Our first few days in Milwaukee

So all these posts are coming at the same time because we have been living in hotels for a week, with some stressful hiccups along the way!

So we arrived in Milwaukee on Sunday afternoon, at our hotel, because the nursing agency could not get the housing we wanted until Wednesday, bummer but if it means we will get what we really want, maybe it's worth it right? (we'll see about that). Pull into our hotel and oops they forgot to mention that this hotel really was not in a very safe area and all of our belongings are packed in our car... grr upsetedness did occur. After a few phone calls and a little arguing with the housing department we ended up in a hotel in a better area of town, but still not what I would have preferred. But we drove around our apartment complex to be and thought maybe they will make up for this in the housing we get... to be continued

Monday was first day of orientation at the hospital, I worked all day doing paperwork and computer training and such. The people and hospital seem nice, and I am sort of glad to be working nights. There seems to be less to learn because there aren't all the meals, procedures, discharges and such on the night shift! I get paid more for nights and there seems to be less work to do, I might like this. I don't work a night shift until Thurs and Fri night so we'll see how that goes. Good first impression though. Working hard to keep the phrase "this is how we did it back home.." and similar phrases out of my vocabulary as that creates a bad first impression.

Tuesday we went to the zoo and had a great time! Milwaukee reminds me of a city in a forest. There is thick forest areas all throughout the city. I thought Kansas City had a lot of trees, but here you can be driving down a major street and not really know what is coming up because of all the thick trees! The zoo was no exception the variety of trees and green stuff was beautiful. Our favorite exhibits were the primates and the Big CATs. I have never seen a lion this close and interactive before. We got there just before feeding time so they were worked up pacing and at one point the male lion stood on up and started roaring right at us! It was great. Matt has grown up with a love and awe for lions so he loved it.

That evening we decided to go see lake michigan downtown. Veteran's park is right on the water and is a beautiful area. As we pulled in my face lit up as I saw a fancy kite store. I have been wanting to fly a kite for a couple of months now and had a terribly dissappointing attempt on my birthday. We bought a kite and learned that Veteran's park is one of the top ten places to fly a kite in the country because of the winds coming off lake michigan. While we were there I got a picture of the coolest old sailboat. I kind of like sailboats and want to meet someone here that could take us out on lake michigan in a sailboat. we'll see.