I am in Moscow, ID now with my sister... she's studying and I am just hanging out... filling out all my nursing licensure stuff... reading (Merle's Door), organizing my pictures and playing with my new computer... it's cold, there's snow on the ground, the sun is out and the sky is deep blue... I'm with my sister... it doesn't get much better.

I need a theme for the next few posts, so I think I'm going to start thinking about my goals for the new year. One of which is to settle myself, physically and emotionally... mobile may not be the best place in the world, but it's certainly not the worst. And the few friends that I do have there are great people... which fulfills a goal I've had in the past to surround myself with good people no matter where I am geographically. I want to focus on my job, constantly learning and bettering myself. It's not going to be easy and won't always be fun... but I want to keep a good attitude and bring positivity to the floor. It will be good. 2008 was good... 2009 will be good, too...

A picture of my best friend and I overlooking Ecola Beach, OR. I highly recommend you go there (if you click on it, it will take you to my flickr site).

we get together with my mom's family every thanksgiving. this year we rented a house in savannah and it was awesome. we did a lot of walking around the city, lots of eating, some shopping, and even took a haunted ghost tour of a few of the neighborhoods. a good time was had by all. -j