The Breckenridges

Hello, all! Just an update on what is happening in this neck of the woods. We have a bit of a storm headed this way, but Livingston is just going to get some high winds and a bit of rain. Josh and Isabella are going to hold down the fort here at the lake house. However, Conroe Regional (where I work) will be going on disaster lock-down tomorrow afternoon, in which I will have to sit out the hurricane from the hospital. They have already started filling Conroe Regional with critical care patients transferred in from all over the region, so they are going to need every extra hand available. Fun stuff for my first week, huh? I will actually be filling the role of a nurse technician during the hurricane because of my limited experience and unfamiliarity with the computer system. Though, I will be glad to have this experience, learning so much. So please pray that all will be safe and make it through the hurricane. We'll be on the outside edge and do not expect any lasting damage. Another adventure! Love to all and take care! I will write more as I can. ~hj

This was a picture that was taken at my graduation party, held at Jerry B's Restaurant (where I used to work). They have a giant swing in the back in a nice little grove of trees, which was lit up with hundreds of twinkle light. Bella always loved to go out there, and this is her approach of the giant swing. The rope made into the swing is from an offshore oil rig something-or-other, but was too shirt for their use so they gave it to Jerry B's and Mr. Alan (the owner) made a swing big enough for three people. Just thought it was a cool picture of my baby.

A beautiful evening! So calm and such soothing colors...

I am so excited!! The start date for the job I have been waiting so long for at Conroe Regional is finally here. As much as I have enjoyed my summer vacation, I am so ready to start work. I just hope I haven't forgot everything! Had to get a few things done this week, like my TB test, and CPR renewal. I did the CPR yesterday at the Woodlands Fire Dept. That was fun getting there...NOT! A bad wreck on Hwy. 105 (the road I take from Hwy. 59 to get to Conroe) had traffic stopped for over half an hour and, of course, the delay and traffic made me late. I was concerned about the amount of traffic in the opposite direction on the two-laned Hwy. 105. There was traffic bumper-to-bumper all the way from the Hwy. 59 intersection for about 15 miles to the little town called Cut-and-Shoot, almost all the way to Conroe. I have never seen anything like it and was grateful I was headed into Houston area than away from it ot I would be in the same predicament. I was thinking that if this is what traffic is like there is no way I could ever make it on time to my shift or home at a decent hour. Josh speculated that this was just traffic returning to Beaumont, after the threat of Hurricane Gustav had passed. Well, I got stuck in traffic at the same place returning home last night around 10:30. I know rush hour doesn't last that long!! So it probably was the returning evacuees. However, I am still going to find alternative routes, even if they are out-of-the-way back roads.