Well...I'm back in the Big Easy (that's the nickname for New Orleans, right? If not...oops!) Anyway...I got back yesterday evening. I left Lo-Lo in Nashville for a while until I get settled and am able to find her some freakin grass! She's cool though...she's got another dog to play with and several people to keep her entertained. She may never wanna come back on the road with me...
In case you haven't heard...there may be another Hurricane A'Comin!! What the hell, man!!! This is the biggest bunch of bullshit I've ever encountered in my whole life. A part of me wants to pack up all my shit and leave New Orleans for good if I have to evacuate again. But then the other half of me wants to stick with it and stay in New Orleans until the end of my assignment....if I ever even start. Shit...I'm tempted to head for the coast and start Shrimpin' like Forrest Gump! I need to be makin some M-O-N-E-Y!
Today I used my GPS to basically get lost in the city. I found the hospital...definitely NOT Vanderbilt-ish. I don't even think I saw a parking garage. Anyway...I got lost trying to get back on the interstate. My navigation system was telling me where to turn, but I must be an idiot or something. Yeah...that sounds about right. While I was lost, I think I may have come across a dead guy on the side of the road. I tried to look and see if I saw any chest movement, but I didn't see any. I was in my car and my windows are tinted AND I'm just a NICU nurse, so what do I know? He might have just been sleepin one off.
When I got back to my side of town I decided to see what the mall was all about. It was LAME!!! There was a fake-ass "Build-A-Bear" called Jazzy Bears or some shit and there was also a SAS shoe store. Awesome. I've been meaning to get me a pair of SAS's. Those shoes are the whole reason I went into nursing. You're not really a nurse until you clomp around in a pair of SAS's!! I'm so lucky that I have a SAS shoe store so close by!!!
Next on my To-Do List: FIND A BETTER MALL! And I guess I'll go ahead and get a month-to-month gym membership somewhere. I found a gym right up the street, so I'll check it out tomorrow. I need to get the scoop on some good Happy Hours so I can throw a couple back and maybe meet some locals. I have yet to see/meet any of my neighbors and I was too shy to chat with the Grannies in the SAS store, so I havent made any friends yet. But hey...I've only been here a total of 48 hours. And providing the whole town doesn't get blown away in a hurricane, I'll have plenty of time to meet some people.
Adios, muchachos!
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try lakeside mall by the causeway in metairie....20 min or so from downtown...prob. has everything you could want, but it get C-ROWDED....go during the day on wkdays ONLY otherwised people get vicious for the handful of parking spots. also....what recruiter forgot to mention it was hurricane season...shame shame...it's like that EVERY year!!! Good luck. hope you enjoy your first assignment. It will never be without frustration, but I think you'll like it!
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