New Adventure:)

So as most of you know I started into the world of travel nursing. That means I signed up with an agency that will send me to different hospitals throughout the United States for 13 week assignments. They set me up in a furnished apartment, give me a quick orientation to the facility and then I am on my own. After 13 weeks I can try to extend my contract, or pack everything I can fit into my (what has never felt smaller) Mazda 3 and I am on my way to a new destination for another 13 weeks. So in talking about this to people I have had mixed reactions.  Some people find it exciting, adventurous, spontaneous and cool. It can also be lonely, scary, challenging and crazy. I have had a few comical responses to which I would like to respondJ One Bishop said “But how are you supposed to get any roots that way?” To which I responded, “Do you know where my roots are supposed to be Bishop? If you know, I would love for you to fill me in!” A concerned cousin asked my sister if I was going through a midlife crisis.  Since when is 26 considered midlife? I cannot confirm or deny the possibility of a mid 20’s crisis. What a way to spend it though! Another concerned cousin asked how I was supposed to date someone if I was always traveling. I love my cousins and all my concerned family!! To that I have a few responses and I hope I don’t come off sounding too cynical.

1. Who says the man of my dreams in in Utah?
2. Who says I should wait around somewhere hoping to find someone when I can travel to new places every 3 months and meet new prospects ;)
3. Not to say I am writing off dating at this point, but lets just say been there, done that. I have loved and I have lost. I have given people the benefit of the doubt, worked and fought for someone who in the end simply chose not to make a decision, overcame trust issues only to be betrayed, and so on.

So I am not given up on dating….. At the end of the day I am still a girl. Every girl has the dream of Prince Charming coming along and sweeping her off her feet. Travel nursing is super flexible. I could always extend a contract to see if things could work out or find a local permanent job. I am simply taking advantage of the fact that I am single and can travel. Travel nursing is something I always wanted to do when I started into nursing. I thought… How awesome to get paid to travel and meet new people. I never imagined I would still be single and have enough experience to do it. So in January I was newly single, had just enough experience to apply, and had been in Utah exactly 2 years. That last part was significant because when I got the job in Salt Lake the last thing I wanted to do was move to Utah but it was an awesome job opportunity that I couldn’t say no too. I said, fine….I will give Utah 2 years of my life and then I am coming back. Funny thing was, as much as I missed AZ, it didn’t feel right to go back there. So that brings me here. Denver, Colorado to be exact! Why Denver? I went on a family reunion to Colorado when I was younger. I fell in love with the mountains, green grass, streams along the roads ect. I vowed I would go to college there. Well that didn’t happen. So here I am. Denver is a little far from the mountains, and I see more brown dead grass than green; but I have heard great things about the city and have already made great friends!