Tired puppy

Today, I went down to Columbia for my cousin's 6th birthday party. Toby came along and he had a blast playing with the children. Since he did not get his usual naps, he was exhausted on the drive home and slept the whole way!

Mongolian Grill

While shopping today, my mother and I decided to go to Crazy Fire: Mongolian Grill today for lunch. If you have never been, this is a place where you grab a bowl, then go through the buffet line and pick the vegetables, meat, and spice/sauce combo that you want. You can stuff the bowl as full as you want and place whatever variety of things that you wish. Then, you take the bowl of raw food to the grill area where the cook then cooks the food in front of you using these large 'sword' type objects on the flat grill. The story behind this, as I was once told (which of course could be a lie, but it makes sense), is that the Mongolian warriors would use flip their large shields over a hot fire to form a cooking surface, and use their swords as utensils to cook the food. Whatever the actual reason is, the food is amazing, and if you ever get a chance to go to a Mongolian Grill, go in and enjoy!

Happy Pancake Day!

Okay, so I know this is one of those obscure days, but I found this picture and it was too funny not to share. I'm enjoying a rainy Friday and thinking how happy I am that I'm not relying on public transportation today. It is definitely not fun being in Chicago on a rainy day waiting at the bus stop.

Time to go enjoy my Friday and go shopping!

And the winner is...

I will be working at Rowan Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, NC for the next few months. I am very excited, and happy to be living at home for the next bit. This way, I do not have to move until next year, and will be home for the holidays. Now, time to think and plan about where to go next time. Any suggestions? I'm considering Vegas and Florida, but I'm not set on anything yet. Oh yeah, I start work on October 6, so I have another week off to enjoy myself!

New Hair Cut

I went today to get a much needed hair cut and new highlights put into my hair. It always a nice thing having someone else style your hair, especially when they straighten it for you! As many of you know, I rarely straighten my hair as it takes over an hour, so it is nice when I go get my hair done at a stylist and they do it for me!

By the way, I've been a little quiet about my next travel assignment as I've been having some issues. First, the place I was originally going to go fell through, so it was down to a few others. The one I was going to pick had to back out because their current traveler decided last minute to extend. I believe I have one place solidified now, but I'm going to hold off on official details until I find out either today or tomorrow (hopefully). No worries, I have a great recruiter and he is working very hard for me to keep me happy and in a good job.

Funny story/joke

I normally post things about my life on here, however when my friend told me this about her coworker, I laughed so hard that I had to share. She asked him if it was true, and he swears that this really occurred.

My friend's coworker comes to her to tell her this story about his dog:
Apparently, he raises/trains high quality hunting dogs, and one day, his dog comes into the yard and brings him a dead rabbit. Well, his neighbor raises rabbits, so he knew his dog had somehow gotten a rabbit out of the cage, killed it (as he is a trained hunting dog), and brought it back. The man did not want his neighbor to be mad at him, as he would know it was his hunting dog who did it, so he took action. He took the dead rabbit back into his house, gave it a bath (complete with shampooing it and scrubbing all of the dirt off), then blow dried the dead bunny so that it was nice, soft, and clean. He then quietly went over to the neighbors yard and put the clean and dead rabbit into the empty cage where it belonged. Well, he was quiet about this for a few days, so when he finally saw his neighbor a few days later, he asks "so, how are your rabbits?" The neighbor replies, "Well, the strangest thing happened the other day. One of my rabbits died, so I buried it out back. Then a few days later, the rabbit was back in the cage again. I don't know how it happened, but it's really odd." I believe the man replied something to the effect of 'yeah, that is really strange." So, he expected the worst of his dog, cleaned a dead rabbit, put it back in the cage, AND freaked out his neighbor. When all his dog did was dig up a dead rabbit and bring it home.

I laughed so hard at this that I almost cried. Could you imagine walking out to your rabbit cages to find your dead rabbit soft and clean laying in the cage? I'm sure he's still scratching his head trying to figure that one out.

Of course, as it turns out, that this is a joke that circulates around and is on internet joke sites. However, it is still funny, and made even funnier by the fact this coworker of hers actually does raise hunting dogs.

Home at Last!

I just wanted everyone to know that after a LONG slightly less than 12 hour drive, Toby and I made it home safely. I was exhausted, and his medicine had worn off, so he was ready to play! He was a very good boy, and let me know when he needed to go outside. As it was still 9:30, we were able to stop at a nice gas station/McDonald's combo that was well lit and very populated. After that stop, it was smooth sailing until we got home.