My fantastic job!

Yep! I know! I'm once again way over due on a post...

What can I say?

I GOT A JOB!

Many of my friends have asked what I've been up to in the last few months. Well, the truth is not much unless you count working like a dog. I got a gig at the local library here in Bakersfield as a Reference Librarian (basically I answer lots of questions all day long) and I am LOVING it! I have been so blessed to have gotten settled into Bakersfield and to have found a job almost immediately when so many are without. In fact, in the last few months the library had laid off almost thirty people and cut their hours so drastically that some branches are only open one day a week!

Beale Memorial Library, Bakersifield, CA

In the last few weeks, I have discovered just how much more of a blessing it is to be working at the library beyond just being employed. I absolutely love the people I work with, and I have been given responsibilities that make me feel like the time I spend at work is worthwhile. How many people can say that?

Berta and I dressed up for Halloween

Anyway, my job is just one of the many reasons I'm thankful this holiday season. Happy Turkey Day everyone!

Hollywood here I come!

So a while back Cody and I had a date night (this was while he was in Las Angeles for a psychiatric rotation). Ashley and I had gone down to visit our guys, and Cody decided that we needed a night out on the town. First he took me to see something that I never thought I would see in this lifetime. I saw the real Hollywood sign, yep, the one in all the moves!

It was a really neat drive, through a very pricey neighborhood (to say the least). I was a little disappointed that you couldn't get right up to it, but I suppose that's probably best considering the level of graffiti in Las Angeles.

After seeing the sign we were pretty hungry so we decided to find the Hard Rock Cafe. Turns out the one in L.A. is just outside Universal Studios theme park. We walked around for a while looking at the neat shops and restaurants. (Anna, there was a sock store that you would have loved!) We got one of the other tourists to take our picture in front of a fantastic fountain. Little did we know he was a professional photographer.

We did end up eating at the Hard Rock Cafe which was something I'd never had the chance to experience. Let me just say how cool the atmosphere is in that place. The full size car, the ceiling that changed colors, and all the great memorabilia had me in awe. So here's to the coolness that is the Hard Rock Cafe!!