Road Trip! Today!

Were going to San Francisco and the coastal highway. We will be home late tonight!

Road Trip! Day 2

I'm behind on talking about the road trip. So, I am talking about yesterday, our anniversary day! If I catch up I can actually talk about today, today! He he. So, yesterday we woke up in Tahoe. Sav worked and lived in Tahoe for many years and loved it, so she had places she knew she wanted to take us. Alex had a rough night not feeling good, and really all of us didn't feel great, maybe it was the altitude? Maybe it was traveling all day? Maybe it was road trip with a dog food? Maybe was taking new supplements we haven't had before? All of the above? Well we slept in and felt much better but it was the afternoon when we checked put. Sav wanted to take us to Burger Lounge, which is supposed to have the best burgers in the area. So, we had Burger Lounge and it was good! I had a "La Pina" burger which had bacon and grilled pineapple. I liked that the meat was flame grilled the best. I also had an orange soda float which I enjoyed also. After Burger Lounge Sav took us to this snow area. It is normally a sledding fun spot but since the snow was already melting it was closed. But we still were able to go into the area "at our risk". The fun thing was there was still plenty of snow even though it was melted and some spots were muddy. Since it was closed and we were the only ones there we let Toby off the leash to run around and he just loved it. he was the happiest dog. Walking through the snow was a bit tough because it was still pretty deep so it was easy to step and fall into the snow. It was pretty funny. Then I found a broken plastic sled that was still doable for sliding. So I tried it was was going so fast I had to throw myself off of it to stop. I did it twice and I didn't have proper snow gear so I cut my hand a bit and had some freeze burn on my fingers. But it wasn't too bad and was fun and Alex was proud of me for being adventurous. Then Sav took us to this cabin that she helped take care of for about 6 months where she lived. It was right on this huge lake surrounded beautiful mountains, some with snow, some with lots of green trees. It really was very pretty. After that we went to the tourist area for the Emerald Lake. Sav took lots of pictures and I even took a few. After that we went to see the waterfall. That was fun because we climbed boulders to get a good view of the waterfall. Then I found a nook in the bushes which was fun to crawl into. After that we pretty much headed to Sacramento as our night stop. By the time we got to the motel 6 at Sacramento it was like 8:30/8:45. That was a huge problem for food. Some places like Chinese places delivered but stopped at 9:00 and by the time I got to find the right spot it was too late. We ended up resorting to Denny's take out. It was a fun day and we made lots of memories, took pictures and had fun together and with our dog. 

Road trip! Day 1

9 years ago me and Alex got married. We were only about 20 years old. It's spring break and Sav and Alex took some extra time off of work so we can celebrate by going on a road trip. We brought our dog Toby as well. Yesterday, we drove through the California desert and then some Sierra Nevada mountains, a few miles in Nevada to come to South Lake Tahoe. About 12 hours. We stopped at rest stops and some scenic areas. Toby has been having a great time. Yesterday, in the middle of nowhere desert we were driving down the road when we came across and accident where someone had crashed into a electrical post thereby causing the electrical wire to be blocking the road. So, Alex stopped and got out to help and organized a plan to get the electrical pole to the other side of the road to remove the wire from blocking the road. Alex was worried that someone wouldn't see it and run into it. He helped direct traffic and find wire cutters from one of the truckers. Sav took some pictures as she is really into photography right now. We stayed in motel 6 in south lake Tahoe, which was cool because it was pretty cheap for the 3 of us and a dog.

Discouraged

It's been a long journey to develop a career. Less than six months away from being a nurse and i've never been so discouraged. I mean I have had things not go my way in certain aspects but then usually, in other aspects I get a little bit of a break. I will be graduating nursing school in May and taking the state boards in July or so. Yet, my work as a Nursing Assistant is falling apart and my preceptorship is nothing like I hoped it would be. I don't feel like I am doing anything differently and there are times in which I (have felt) feel very blessed and encouraged in my nursing journey but right now I am just feeling overwhelmed and discouraged. I have to keep moving along and hoping for the best but I can't help wondering why so much is holding me back now. Last semester was by far the most difficult and stressful time in my schooling ever and I was fine. This semester is just plain heartbreaking and I don't know why. Every time I wish for something or hope for something or try and fix my situation, it seems I am given either the exact opposite of what I want and I am being stopped dead in my tracks. It's actually pretty insane from my perspective. I just want to feel love for my new career and get SOMETHING that I WANT. I'm not usually like this but when every single thing you hope for, I mean word for word, is literally being crushed in front of you, you start to feel like you are in sort of a twisted nightmare. I'm ready to move through this and see what is on the other side because, I hate to think it since the opposites have happened to me though, I need to hope for some relief.