Hello from Kansas City!

Hey all. As title says, I'm currently in Kansas City. Haven't yet been here for 24 hours, but we're getting close. :D

So far so good. Got the room all settled. Unpacked everything the first night I was here to just have it all done and out of the way. That way I could take my first day to just wander around the state and get my bearings. Without much help from my garmin. Damn technology!

The drive wasn't TOO bad. It is an extremely LONG and BORING drive if you are alone. I did pretty well. Only stopped 3 times. Once for food, once for gas, then stopped again about an hour away because the car was feeling warm. Nothing with the radiator or anything like that. The temp gauge was still saying cool and all that jazz. She just felt hot. Like where the emergency break and that is. So I stopped, topped off the tank and let the Dragon breathe for a minute.

But yeah, aside from my LONG trip AROUND St. Louis (apparently garmin does not like St. Louis and took me on a long side trip) the drive was uneventful. I had the iPod and did have to car dance to just keep my sanity. :D I'm sure the truckers enjoyed that.

My bed is an air mattress. Fully inflated it's about 22in tall. It's nice. I slept very well. I think in part because I was just so exhausted. Craig was house sitting so he was gone for the night. But Valerie, the other roomie, came in after eleven, and we were up until almost 3am chatting and just getting to know one another. They both seem artistic and have told me this is a good place to be during the summer. Lots of outdoor music and fairs and things. I was laughing, there's a Celtic fest in a few weeks, which includes Scottish Games, like the log tossing and such. So we might check that out. There's Shakespeare in the Park, so that might be fun. :D I just hope I have fun. But it's what you make of it, so I just have to be sure to make it. :D

Today garmin and I had several arguments. I adjusted some settings tho, and so I think she's going to act a little better from now on. Haha. Time will tell!

Went shopping. Found one grocery store. It's weird tho, I know that somethings aren't national. But I was like, "No Jewel? No Ultra?" BUT-they DO have an Aldi! I was like, "HOME!" Haha. But that's not where I went shopping. Haha. Got my typical pasta and corn. Haha. Gonna come home all carbed out. :D But I did do good. I bought some water. Going to try to cut back on the pop. Got some flavor/Crystal Light kinda stuff to put in there. Cuz I'm sorry, I can't have just plain water. Bleck. :P

Drove around the town for awhile. There's a lot here I could get into. THERE'S A SONIC! I'm so happy. Going to be having a cherry lime-aide soon. :D

Hrmm...what else? Took a trip to find the Zoo. It looks so pretty. I'm excited for tomorrow!

OH! I stopped by this clinic that I had emailed back when I found out about getting the internship. The name of it is Mission Med Vet. It's an ER/Referral clinic. And that's it. They don't do any general practice. They don't even have vaccines in the clinic. And they had put a flyer at school that they were looking for a technician. So I had emailed them and expressed an interest/explaining the situation and such. So I stopped by there today to talk to the head tech, Angie. She took me on a tour of the clinic, we chatted. The place is BEAUTIFUL. They have FOUR surgery suites, one strictly for eye stuff, one for the foreign body/intestinal/dirty surgeries, and TWO for orthopedics. Sigh...
They have an endoscope. I was in love. :D It's just phenomenal!

So keep your fingers crossed. I will be calling her back the beginning of next week and she's going to let me know if they have something for me. Gosh, it'd be nice to do that. She asked if I had prior ER experience. And tho I haven't worked in a strictly ER Forest South was at times an ER clinic. I love that rush when an emergency comes in. Everyone acts together as a team to stabilize the patient...ooh it'd be nice. Plus, making money. Haha. Who doesn't need that?

What else? Other than that I'm just kinda chilling. I've been basically by myself today. The roommates have their own stuff going on. Which is cool. I don't expect them to be at my beck and call and such, ya know? Haha. And I'm sure once I start at the Zoo things will get better. Meet more like minded people. I told Loren, maybe I'll befriend the other intern since we're in similar circumstances, ya know? Both from out of the area. We'll see. (Classic Paulaism)

Right now I'm just sitting on my bed. iPod is playing, got my candles going, probably gonna read as soon as I finish this. Got 2 new books. Oooh. Haha.

Anyhow. Just wanted to update for those that check here. I'm sure I'll be posting a lot this summer. It'll be nice to have a record of events, to be able to look back and read and re-live.

I miss you guys already. I know it hasn't been that long. But being me and never really being away from home alone, it's a big change. But as much as I whine about it...I am excited. It's def. a change I needed in my life. :D

So wish me luck guys and gals. Stay tuned, check facebook for pix. Of which I hope to take MANY! :D Until next time, big hug! Love you guys so much and can't wait to see you again.

And hey, if you have time this summer, I'm only an 8hour drive. But I recommend car pooling. It sure is one lonely drive!

Lates!