yesterday i spent all day with a girlfriend. in the almost seven years since we finished nursing school together, cassie has had oh i don't know, three or four different jobs. she went back to school. she's a nurse practitioner. she's moved at least three times. had twelve different hair-dos. run thousands of miles - literally. and is currently making over her life - for the umpteenth time. just hearing about her life is exhausting and exhilarating and exciting!
i'm not writing about cassie because i'm jealous. although sometimes i am. jealousy is the worst, ugliest quality.
i'm writing and comparing myself to others because sometimes i feel stagnant. unlike cassie, i've lived in the same place for seven years. my hair is always the same - long and brown. i've had one job. and there are only two initials after my name.
sometimes i feel like i'm supposed to do more, be more. try something new, and different. like bangs. or being the private nurse of a plastic surgeon!
but i'm bad at change. in fact, i sort of hate it. so, it's back to work tomorrow. and the next day. and on sunday and monday too.
here's the good news. i have a vacation coming up - next thursday. guatemala, here i come. with hospital hunk. remember him? i love that man. i'm excited for sunshine. vibrant colors at boisterous markets. parading crucified jesus's during easter week in antigua. and time away from seattle, the MEDEX PA program, and cole's never, ending homework to-do list.
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