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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Milwaukee...so far

Hello again! I survived my first week at work, so I thought it would be a great time for an update!

First of all - work is going really well! I'm adjusting quick to how this hospital is run and I like it leaps and bounds more than the Fresno job. It is a much larger program, a newer building, and better organization of how the studies are done. They seemed so impressed by how quick I was catching on that they put me out on my own already! I can tell I've grown a lot since when I first started the last job as I feel more confident in my echo abilities and my (it sounds so dorky) interpersonal skills! I'm hoping that the job doesn't just seem rose-colored since I was so thrilled to the hell out of Fresno! We'll see what happens. One thing I'm not happy with is how many people say, "OMG! Why would you leave California!? I wouldn't!" Let me make this clear - yes, yes you would have. It's hard to explain that not every property in California is coastal property. My saving grace has been 2 employees in my department who also once lived in Cali, but still moved to the dairy heartland (and they HAD lived on the coast!) When I tell them where I lived, they don't even question my reasoning.

As far as my free time has been spent...I've been reading up on what to do in Milwaukee and there seems like a lot that I'm looking forward to visiting. Hopefully they'll make for some good entries. I discovered that I chose a good safe town to live in (PHEW!) and they have a small farmer's market every Saturday morning. It's smaller than the one in Clovis, and it specializes more in veggies than fruits, but it'll suit my needs just fine! I scored a huge squash for on.y $.50.

Yea...I might have been the youngest person there...

Giant squash!!!

I found a free Zumba class on July 31 (which was National Dance Day - who knew!) and decided to check it out. I had so much fun, I signed up for the actual class! If I find a belly dancing class out here, I might try that again (or strip-aerobics ;P haha!) Here's where I go! I think the name is cute. I'd post a pic of me in action, but we all know that wouldn't be cute.


August 3 was my dream concert! A big reason I chose to come out to WI by the beginning of Aug instead of mid month was because my FAVORITE band of all time was playing in Milwaukee after being on hiatus for about 5 years - Something Corporate! They pretty much rocked! I was so thrilled to go as I've been listening to them for about 10 years now! It was, to date, my favorite concert yet. Sweaty, but good! Photos compliments of the venue (because no one's personal shots ever look good from a concert!) It was a small concert, so we were pretty close though (there was no opening bands it was that small!)

Scroll down to the post right after this one to see a video from the night - They played one of the best songs (in my opinion, and the opinion of the chanting crowd!) that they don't do at every show!


I'm one of those dark shadowed blobs on the right side of the photo! See me?!

This last weekend, Aug 7, I met a group of girls all in their 20's and 30's who get together a few times every month just to hang. We all went out to dinner downtown followed by bar hopping. We only managed to hop to one bar because we started having way too much fun. We turned the place into a dance party in no time. I feel very fortunate to have met them and am definitely looking forward to going out again!

Dinner at Louise's

I think we intimidated every guy in the place!

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