I got my very first pedicure today… see:

I told my sister yesterday that I planned to get my nails done today and she told me I should get a pedicure too – what a great idea.  It was really fun and relaxing and now my toesies look great in my flip-flops.  I had to do a lot of running around errands today (groceries, Costco, etc.) so I decided that to make the day more fun I would treat myself a little bit.  So I did the mani-pedi, and I got a new skirt at Target (purple, longish, really comfy and pretty and I can wear it to work or on days off), and I bought some smoothies and watermelon at the grocery store.  It was fun and set the happy carefree tone for the rest of my day.

I’ve been packing my suitcases for my 3 months away and there’s so much to bring – everything I’ll need for work and then all the comfy fun clothes for the time off I’ll have too.  I think it’s the shoes that take the most decision making power (since they take the most room and eat up my weight limit too).  I love all my shoes and I will wear ALL of them if I have them, so I have to figure out which ones I will wear the most (or which ones I’ll miss the most).  Oh the decisions.

For now, I’ll take a break from all that and do some studying.  I’m learning Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support tomorrow (long day) so I have to study that a little as well as do questions to keep my mind fresh for my Step 2 tests that are coming up in 2 weeks.