I'm scheduled to work a PM shift tonight, so I'm having a lounge-around kind of morning til I leave for work in the afternoon. That is if I don't get downstaffed, which I'd LOVE. It's been rainy/cloudy out, but I don't mind it too much. I actually feel pretty good today. I am loving our view out of our french doors in our living room. The next apartment building isn't so close that we can see into the windows, and we have a lot of trees in the greenway, with one actually right in front of our balcony, so it makes it all feel very private, which I love. You go 2 years of having no privacy, and you will gain a whole new appreciation for it, too.
I finally re-organized my clothes in the closet. They got all jumbled up from the move, and finding stuff was kind of driving me nuts. I like having all the t-shirts together, all the cardigans together, etc. That way I just have to sort through one section to find something, rather than the WHOLE closest. I don't get super anal about having everything sorted by color except for I like the white stuff sorted separately. One of the weird things that I get bothered by.
I have made some progress in making decisions about decorating. I have ordered some navy blue damask throw pillows on Etsy, as well as a set of 3 navy blue prints that I am framing this weekend to put up on the wall above our couch. I found some really cute white frames for 50% off at Hobby Lobby, and I hope it turns out really well. We'll see. :) I also found a pattern that I really like for curtains for the window in our kitchen, and will probably order next week once I get around to measuring the window. AND, I found some french-style nightstands on Craigslist for $30 that I picked up last night. They are awfully gaudy-looking right now because they are a cream color with gold accent, and I will be painting them all white and putting some new hardware on them.
I definitely have a passion for buying cheap furniture from thrift stores and/or craigslist and refurbishing them to make it my own. I have done this with 2 dressers and a headboard. I have a secretary desk/cabinet that I have been debating painting white for a few years now, because I kind of like it the way it is, but I am starting to think it will really be a great accent if I paint it. I am kind of feeling some pieces that I have seen here and there that are painted mint green, so that's another idea, too!
I am feeling good because this is starting to feel like home. I love that our complex is part of a big residential neighborhood, rather than on a busy street, and next to commercial stuff like our last apartment. I don't feel unsafe like I did at times at our last apartment. I know it will only get better as we do more with the decorating, and finally get our TV mounted on the wall. (We are pretty intimated by this, but it must be done!)
I haven't heard anything back from the hospice place yet, but I did get rejections letters from the L&D position and the OR position I applied for a couple of months ago. I expected this, but it doesn't mean it doesn't suck. I have no experience as an RN other than my clinical experience, so this is not going to be an easy process. It's hard to spend 30 minutes filling out an application that you know you probably won't get an interview for, but you can't not fill it out because "you never know"! I have to remember that my friends who are teachers waited years to finally land a position, and while I hope this doesn't happen because its important to not lost your skills as a nurse, I can't be discouraged and keep trying.
Mike and I have a busy weekend with a date night planned, and all of the projects that we want to get done. And I will start processing my anxiety about coloring my hair in the next week or so. I desperately need to do this, but I get so anxious when I do anything with my hair. I really hope my colorist is back from leave when I call. While the person I used last time was ok, I just really hate not having the same person every time. Basically, I have to go to my pinterest page of pinned hair pictures, and be kind of obsessive about it til I can make myself ok with going forward. Its stupid, it really is, but I can't help it. I also have been debating starting to go dark again, or just maintain my current color. Mike really wants me to go dark again, but that's a commitment I'm not sure I'm ready to make. Anyway, yes, I am completely nut job when it comes to my hair, end of story. lol
I guess that it is all for now, pray for me that I get downstaffed and don't have to work til 11:30 tonight! Because I have to be at work at the dental office at 7 tomorrow. :(
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