And so.. another year cometh..

It's New years... 2008

This is going to be a bit long.. you have been warned... it is my new years post and it contains alot about various parts of my life...

I worked new years eve... I chose to work because of my profession.. (one of them anyway)
I am a nursing assistant and work in a nursing home... I do plan on becoming a nurse because there is a huge shortage of nurses in the world especially Male nurses...

I could have easily had the night off with pay being it was a holiday, and gone to pretty much anywhere I wanted.. but I chose to spend it at the nursing home.. There were a few call outs... people who chose to go party instead of coming into work... This bothered me because in Nursing, people depend on you... it is a hard job, and there is no glammor and rubbing elbows with big wigs...

Just by looking in the different rooms while doing my rounds, I could tell who got visitors and who was forgot about...

At midnight, we all just went from room to room and hall to hall wising everyone a happy new year... One of the residents I take care of, who rarely speaks, took me by the arm and told me that he really apreciated everything I do for him, and that he meant that from his heart.. Hearing that I just froze... and then burst into tears because I dont hear that very often in my life...

New years Day was peacefull, I spent it re-orgainizing my apt... One of the things I wanted to get after new years was a new living room set... when I moved in here in may 2005, I had bought furniture but then my mother was getting new furniture, so she was going to let me have hers, which was alot nicer than mine, so i let the lady downstairs have my sofa... I got the short end of the stick on that one because the guy who was supposed to help me move my mother's furniture into my place couldnt help me because his back was hurting and i couldnt find anyone else to help on such short notice...

so for the past year, my living room furniture consisted of my desk, a recliner and a high back cozy chair...

I had been looking all year, (2007) to try to figure out what i wanted but nothing caught my eye... I also had been doing things to re-establish my credit because I do want to buy a home within the next 5 years or so... One of the Nurses at work was telling me about this place that finances new furniture on a rent to own plan... and once the furniture is all paid off, they give you a form to send to equifax showing your payment history and whether you pay on time or late... etc...

I went into the furniture place and found my new livingroom set... I sat down and that thing just swallowed me up... I was in heaven... lol... the lady in the furniture place told me that "that was the cookie monster" the staff had nick named it the cookie monster because it was dark blue and very cozy, and they all liked to sit on it... so technically, it was new but used scince the staff liked to sit on it... I was able to negotiate free delivery with this info. haha!

so now, my home will actually feel like a home and not just a place to come sleep inbetween work...

I have a box of books that ive had scince i was a kid, I decided that im going to donate them to the masonic children's learning center, they can really use the books... I went into the good will store and was looking for a cheap end table and then I saw a huge pile of books, CHILDREN's Books, like new... just sitting there... the price on the Childrens books was 89 cents each... I just started loading up... $50 later and now I have an additional 2 boxes of books for the kids...

Id rather see them go to good use than just sitting on the shelf...

I will post again in a while, it is 3:26am, and I still have alot of work to do before i head out to get my taxes done... I will post a picture of the cookie monster once he arrives ...