Another day today. I was considering working in the morning but they didnt offer that shift and I want the afternoon to get my laundry and some other things done. I figured out that ordering from wifi on the kobo ostensible easier than trying the desktop app. Plus I then don't need a desktop and if I get the usb adaptor to 12v option I can run the kobo independently. I still need to figure out typing papers and the like but I have hardly turned my computer on as I have the games and internet and gps on my cell and now books on the kobo. I am keeping my scanner printer so a nice used tablet should solve the problem or a laptop. I am still searching craigslist. This paycheck I am buying a couple cards for my phone, paying off dad, paying a few months of insurance and then my windshield is the next one. After that other than gas and food, all expenses will be paid. I still have my income tax coming, and will pick up more shifts next week so I get another nice check and then all is good to go. I have 4 weeks left until I am done. Its crazy and time is going fast for sure.

Okay so another shift. They tried to mandate me to stay tonight and I said no since I did one last week. good thing I remembered the details. I already did 2 16 hr shifts on friday and saturday so I just simply need some sleep and need to get some things done around the house. Tomorrow I need to pay bills and I am off on tuesday. I will go back to picking up after I catch up on sleep. Right now my eyes are red and I have had so much coffee its crazy. But on we march towards the finish line.

So two doubles in different places all of which I like isn't bad @ all. Of course in a nose to the grindstone sort of way its a different attitude. I am here for them and money. It was never hours and hours but I want it right now for what its worth although tuesday I am off. I don't want to be burnt out but @ this point it doesn't much matter. I want to be tired, drained and then take a small few days of enjoying ohio spring time, work on the van and then start out is the plan. What is now a month long plan was originally 7 weeks but more money starting out means more time and more comforts.

Double day 2. Its been good so far. I actually got up on time, took a bath and then came to work. I am working half on campus and the other @ the hospital. I did the same yesterday. Then I work sunday morning and monday afternoon to be off on tuesday. This is like the sprint at the end of the marathon. The more I can push now, the more I will have to start with. I am going to go to the end of march and possibly a week or two more while van dwelling locally. That way I have some additional funds for a camper and the first month or two of campground fees. There is more to do in tucson but for now I am settling in an outskirts town due to no emissions and I like the plentiful campgrounds and cheap rates, that way I have options on neighbors. I can simply hitch up and go down the road. I will eventually find my way to tucson but that will be later.

In van news, we have been showered with snow. I am working a double today as there isn't anything better to do. I am off tomorrow and working 16 hrs today, I can't be required to stay any longer other than sleep there which the van is a comfortable option.
This next check goes to the windshield, an air filter, tune up and oil change. That should pretty much wrap things up for now.
Then the bed frame but I will work on that after the weather gets nicer as I want to take my time on it and do it right. I know I am going drivers side along the wall with hinge up lid and kilz paint.
I still need to figure out power needs, there is the kobo e reader, cell, and some form of computer and tv. Heat will be propane most likely and there are fans as well.
Also, one of my fellow citizens in Roma got into a car wreck. Please keep her in your prayers.

I bought a kobo book reader this time around and it came with several of the books I cherish so someone else can now enjoy themselves. I am going to be in over time in short order and doing the many one on ones I have been doing I wanted some easy to carry options. Its also nice for the van. I am getting a usb to 12 v converter kit so I can charge it from the starting battery as I don't have another usb device. I saw a tv with usb input that could use both DVD player and computer tower. when the money is there, I saw a dell notepad that is on a swivel base, has optional keyboard or touchpad and would be perfect.
The little notebooks are nice but don't have the ability to run my graphics programs. I have been wondering if a portable hard drive can plug directly into the usb of the tv and work. If so, that's my new computer. One can be a backup and one the main computer. I was also wondering if an android tablet could read a portable hd. That could work as well.

last night I got mandated. It took 2 hours to get home. Add an hour of scrape and defrost to get clear so I could take an icy breathtaking drive through country, city and expressway. Then I get home and the power is out. I went to my aunts to do laundry and take a shower and tell work there was no way I was making it back on time for the next shift only 4 hours away. I will have a full time check and will make the day up over the weekend as anything I work now will be overtime.
I put my hair in a braid yesterday. Its a small one but I think it holds well . It might be immature but my african friends say braids hold best and to them I give credit.
Tomorrow more ice but I will be better prepared. I wasn't before bc I hadn't been feeling good and @ 3 hours of sleep I am still not great but far better than I was. Plus during laundry I get to watch tv and see family. I checked on the cats and they are cuddled up in my sleeping bag so that works. Although still not slow and on that note, someone is selling ipads and I saw a dell touch and keyboard pad that is nice. The ipad is cheaper but the ebook more versatile but at twice the cost , we shall see who lands on top.