One More Weekend Done...

I worked Friday and Saturday nights. It wasn't bad, I have certainly had worse nights at work and my friend Jane was there so I talked to her quite a bit. She wasn't feeling good though so it made for a rough night for her. She helped me with an IV and we had a talk about why I have so much trouble with starting them sometimes (probably because it happens very rarely) but I'm going to use some of her tips in the next few weeks and I will be successful. Sometimes I really get on a roll and get almost every one I try and other times, I can't hit the broad side of a barn. But I will get better. Realistically though, I only have three more weekends of work and stick a fork in me, I'm DONE! Six more work days to go!!!

We are not leaving for Japan until October but I'm going home to stay with my parents for a few weeks so they can hang with my daughter and get in some bonding time since they don't see her very often. That is the only reason I wish I lived in Wisconsin. I like moving around a bit and seeing new places but I wish my daughter saw my mom and dad more. We Skype but it just isn't the same thing. So we will go and enjoy our time. I already have some plans to do somethings while I'm there.

I will probably be going to the annual Warrens Cranberry Festival. For some reason, the past few years that I have gone, I wonder why I bother but this is the last time for a few years so I'm going to do it. It is a festival celebrating the cranberry farming and community around Warrens. Wisconsin is huge for producing cranberries. I have gone to this since I was a little kid when my mom used to sell crafts and it has a kind of nostalgic feeling for me when I go. I basically use it as an excuse to shove fried cheese curds in my face and buy stuff I don't need.

I think I also want to go on an Upper Dells Boat Tour. This is another nostalgic thing. I grew up by the Dells and worked there during my summers in high school. I should hate the place but I actually love going there. Probably because it is so full of cheesy souvenir shops which I love to look in and wonder what the people who designs these things were thinking. And there is a lot of natural beauty. Wisconsin is full of it. If you love the outdoors, you will love Wisconsin.

There is definitely more I will be doing but I haven't the time to list everything. I will blog about my adventures while I'm there. I will be taking my sewing machine and fabric with me and hopefully doing some crafting with my mom while I'm there.