5|13|2016

it's noon & lunch time at stanford university hospital.

it's nurses week & there is an ice cream social in 5 hours. they celebrate us & love us & that makes my heart happy. while i'm dreaming about ice cream...i'm also dreaming about the next 3 days off. by 3pm, i have reservations at marina dunes rv resort near monterey, on the california coast.

tentative arrival time: 10pm.

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by 5pm, i have one scoop of chocolate & one scoop of vanilla with hot fudge & whipped cream.

by 7:45pm, i arrive home to e6. my trailer neighbor, miss e5, is actually a nurse manager at a different local hospital. she watched out her window as i hooked bambi up for my last minute adventure. in high speed. i had never towed bambi girl in the dark. or pulled into a rv park, in the dark. you'll be happy to know that i finally made a back up plan. if i couldn't back into spot #22, in the dark, all by myself...i'd find the nearest parking lot & boon dock until the sun rose.

miss e6 smiled as i placed my sway bar pins in each hole.

would you like a cheeseburger for the road? oh nooooo, but thank you, i replied. i was being polite & just starving after that long day at the hospital. i knew my left over pepsi & hot tamale candy, would at least get me to the coast.

wait. really? ok, i'd love a cheeseburger! she returned a few minutes later with it wrapped in foil, just like i'd get at a real restaurant. she hugged me, wished me a happy nurse's week & sent me on my way. i felt special. i felt loved & i loved that hamburger. except for when i aspirated a piece of meat because i inhaled it so fast.

i love this life because of the people i meet along the way. they aren't normal people. i'm convinced they are special & meant for me. that includes you, yes, youuuuu. the super special human reading this. thank you for being my airstream cheerleader.

it's friday night & i have 1 extra champagne glass {i'm sipping chandon out of the other}, 4 extra wine glasses, 2 old fashioned glasses & 4 coffee cups. they are all darling. please come over...i need your help with my first fire. it has burnt out twice. i gave up & put the lighter fluid away. now, i don't know why my white christmas lights burnt out after hanging them up...3 minutes ago.

wild heart • gypsy soul

xoxo, miss airstream

{scrubs in big sur, california...happy nurse's week, nurses}!