tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390691815032952550.post5161877035551107462..comments2008-11-09T10:56:51.935-08:00Gary Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729928514095220291noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390691815032952550.post-59512474609629104582008-11-09T10:56:00.000-08:002008-11-09T10:56:00.000-08:00Mary and I visit your blog, it has great info with a personal touch. <BR/><BR/>I like it.<BR/><BR/>I would be interested in hearing about your experience in the San Fransisco area. Mary and I hope to work there at some point.<BR/><BR/>Yes, saving some $ is fantastic but to do it while living in such wonderful places is what truly makes the experience wonderful and a dream come true.<BR/><BR/>Tell D hello for me. <BR/><BR/>Isn't she great?<BR/><BR/>GaryGary Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729928514095220291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390691815032952550.post-15010081942870564122008-11-08T20:51:00.000-08:002008-11-08T20:51:00.000-08:00Gary,<BR/><BR/>I think I have been lured by another company....I've yet to call D (Thank you so much for that info!), and I need to do that, now that all the shots and such are finished. I will be placing a call to her on Monday. It is so amazing how many companies there are out there, and how 'good' some of the recruiters seem to be. <BR/><BR/>Yet nothing beats word of mouth, and BTW, what a deal on your side for referrals!! whohooooooooooo!! :-) <BR/><BR/>Long story on what I was to be doing during this time that I will probably email you about...<BR/><BR/>So sorry to hear that Mary has back pain. I will certainly share with her how this Travel is going to work out for me pain-wise. Hope that she can check out my Blog now and then also...<BR/><BR/>If you talk to D, tell her she's got a 'newbie' traveler calling her on Monday!! <BR/><BR/>Much thanks, and glad to hear that all seems so well for you guys!! <BR/><BR/>Take care,<BR/>ShaunaShaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17517544369249500224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390691815032952550.post-9958528202960506132008-11-08T19:31:00.000-08:002008-11-08T19:31:00.000-08:00Hey Shauna,<BR/>Yep, I missed getting all my shots the first time around too. <BR/><BR/>Hope all goes well on your first assignment. When do you start?<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the kind comment. I enjoy hearing from you. <BR/><BR/>GaryGary Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729928514095220291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1390691815032952550.post-80935291055711372822008-10-29T19:29:00.000-07:002008-10-29T19:29:00.000-07:00Hi Gary!!<BR/><BR/>My mouth hung open when I saw the picture of you two on the deck of your new HOME!! WOW....being a Native Southern CA beach girl, I'll tell you guys that you found a GEM and I didn't even get to your pictures page yet-- that I really hope has more pics, and the inside. It is the location that is incredible. Rentals like that are tough to find, esp. if you are a short-term renter! <BR/><BR/>And yes, June Gloom is a visitor the beach gets every year. It hits before June, or sometimes it even feels like hanging around till after July! I actually like it, as I have always enjoyed the overcast days on the beach...used to take my son when he was little and he'd play in the sand, I'd do my journal writing....nice warm sweatshirts on, and the gorgeous mist in the air. But it's true that if someone comes for just awhile, (I mean a week or 2 vacation), and they want a FULL day of sun every day, come here in later summertime!! :-) You guys are here at such a great time-- and can see the big "changing of the seasons" into our little version of what winter is. I'm sure you'll get a chuckle out of what we call Winter!! Postpone Hawaii guys!! Enjoy what you have; for you have really placed yourselves into a fantastic spot....how many other Nurses out there who are shivering back East; dream of a CA Winter!! :-) <BR/><BR/>I do hope also that the facility you are in now is friendly, and a nice atmosphere to work in. Hope you're enjoying the job! That's the meat and bones for the nurse's lives anyway on assignment, no? To really WORK and be able to put some $ away!! What a nice feeling that is. Esp. now in the times we find ourselves in. Thank God for Nursing!!! <BR/><BR/>Great Post Gary, and I was glad to say to myself as I read, that I have all of those qualities you listed that would be very helpful to have as a nurse that Travels....especially the one about letting go of material things...that was a really great point! As far as having to lug all that around with you to each assignment. And who needs more 'stuff' to lug around each move, no matter what type of move it is? I always end up getting rid of so much 'stuff' each time, but there is always MORE... other moves have found me shoving boxes I should have already gone through into a closet. LOL <BR/><BR/>I'm staying close for my 1st assignment it appears--San Francisco/Oakland are the areas I am being recruited for right now, but I still had the entire 'do-dah' to finish...not the application, and skills checklists, but all the titers,with a flu shot today,(oooo and tummy feels yucky as of about an hour ago too!), getting the physical from doc, with more time later spent in the lab, giving samples, (fun), tests for the titers, yada yada yada you know the drill...probably seems so long ago for you, doing all the 1st timer lists!! And I come home to find I had missed 2 more required immunization tests/shots...from a chat with the recruiter, and I had the original email me, not the updated list. And backkkkk I go tomorrow to do it all over again!! <BR/><BR/>Well, we all need to START somewhere, or we will never move forward. We ALL need to do something different, for if you do the same thing, you will get the same results. (I read that somewhere and was really struck by it...) I will never know what this crazy, strong drive in me will produce, in my first Travel job!! Full of the unknown, (love it), I adapt well and very quickly to new surroundings, and right now, my kid situation is such that I am FREE to leave and do what I want!! Whooohooooooo.....But most of all, I know that I am going up there to do what I do best and most naturally--be a nurse.<BR/><BR/>I am very determined to get this all done, and really was blessed with a low pain day, knowing I pushed myself very hard, and now my back is screaming for the heating pad and for me to sit down! :-X It's time for one of my spoons to be taken away! That is from "The Spoon Theory", by Christine Miserandino who writes a nice Blog about her battle with Lupus, @ www.butyoudontlooksick.com -check it out sometime. Fantastic visual idea of how to explain to others what it's like to live with a Chronic Illness every day. It is a nice read on a summer, I mean fall, well, whatever it is here, everyone had their A/C on, and my car read 99 all day!!! On your gorgeous beach view deck, with ocean breezes to cool you.....I'll say again: You guys SCORED!! <BR/>I am so happy for your family!! <BR/><BR/>Sorry about my ramblings but that's just me sometime. Blog is looking great Gary. <BR/><BR/>Take care of that strip of sand down there that's ALL YOURS!! hehe <BR/><BR/>Shauna <BR/><BR/>P.S. I lived in Hawaii on Oahu in Hawaii Kai, around the corner of Diamondhead for a year. I plan also on making that one of my next stops after I get this down a bit. Oahu jobs in the Hospital that I know very well, in the middle of town, are definitely there, and I hope you all have the greatest experience there.... when the time is right for that to happen! :-)Shaunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17517544369249500224noreply@blogger.com