2.16.13 saturday sunshine

2.16.13

Saturday Sunshine (kind of…)

G’morning from fallon! Last night, I pretty much went to lay down in my makeshift bed within 2 or 3 hours of coming home from work. I cooked and ate my special dinner of ramen noodles with already-made curry and laid down listening to music for the next couple hours and then drifted off to sleep. I awoke about 7-ish and went back to sleep another hour. Woke up, got ready, and went to Safeway’s Starbucks for a grande vanilla latte and blueberry scone. Headed over to Walmart to do some grocery shopping on a $50 budget, but spent $5 over. I got fruits, vegetables, eggs, pasta, brown rice, chicken, and soup. Hopefully, it will last me for the majority of the next 18 days that I am here. I also picked up a 4-movie DVD and an ice scraper for the cold weather approaching next week. My car windshield always has frost on it every morning when I drive to work and it’s supposed to snow again on Tuesday. It was 18 degrees the other day when I drove to work, brrrr. Well, work is getting better in that I am becoming more familiar with the patients, facility, and documentation. On Valentine’s Day, Justina (PT) bought us all Starbucks coffee mugs with candy inside. She even bought coffee for all of us on Friday. We are the same age and she’s from Reno and commutes everyday from there. I have 13 more days of work here and then I get to head back to Vegas. When I leave here I will probably be just starting to get used to the small town living lifestyle. Jarrett had his surgery on Thursday (Valentine’s Day) at Queen’s MC and Dr. Kan said that he had a small labral tear and so they repaired it. Last night was UH’s season opener against Oregon at the Les. This is the last year that the baseball team will be known as the Rainbows, the new AD announced that all mens teams will be known as Warriors. It’s kind of sad that the baseball team, which has been known as the Bows, will change.

Today’s temp is supposed to get “warm” in the high 50’s and so I really want to enjoy it, but have no idea where to go or what to do here. There isn’t much to do that I know about. I will probably head over to McD later on today to catch up on my internet and media info. I was going to rent another couple of Redbox DVDs but since I bought the Nicholas Sparks’ 4-DVD movie set, I think I’ll just watch that. I really want to see the movies, “Celeste and Jesse Forever” and “Perks of Being a Wallflower.” I keep on thinking about all the things that I want to purchase when I get a steady income or at least get paid. Let’s see… I want to get a new pair of glasses, buy a few music albums (Bruno Mars, Macklemore, and a few new songs), new pair of Gap jeans (since my fave ones ripped), new nose jewelry, blender/juicer, Keurig… The hard part is balancing my goal of saving money to pay off debts and to save enough for a down payment on a home. I was also thinking about when would be a good time to return home or if I even want to set roots at home. I was trying to make sure that I return home for the holidays this year since I missed last year. I also want to watch as many of Jarrett’s games next year as possible. I want to be there to watch Kaila and Matty grow up. But at times when I think about living at home, it makes me feel trapped and missing out on bigger events. At the same time, thinking of home makes me feel warmth, comfort, and familiarity. It would be perfect if I could split my time between Hawaii and the West Coast. That would be my ideal lifestyle. Spend a few weeks at home for the holidays and then visit another few weeks during spring or summer. I wish it were easy to get contract travel assignments at home, that would be awesome to work a 13-week assignment and get to see family and friends at the same time. I feel so busy trying to plan my life… or trying to schedule my finances according to events and the timeline I personally am optimistically hoping to reach. In 2015, when I turn 30, I really really want to go the Women’s World Cup in Canada. I wanted to hopefully start a family around age 29-31 years of age. So should I give myself two more years to save money and work hard up here in the mainland to pay off my debts (credit card and school loan) and save enough for options for a down payment on a home? I would also want to save enough for the World Cup travel expenses. This summer there’s a family reunion at Disneyland. I would like to go to that too. I originally was planning to return home late next year, but maybe I should plan to push it back another year. Matty will then be three and Kaila will be eight. I can’t believe that Mom will be 50 and dad will be 60 years old this year. Marcus turned 30, Jarrett turned 21, and Matty turned 1. Only Kaila and I don’t have really special birthday years this year. I really hope that I can accomplish my goal of paying off my school loans, credit card bills, and have enough to put down a down payment somewhere. Maybe I can buy a cheap home in Vegas or Cali and also Hawaii. Haha.