bad but we think he might be older. He's very skinny so we've started feeding him wet cat food to try to beef him up...we will just have to see what happens!
Well that's about it. We are having fun here in Florida and adjusting a little more every day. We have learned so much.
