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I've worked 4 out of the past 5 days and I'm so insanely tired. Work had been really great before my five day break.. I had wonderful patients and a rewarding few days. One guy I'd taken care of at the end of March for only a day brought me in a huge bouquet of flowers. Then we fast-forward through that weekend to Tuesday the 24th, where I went to court for my speeding ticket. I wound up with 2 points on my license and a $289 dollar fine. Not too bad considering what I could have gotten. I was really upset being there with people from jail and druggies, but I think I paled in comparison to the rest of the people in the courtroom and I got off easy because of it. In fact, the cop who gave me the ticket apologized to me when he found out I was a nurse. He's relatively new, and the other cops kind of gave him a dirty look, especially because he got me in the "fundraiser" of Byram, where there hasn't been construction in years but this area is still considered a construction zone so you get extra fines if you're caught speeding. When there's other traffic, you can easily go 55 because EVERYONE does 55 through there. It's a 35 mph zone now (but didn't used to be).. however, if you're doing 40 or less, people pass you and flip you off! I was caught there along coming back from Scott's at 11 one night when no other cars were on the road so it was easy for them to catch me.
That same day I signed my lease, which starts on July 1st, and I bought carpet remnants for the living room and bedroom. It isn't the biggest apartment and is only cuts off about 45 minutes or so a day from my commute, but I'll be living alone and I can do whatever I want with it. The whole complex is at the top of a hill so it's isolated and quiet. The only problem is turning onto 206 (major busy road in my area) and the fact that the hospital doesn't close for snow, so I'll have to get up and down that hill in the winter for work. I do have my jeep though, which is the only way I would have even considered this place. The one-bedroom apartment that I'm going to rent also comes with a garage, which is really helpful.
So yeah, I've been mad at Scotty lately, and I finally told him sort of how I felt about the furniture thing... AND the carpet thing. Oh yes, he bought the area rugs for his house, once again with his mother. I'm starting to get pissed. I was less than nice on the phone last week, and when he asked me if I was excited about the apartment, I told him honestly that I wasn't that excited because I was admitting to myself that I was staying in Jersey and this area and not moving. He didn't know how much I've wanted to get out of here, and I honestly was feeling that the time I was talking to him that I'd made a mistake in staying here. I feel bored with life and my job. The apartment is really only a distracting project that I threw myself into to make life interesting.
I think all of that talk worked because he's been the most attentive, sweetest guy to me since then. I honestly didn't say all of that on purpose, but it confounds me how as soon as we women ignore you men you get scared and become all cutsy, romantic, and cuddly and stuff. I don't get it. I even broke down and got that Mars and Venus book and even though it's a little painful to read, it's so true when applied to most men and women. The Martian rubber bands and women being like waves. I was just like a wave a couple weeks ago - I'll admit it. Wow, what the hell am I saying?
Anyway, only one more day of job insanity (tomorrow) and then I have three whole wonderful days off! Hopefully they'll be nice like today. I washed down my car inside and out and it's beaaautiful. I heart spring. :)
That same day I signed my lease, which starts on July 1st, and I bought carpet remnants for the living room and bedroom. It isn't the biggest apartment and is only cuts off about 45 minutes or so a day from my commute, but I'll be living alone and I can do whatever I want with it. The whole complex is at the top of a hill so it's isolated and quiet. The only problem is turning onto 206 (major busy road in my area) and the fact that the hospital doesn't close for snow, so I'll have to get up and down that hill in the winter for work. I do have my jeep though, which is the only way I would have even considered this place. The one-bedroom apartment that I'm going to rent also comes with a garage, which is really helpful.
So yeah, I've been mad at Scotty lately, and I finally told him sort of how I felt about the furniture thing... AND the carpet thing. Oh yes, he bought the area rugs for his house, once again with his mother. I'm starting to get pissed. I was less than nice on the phone last week, and when he asked me if I was excited about the apartment, I told him honestly that I wasn't that excited because I was admitting to myself that I was staying in Jersey and this area and not moving. He didn't know how much I've wanted to get out of here, and I honestly was feeling that the time I was talking to him that I'd made a mistake in staying here. I feel bored with life and my job. The apartment is really only a distracting project that I threw myself into to make life interesting.
I think all of that talk worked because he's been the most attentive, sweetest guy to me since then. I honestly didn't say all of that on purpose, but it confounds me how as soon as we women ignore you men you get scared and become all cutsy, romantic, and cuddly and stuff. I don't get it. I even broke down and got that Mars and Venus book and even though it's a little painful to read, it's so true when applied to most men and women. The Martian rubber bands and women being like waves. I was just like a wave a couple weeks ago - I'll admit it. Wow, what the hell am I saying?
Anyway, only one more day of job insanity (tomorrow) and then I have three whole wonderful days off! Hopefully they'll be nice like today. I washed down my car inside and out and it's beaaautiful. I heart spring. :)