After months of Searching . . .

Two Words . . . . 

   JOB HUNTING! 

Two more words . . . . 

                 MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

Job Title: Paramedic for South West Ambulance

 

I'll be running my own paramedic truck starting in February for an ambulance service down in Phoenix Arizona. I'm pretty excited. It's a little bit farther south than I would want to be right now . . . I have liked being close to the family. But, a job is a job. 

And finally after 2 months of dedicated searching, and referrals, and names and numbers and calling and searching, etc . . . I finally got the perfect job for what I need to do right now to get my foot in the door and get going with my career. 

Phoenix, here I come. (After I go to The Dominican, of course)

Now, I just need a place to live . . . 

                Anyone have any good suggestions or referrals?

                            Let me know.

Even if it's a "Hey Karli, I heard that there's this place on the south of the city that is terrible to live . . . Avoid it." Any input or help would be muchly appreciated. All I know about Phoenix is that it is hot! And the Suns play there for basketball. 

   I'm looking into the Mesa/Tempe/Gilbert side of the city if that helps. Let me know, if you know, of anyone who has friends or relatives I can chat it up with to find the best place to live. 

Winter Festivities

I LOVE THE SNOW!!

For New Year's I went up to one of my friends cabins up in Big Cotton Wood Canyon. . . THERE WAS SO MUCH SNOW!!!! It Was Great!! There was a path cleared off the tin roof for everyone to slide down, my goodness!! . . . IT was Screamin Fast! It only lasted a couple of seconds, but it was one of those drops that your heart goes into your throat and you seriously can't breathe! It was so fun! I went down about 20 times! My first run was in the dark on New Year's Eve . . . I stayed outside for about 3 hours before we dropped our own beach ball to welcome in 2011 because there was no TV.  There were ice caves built, and showtunes on the pedalling/playing/reel piano. The cabin was 47*F the entire night. The pipes froze up on us a couple of times, but it was so much fun! And totally worth it! 

Climbing to the top of the slippery slide to go flying off the roof. 

Getting some sweet powdery air! This thing is so FAST!!

TON OF SNOW!!! I LOVE IT!! 

The swing set to the left. The shed to the right. Notice that you can jump to the roof from the snow line. It is TALL! 

The ice cave he built was to sturdy, so he decided to jump up and down . . . Then it broke. 

Our New Year's group! (There were about 35 other people up at the cabin, but these were my good friends that I went up with. Lisa on the far left is the one whose relatives own the cabin. It was so much fun! And tie-dye man . . . Well, those are his mom's long-johns that he got her for a mother's day gift a while ago that she never wore . . . I think he planned that one out well for himself. 

Dont even worry . . . . 

I took full advantage of that opportunity!