Ok, ok, I know, I know. It's been a hot minute. My only excuse is that I'm lazy, the pix from Santa Fe didn't load, so it derailed my plans for posts about that, then October got busy... so forgive me, please.
Santa Fe was amazing. A, L, and I had a great time. Our hotel was near downtown, so we ended up walking most of everywhere and I'm afraid I walked A's legs off again, much like in Europe. L was just as excited as I was, and he almost walked MY legs off. LOL - thank goodness for GPS, as that made finding our way a lot easier. We did the Margarita Trail and got our T-shirts (had to have 5 margaritas for the shirt) and saw LOTS of different stuff. We went to the Loretto Chapel to see the miraculous staircase, saw the oldest shrine in the US (Our Lady of Guadalupe) the oldest church and house in the US, the Saint Francis Cathedral, countless shops, and the Chuck Jones Gallery (animator for Disney). We had some AMAZING food, incredible drinks, and took some great pix. My aunt came to visit for a while when we were at the farmer's market, which was also fun. We went home by way of Roswell, so we got to see a bunch of alien stuff, too. It was a lovely, long weekend.
Here are the only pix that came over.
Work has been wonderful. I've got a new position in addition to my old one - I'm now also the quality coordinator. It's kind of what I was doing when I quit - I get to pull bunches of data and report it to various government entities. We're also working on getting our hospital on a Health Information Network so that it's easier to communicate with other providers about our patients. A lot of exciting things are on the list for the hospital, including a wellness center which would be AMAZING once it's done. I'm kept fairly busy trying to find grants for the various things that we're want to do and upgrade. Eventually we'd like to have an ICU and that's also going to require a lot of funding. So, if any of my readers have a ton of $ they'd like to give away, I have a few GREAT ideas. LOL.
I was able to see quite a few friends and family in October. My uncle M came thru on his way down to FL and we were able to have lunch. That was quite a treat. A few days later my older sis was coming thru and so I took a Wednesday off to see her. Ended up picking her up around 8, we went up to the Coppell area to have pedicures and eat at our favorite Mexican place. We then ended up going to the huge half priced books off of 75 in Dallas, which was fun as always. Then we had to do a Kroger run and pick up her hubby's dinner. We dropped things off at her truck yard and then took the dog for a walk and got Sonic. It was a perfectly lovely day with my older sis. The following weekend I went down to San Antonio to spend some time with the bestie, which was wonderful as always. I'm incredibly blessed by having so many lovely people in my world. This past weekend the fella and I had a date night at a distillery to watch Scream and then we had a Halloween party to go to. He was Mario and I was Pauline... which we had to explain a LOT that night, as not too many people know Mario was trying to rescue Pauline in Donkey Kong. I was on the fence about the dress, but apparently it looked FANTASTIC.
Today I was poking around FB and saw some people marking themselves 'safe' from a stampede in Itaewon. If you'd like to look up the news reports, feel free, otherwise please pray for everyone who was there, who was hurt and their families. As far as I know, all my friends are ok, but it was a terrible tragedy.
That pretty much catches you up on what I've been doing for the past month or so. The apt complex continues to annoy me, as I didn't have water one night when I came home. I'm not sure if I'll be renewing my lease or not (in April, I have time), trust me, if I do it's because of laziness. The thought of moving again gives me the heebie jeebies. I was wondering what was wrong with me until I realized some things. I quit GRMC in 2018 and moved to San Antonio... then I moved to Korea in 2019, I came back in 2021 and moved in with Mom, I moved back to TX in 2022... that's what... 5 major moves in 4 years. No wonder I'm not excited about the thought of packing and moving again. No matter how much this place drives me crazy (oh, my catalytic converter was also stolen from my car in the parking lot) I'm not sure it's enough to keep me from staying. I guess it depends on what happens with the lease renewal ($$).
Anyway, I don't have a ton to share today, just wanted to get back in the habit, as it were. I'm spending the day in PJ's watching vampire movies. The weather has been FANTASTIC, so my windows are open and I'm enjoying getting some fresh air. Doing a little bit of cleaning, but not much TBH. Lunches for the week are figured out (bbq brisket tacos), I've got plans for next Saturday (it's supposed to be dreary and rainy, so I'm making chili), and my fella is keeping me busy with social engagements. I've almost got my finances figured out and under control, so that's also nice. It's been interesting adjusting to having a fella in my world, but I must say it's been nice. We make time for each other and enjoy each other's company, but we also don't smother each other, which is nice. Im trying to move my pix from my phone to the computer at the moment, which is taking longer than I thought it would. Sigh.
