let's just bypass winter

The thing I'm most worried about is getting my car towed. I want to go back to the days of alternate side parking...that was easy to remember. Now I have to actually put effort into determining where I can and cannot park. Not cool.

In other news, I have a new friend and her name is Lucy. Cutest little kitty ever! I took her to the vet today and aside from her being mildly underweight she's generally healthy. Yay! She's not a shy kitty at all except when it comes to other kitties and probably doggies. Over the weekend we trekked it to Winona and she isolated herself in a separate room, away from the three other kitties. I can only imagine the stress she was under all weekend....sorry Lucy, but grow a pair! I still love her.

In still other news, I have no Christmas shopping accomplished. Zero. I'm just that lazy. I'm thinking I'll get on that tonight, since there is nothing else to do except watch snow fall and sit on my ass. Maybe I'll do some knitting and play Nintendo too. The evening is full of possibilities.

And finally, recently I've been catching myself making future plans again. I've tried very hard not to do this because I should just chill for now, but making bigger and better plans has always been a hobby of mine. Ever since before I left St. Mary's I was making plans to move back and work there again after a while, but I find myself wishing to go back, despite the fact that Rochester lacks a lot of entertainment. I'm working at St. Joe's only to live in St. Paul. With that in mind I ask, why can't I still live where I do and work at a less sucky hospital? Well I justify that question with the fact that if I can deal with this hospital, I can deal with any of them. Furthermore, I'm making more short term plans to go with the broad spectrum plans I have for circa 3-5 years from now. I plan to be telemetry-trained in January, ACLS certified by the end of the summer and then try to apply for a position in ICU. Maybe my life will be better in critical care. Not that my life is bad now, but those little pieces of bullshit that I have to deal with on a daily basis at work sure are building up to be a decent-sized dookie.

Also, I want to go camping on South Manitou Island. This summer perhaps? That would be AMAZING.