A NEW JOB!! Farther of a drive, and a different area of science, but a much smaller school. I feel good.

Watching Speedy eat this evening. She is sooo picky she won't eat if she doesn't smell banana mixed in her food. Spoiled rotten I reckon.

Um
 

My last strawberry cupcake, but now they are gone, makes note to go to store tomorrow!

visiting with my son today.... (f)

as ever....the incredible beauty of where I live....

I am in love with Asheville...no doubt...

Musical Alchemy!
 

Some renegade musical genius went apeshit one day and married earthy blues vocals to a delicate classical piano melody set amidst a sexy backdrop of jazz-style percussion.

On paper it reads like some sort of dreadful musical nightmare, but it sounded just like magic to me.

Ahhhhh.

Today is my granddaughters birthday. She is such a smart kid. She was telling me all about how she is getting so old (8) and how her math is so much more difficult than the math I learned... and then she was giving me pop math questions/quiz.

I LOVE that girl with every single part of my being.

My granddaughter makes me smile. Now I am on a mission to find the newer Monster High dolls. Lol

I helped babysit a friend's 5 month old grandniece on Saturday while her Momma, big sister and my friend went shopping. She was so sweet, tiny and precious. Even with this being the first time I had met both children, this beautiful, always smiling sweetheart never once got upset that her momma had let a stranger hold and carry her. And she'd look at me with those big brown eyes to "study" my baseball hat and face, always with that cute baby smile......then reach up to grab a tiny handful of my curly hair...I just fell in love!! She stole my heart!!

With that baby soft dark brown hair, dark eyes, long eyelashes and always so happy, she certainly belongs in her great-uncle's family.

It's been a long time since I got cuddles from such a tiny baby. I've always wanted a baby girl...I just might have to share custody of this one. She's a real sweetheart and she has her great-uncle's personality! So fun and happier than a puppy with two tails!!

I worked on the locked ward at the women's hospital today for the first time :)
I am in full time college for medical massage therapy and its my last two terms. So my outreach is high risk pregnancy unit. One ward is locked because the to-be mothers have MRSA or Hep C or HIV and are with drawing from drugs. Usually herion.
I LOVED it. The women there are incredible. And being able to take some of their physical pain away as well as listen and slowly get them to sleep, when they haven't in a couple of days is pretty amazing.

I love my new career. I'm so, so lucky.

My Tuesday morning lady...

She makes no qualms about adoring me...and it is truly mutual...

She went above and beyond and is paving the path for me to get a scholarship to finish nursing school...

It turns out she and her daughter are on the scholarship board and can provide me with an excellent reference.

I am beyond blissful. (f)

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...7785f11f66.jpgnibbling party

Finding a new to me truck topper that not only fits perfectly on my truck but the colors match very well. I've only been looking for the last year or so. :)

Cleaning up the yard. It's amazing how satisfying mindless tasks can be.

The person I shared dinner with, our laughter and the comfort in their presence. Feeling a total trust in them and knowing the value of such.

painting supplies!!!!

Sticking to my workout even though I didnt want to today.

Cleaning off a plot of land and marking off an outline so the building can begin very soon. :-) :-)
Feeling accomplished!