One Week Down... 12 To Go!!

Well there's one thing I've already learned while being out in California... & that is how much easier it is to focus on eating healthy and exercising daily when you don't have a family to come home to. But I always get home in time to FaceTime with my favorite boys!! We usually get to talk to each other for 30 minutes to an hour, and that tremendously helps lift my spirits. It's hard to be away from the man I've been with for the last 10 years of my life! (7 years and 9 months of that time being married!)
I made it through my first week on the job! It is definitely more chaotic different from the hospital I'm used to working at, but I'll get the hang of it. Now on to the weekend! I went to dinner with some of the new fellow travel nurses, and believe it or not 3 of the 4 of us are from Alabama! It's a small world we live in. Obviously there's me and Jennifer, but there's another lady from Mobile, AL! We went out for a Mexican fiesta and it was delish! (especially after a week of dieting.)





Today I started the day off watching church live online (I'm SO thankful Church of the Highlands broadcasts online!!) Then we went shopping in Turlock, one city over from the one where we are staying. They have a great little shopping area with TONS of restaurants so that was fun!
And tonight when I was Face Timing with Josh & Charlie something very exciting happened!! Charlie was laying down across the room & when I started talking to him (in my crazy high-pitched doggie voice) he got up and ran to the phone!! Then he just sat there and stared straight at me for a long time, tilting his head back and forth listening to me! This was HUGE for me! I've been so worried about him thinking I've abandoned him, so this made my heart happy!! :) Well, that pretty much sums up this week. One week down, 12 to go!!