Week 1 in Paradise

The first week in San Diego has been terrific, as we are both unemployed and live in a sweet condo a block from the beach. You can't beat the weather, always sunny and not hot. Ty is joking around again (after a long bout of seriousness) and when we see two clouds in the sky his new joke is "Oh, it's a cloudy day again." Ha ha. The weatherman is talking about the heat as he predicts 79 degrees the next three days.

I have been on 4 job interviews, and they all look promising. I have one more tonight at 10 pm! The job I want is an ICU training program, where you're treated like a new grad nurse again but learning to work in all the kinds of ICUs: medical, trauma, surgical, cardiac and neuro. They are super serious about training their nurses well which unfortunately is not my experience back in CO. The training ends at two years, culminating in a course for CCRN certification. It's a competitive program though, they have several candidates for 12 spots. I'm crossing my fingers.

I think I did well, I know I would be an asset to what they've got going on there.

Yesterday we met my friend Allison at Dog Beach. This is a place where everyone can have their dogs off the leash on a coast that has crashing waves. It's very pretty, and well maintained. However, people bring their massive pitbulls and it is scary. This big gray one came over to sniff Mae and Allison's dog Althea, and ended up biting Mae. Allison started yelling at the pitbull and threw a body block at the pitbull to separate the dogs. She is very brave! and a little crazy!! The owner picked the dog up, put him on a leash and carried the dog away without saying a word. It kind of left a bad taste in our mouths for Dog Beach, so I think we'll stay at the one a block away or maybe try the sheeshee dog beach on Coronado.

The condo is coming along well, we're down to about the last 10 boxes and at the point where we need to start hanging stuff on the walls and buy a little furniture. We are going to go to IKEA tomorrow and take a look. We really love our place. It is large, spacious, and well-outfitted. Our patio overlooks the bay and we watch the sail boats come in and out about sunset. It is really spectacular and a huge change of pace from Colorado--exactly what we hoped for. We have found one thing that we don't like, and that is the taste of the water. Oh well, we'll live!

I'm not lonely yet, we've got a lot of plans to see friends. Allison has invited herself over for my birthday, a day long at the beach. There is a free concert in Point Loma park, and a Padres game vs. the Rockies on Saturday that are possibilities as well. I've reconnected with a friend from high school soccer, Kristin Cowart, and we are going to ride bikes tomorrow and Ty and I will go to her sister's birthday party on Saturday. Also hopefully meeting Jeff Bolan on Wednesday. So lots to do, people to do it with, can't ask for much more!