Off to SF for the New Year

I am off to SF to celebrate the New Year with my Bay Area friends! This has been an incredible year, full of fun, friendship and good energy... I am so blessed! Found this cool picture and thought I'd simply throw it in for fun. I was "Brittany Claus" for my work talent show which was a kick.
Extra special thanks to my friend, f---- (no it isn't a curse word just for anonymity) who let me take him to Victoria Secret for lingerie try-on for me, but he had to leave 30 seconds before I got a dressing room.... now THAT's torture! But he was valient and timely for work, poor him! Oh it was exquisite(sp) to watch him squirm which is what it's all about anyway....just lovely, thank you.
Wishing you all a wonderful New Year and be safe but have fun!
hugs
Dragion

Surprise... a somewhat timely post thanks to drugs.

Hee hee, see just when you were lulled into thinking I'm not going to post for another 3 mths.... WHAM take that, here one is. I'm trying to pull myself out of a work imposed coma that I seem to have been in for 5 mths... and am being helped by drugs, yes that's right.... SOME of my friends and my Doc seem to think I have ADD (attention deficit disorder... but not the hyper type). Which could be true... maybe a little...... okay maybe more than a little.. so in an effort to get more organized and get more out of my days I'm now on drugs.. concerta to be exact.. and it's pretty damn cool, shit IS getting done, and I'm not locked beating my head on my desk trying to be productive for hours. So hopefully I'll have more "play time", and even post more frequently.
And yes you may have to deal with a little more rambling, as I find it fun.

The first pic is simply a great piece of artwork I wanted to share, because it's wrong and lovely. The other pics above are from a Monterey scuba diving trip I made with some friends, I did not go in but I am reupping my certification for Fiji/NZ this Feb. Getting really jazzed about it! The water was clear and 51 degrees... we froze our asses off, which was nothing compared to what the divers experienced, I think I'm going to die, I don't do cold... but I will try in the name of fun and to get to do it there, wish me luck, and if I don't make it there will be my last wishes left in a frozen bottle in the back of the freezer.
Clink.

Okay okay 5mth update... time flies

Yes YES I'm a lagger, but you already knew that!!! Burning man was great! I am getting used to my job thanks to some ADD drugs.... Concerta is a good thing... kinda like reading glasses for your brain... especially since I don't have the adrenalin from the ER to jump start my head, and home health paperwork can be less than inspiring.
I'm going to NZ and Fiji in FEBUARY, cant wait!!!! My nieces and nephew are growing so fast, and I"m missing all of it ( WAAAAAAHHHHHH). Really miss my sisters, oh I can't wait... getting really excited about it!

3 mth update

I guess I'm not the great blogger with my once every 3 mth postings... but better that than never. Lots has happened, I quit my job in the ER to go into Home Health... and am LOVING it! More autonomy, flexibility, and more ways to meddle... look out!
I'm no longer working nights, and have more opportunity to bug/visit my friends, and am enjoying watching the dark circles dissapear from under my eyes. Loosing some weight too, those HH nurses don't stop for lunch or just about anything, and after weathering temperatures in the 113-115 I feel like 95 is a cool day now. Yikes.
It's good to have my life back, I've gone to Fulsom, CA twice, San Fran 3 times, Hayward once, camping once.... all in 5 weeks, while working full time. The summer is flying by!
Been hanging out a lot with my buddy Joe and his daughter Stacy, very smart, fun, and wonderful.
Burning Man is in 3 weeks so I'm staying close to home to prepare and spend some needed time with my family, as we are fighting some health issues.
Hopefully my next post will be sooner, but we'll see.

Lots has happened

Here is a pic from Ilhe do Mel in Brazil.
My sister Wendy had her baby on April 28th, baby boy Jace (above) they will be coming home on July 4th and I can't wait to see my new nephew!
I've gotten switched to Days!!!! at my work and am excited to become a active part of my friends lives again... whether they like it or not (evil grin).
I started working out a lot at the gym starting in April, and have noticed some good improvement on my body shape... plus watching all the men working out is very very nice incentive to keep doing ones work out (inspiring to say the least).
I have a new housemate Susan from Louisiana and she is wonderful. Been a nurse for 17 yrs and a wealth of humor and knowledge.
I'm trying to get another job in ICU or Telemetry to expand my knowledge base. Home health is tempting though, lots of freedom and good pay.

Top picture is me bike-riding at Yosemite with my good friend Joe, who is also my workout buddy.

So hope to write more frequently so you don't get such a mishmash of info.

Going to LA to get tied-up Japanese style by Master K, one of the best in the US who is giving a $1000 class and needs a person to tie, then it's on to SF to check out the Gay pride parade and see if I can find some of my friends there! Yaaah it's going to be great! Will post updates and maybe some pics.

Love and hugs.

Back in Fresno

Wow, we're back home... it's a weird whiplash feeling as we were trying to extend our stay in Brazil until Sat/Sun but it fell through, and here we are back in California and it's rainy and cold. We were sweating our butts off yesterday.
Feel like I fell back into a dream and South America was the reality. It's so different, it's nice being around english-speaking people again though. Have a lot to catch up on now that I'm back. Yikes... pictures to come soon.
Karen

Florianopolis to Sao Paolo

We are on the move again, Carnivale was great, big parades and floats with sequined dancers and amazing costumes. The party went all night, with friendly people and revelers. I pooped out a little early but had a great time. Ran into the Swedish girls for a while and a cool American named Jonathon from Manhattan.

We~ve checked out of the hotel and are spending the day in Florianopolis until our bus leaves at 11pm for Sao Paolo, then hopefully can extend the trip until Sat/sun and stay with some of Jasons friends in Campinas 45 min away from Sao Paolo.