February 12

Tonight I wandered out and found a restaurant called Clancy's Irish Pub, I forget that I am in New Mexico with the strange liquor laws, there are so few restaurants here that serve beer & wine, and even fewer that can afford the $220.000 cost of a liquor license.  The food was decent, nothing I would call authentic Irish Food (frozen fish is not an Irish delicacy).

I went yesterday to the local RV dealers who have nothing but used inventory, I am not sure where they decided to pull the list prices from but several that I looked at, Montana, Winebago View were about 20% above the NANDA price recomendations, I guess they sell allot to the resident navajo tribal members.  I looked at a 2002 14 X 72 mobile home with a list price of 45,000 that looked like it had more room for roaches than people, the toilet was cracked, the countertops had cigarette burns and stains, and several cabinet doors were missing.

Saturday I sent off my third set of fingerprints to the Oregon Board of Nursing, and my paperwork to COBRA my health insurance, my recruiter tells me that Oregon is where the best paying jobs are right now so that license is a priority.  I did receive my permanent license for Washington State where I really want to be, but the assignments there are slim pickings at the moment.

Saturday I had to bite the bullet and upgrade my Iphone 3GS because the battery would not stay charged, I now have the 32 G Iphone 4S and I must say it is a very sweet piece of equipment.  Not only are my data downloads and uploads much faster, but you got to love Siri.  Today I had to do laundry, I was down to my last clean pair of underwear, although I have another two weeks worth of t-shirts (I need to correct that imbalance) and no socks, I simply asked Siri where the nearest laundromat was and off I went (18 dollars poorer).  As I stood around with the hundred others washing clothes I saw that they will do a double load - wash/dry/bleach/fabric softner for $10, for two dollars more I could have dropped it off and picked it up washed and folded.

I need to check my lottery tickets in the morning, I have PowerBall, Mega Money, and Hot Lotto tickets to check.

Stay tuned, more to come ...........