Hi to all!!
I have been so terribly bad about not writing, and for that I am truly sorry.
I had a wonderful time with Aunt Sara at Yellowstone! We spent 3 days in the park and saw so much! The sad thing is, we still didn't see it all. Such an awesome place! I would highly recommend going there if you ever get a chance! I have a selected few pictures posted on facebook...I took around 300 so I thought I should pick out a few instead of putting them all up! On the first day we had a grizzly bear cross the road in front of us! On the second day we saw a black bear! I couldn't believe my luck! Of coarse we saw a lot of bison and some elk, one herd of antelope, a herd of big horned ewes and one lone coyote. No wolves or moose to be found-or at least not where we were. The weather was absolutely beautiful...no rain and cool. We also went early enough in the season that there weren't hardly any other tourist around. We had no problems driving or getting to that "perfect spot" to see what we wanted. Aunt Sara couldn't believe it! She was an awesome tour guide...she should do it professionally!
I got back to Seattle on Wednesday evening. Such a long drive, but well worth it! I still don't like going over Snoquwami Pass (don't know if that's spelled right)...I ran into freezing rain with some snow. YUCK!! Traffic was better-there wasn't as much road construction which was a huge help!
I had my first night of "real" work on Thursday (6/7/12), all went well...at least they were expecting me! Everyone has been very nice and patient with me and all of my questions! The only problems I have had is on Friday night (6/8/12) it took me at least an hour to drive the 10 miles to work!! OMG!! I about pulled my hair out! Plus the fact that I was 5-10 mins late for work! I have no idea what the issue was but UGH!! My next issue was the following week. I have to pay for parking at the hospital and get a short term pass which allows me to park overnight only. Well, I had a busy night and didn't get out to the truck until 8:45 or so. When I got to the truck, there was a PARKING TICKET on my windshield! REALLY?!?!?! I was so pissed off!! I guess that the overnight parking pass is only good until 8AM-well crap...I didn't even clock out until 8:30! I immediately went to the parking office and said WTF?! (not really but wanted to) I had to fill out a petition to contest the ticket ( $35.00 worth) and ended up with a warning. WHATEVER...
I did finally get to see Mt. Reiner!! It is truly a sight. Everyone kept telling me "you can't miss it" "you'll know it when you see it" and man were they right!!! Sure wish I could have gotten a picture of it, but was driving in traffic and didn't think that would be too safe to do. Maybe one of these days...I have seen it 3 times now-I'm on a roll!
I have been exploring my area a little and found the post ofc and a nice walking path (if I ever get enough gumf to start walking)...I've only gotten lost once. I was driving home from work the other morning and was talking to Shaphen and missed my turn off...oops! Once again I thanked my kids for the wonderful Christmas gift from a few years ago...my GPS-it has saved my back side more that once. I did find a gas station where gas was only $3.99 so I filled up. I was so excited...gas has been running around $4.25 ouch! Man is this place expensive to live in!!
I finally got cable hooked up on Friday (6/15/12)...haven't had a TV since I got here on 5/21/12. Good thing there is a Red Box close!
Today Kathy, Patty, and I went to an Art Festival in Edmund. Had a great time-saw so many things I wanted but a)couldn't afford them b)don't have any room to get them home. Sure is nice to look though. We proceeded to eat at Anthony's Beach House on the Puget Sound. Talk about FRESH seafood! It was delicious! After that, the girls took me to the waterfront in Seattle. We went by the Space needle, aquarium, museums and drove past Pike's Place Market-didn't see any fish being thrown, but it was getting late. We also drove by the very first Starbucks-there was a very long line to get in. Can't wait until I can go there and actually walk around...so much to see and do!
Well now that I am fairly updated, I will try much harder to keep up on this, instead of just writing every 2 wks!
Safe travels-
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