when in rome....

and when in venice do as they do....venice beach that is.  It was either henna or medicinal marijiana. I think a henna tattoo was a better choice given my profession.  Muscle beach and the graffiti were also something to see.   The towers were painted by community groups...mostly kids

My Henna Tattoo on my shoulder





 



what to do with the skunk?!?

I have only been here a week and I have become very familiar with the smell of our neighborhood skunk.  I swear he knows when I lay down in my bed to go to sleep (that is a different time every night)....everytime there is that smell.   Any suggestions on how to get the skunk to go find a new home?  Please don't say "shoot him"   My uncle Craig tried that once and that is a mistake you don't have to make yourself to remember the outcome.   I think its the compost pile in my neighbors backyard that he likes and its not likely that they will get rid of that...I do live in California after all.  Well I am off to the beach for the afternoon.

Until next time.....

Trip to Target....

A trip to Target is not as easy as it used to be.   How hard could it be you ask?  Well there is a Target pretty close to my house so I took a ride over there to get some things I still needed.  Little did I know they are part of the mall so you must park in the parking garage.  Side note: This Target is a three story store with a really cool cart thing that takes your cart up the escalator for you.  Ok back to the problem at hand.  It wasn't  until I left that I realized you can not take the carts out of the store.  So I had to carry the stuff I bought all the way across the mall to where I parked my car.   Lucky for me I didn't by to much this time.  The more I think about it the more I think it might but a good thing after all.  I will make less trips to the store to buy stuff I never needed in the first place! 

Griffith Park with Ryan and Christina

Me and Christina

Christina told me I was not allowed to edit this pic and take out what makes it the LA skyline....the smog!

This is the Griffith Park Observatory with the LA skyline behind it.

Here are some pictures from our hike in Griffith Park.  We decided it was a nice day for a hike so we made our way to the park.  Apparently its a pretty big park and they are not keen on marking the trails...AT ALL!  When we checked online to see where to go the website said to go to the ranger station for a map of the park.  However, when we got there the so called ranger station was nowhere to be found.  We decided we would just drive around a little bit (apparently this is how Ryan and Christina go hiking alot :))  We eventually found a nice little trail that we were sure would take us up the mountain to the observatory....we were wrong.  It just took us in a big circle.   We did finally find a great trail near the observatory that allowed us to get a good look at the Hollywood sign and the city.   All in all....a great day with some good people! 

Just the beginning...

As many of you know I decided a few months ago that I was going to start working as a travel nurse.  I started doing all the things I had to do in order to start a new job.   I found a company, sent in all the paper work and got my finger prints done.  Simple as that!...or so I thought.  Two weeks before I was supposed to leave for LA I got a letter that said...Finger prints rejected.  Nobody likes to be rejected for any reason but this one in particular stung a little bit.  I had already given my 2 weeks notice to my job.  The question 'What do I do now?' was running though my head.  I went back to California and got my prints done again.  And then I waited.....and waited....and waited.  The 24-48 hrs that they told me it should take was long gone.  At this rate I was not going anywhere.   The day I was planning to leave I was still without a license...that is until 10am.  My prints cleared and I was on my way!

....more to come!