well hello again...

well hello again friends...yes, I know, it's been a while, but at least I'm here trying to keep this going! I can't TOTALLY be to blame...something was up ( or should I say down) with the other blog site...sorry...okay, I'm still to blame,

there has been MUCH going on since the last time...from going to New Hampshire, to home, to CALIFORNIA...yup, that's right, sunny California...the weather has been sunny and warm, though tonight it threateans to rain...oh well, considering the fact that the northeast has been under siege from one of the many hurricanes on the east coast...

Aside from ALL the hassles that I endured getting here---no major details other than suffice it to say that I will NEVER again work for the travel company that got me here---I'm so glad that I'm here. It's great being here in San Diego with my daughter. There's nothing like seeing someone after so long, and now being so close that you CAN reach out and touch them almost whenever you want. So she'd probably appreciate me NOT doing that, being she's a Marine and all...LOL, maybe she'd get over it...maybe not...LOL.

The place that I'm staying is a very nice apartment complex in La Jolla (pronounced "Lahoya") ...with a heated outdoor pool, two outdoor jacuzzis, a mini theater with surround sound and theater seats and all--okay, this is indoors---but it IS at my disposal to use whenever I want...free of charge...THAT is a long story...but due to the extreme incompetence of my travel company suffice it to say that I'm being allowed to use the theater free...all of the comforts of home...oh wait, who has a mini theater in their home??? Do you? Yeah, I didn't think so...

So, when I first arrived here in San Diego, I was met at the airport by H, and it was a sweet reunion...yes, we BOTH cried, sorry H for sharing...and THEN we went to retrieve my luggage----------and Dawber, my cat! I know, you're all thinking, "What? She brought her CAT???" Yes, I brought my cat...on the plane, as checked baggage...and let me tell you: he was NOT a happy critter when I broke him free of his mini jail---aka, his kennel--- in fact, I thought for a moment or two that he'd gotten lost in Chicago...at least that's what the woman behind the counter was worried about....it's not easy to lose a cat that weighs almost 20 lbs...18.9 to be exact...he was a sight for sorry eyes...or maybe I was a sight for HIS sorry eyes...LOL...it took him about two days to recover and even want to come to see me...and even longer than that for him to get on the right side of the clock, so to speak...he'd wake up almost like clockwork around 3:30 am....and expect to be fed, and watered...I'm not sure if he's really figured out yet that he needs to sleep longer into the morning! Joke's on me...no, it's not funny...LOL...anyhow, on to the hospital where I'm working....Scripp's Green Hospital!

It was built in 1924, by an amazing suffragate....Eleanor Scripps, who with her brother actually founded the Detroit Newpaper a long time ago...and she was....blah, blah, blah.....not that it wasn't interesting, but I spent a whole week learning about how and when the hospital was formed and who did what, and all that stuff...all in the name of hospital orientation...and then there was a week of OR orientation...so for two weeks, I got paid not to work much, but sit around and learn more...and more...oh well...it was an easy two weeks. I'm now on my own shift which is 9a-9p...Mon-Wed...it's great! I even got to pick up an extra day! It's gonna be all good! On Sunday Oct. 5, I ended up catching up with a friend (from Maine) who is also on the west coast....and we spend all day in Los Angeles...it was good to see a familiar face besides that of my daughters! I'll be able to post some pictures soon, and you'll see some of what I saw! Woohoo, like I said, it was a great day!

So, now that I've probably bored you all to tears....it's a start to say the least...and I've [tried] to include some previous pics...of NH, and VT...with more to follow, trust me...LOL...I know, you've heard it all before!

Love to all, feel free to comment, or not...and if you have any questions, I'll try to answer them...
Eileen, the Wandering Gypsy... = )