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Greetings everyone from St. Louis! I have made it back home. But first, I must revisit Flea Fest and my last week of work in SETX.

Flea Fest is a flea-market in Lake Charles, LA held semi-annually. As a final request before I left, my girls Kelsey and Congetta came with. It was held in the livestock arena with tons of booths galore including old and new items. Also??? It was really cold. Like 50 degrees cold in the sun. No thank you TX.

I calf to show you this one!! 

All puns aside, we had a good time and I thank them for going with me. I love a good antique show and flea market.

Behold this costume jewelry beauty. Call it what you want but I call it FABULOUS!!!

My last week of work was relatively uneventful- I made a point to not stay later every night (like I usually get stuck doing) so that I could go home and finish packing. I will miss the friends that I have made and the patients I came to love.

Traveling Takeaways:

• I do feel like I have improved my overall clinical skills and documentation after doing skilled nursing for so long consistently (before February I was used to just being PRN).
• Home is where they love you.
• It goes a LONG way to show your staff appreciation for all their hard work. Everyone deserves a thank you every now and then. It makes coming to work a lot more enjoyable and sure makes you want to stick around longer. 
• Insurance has become easier to understand- but that doesn't mean it won't change again.
• Good friends stick around and understand that it is not always to stay in touch regularly. 
• Nursing homes and therapy companies are primarily businesses and don't you dare forget it!
• everyone must recycle more!!!! reduce your carbon footprint. some parts of the country are better than others at this.
• Your clinical skills can speak volumes- no matter how long you are out of school we all need to be sponges to new ideas and interventions!!! 
• YOU IS KIND, YOU IS SMART, YOU IS IMPORTANT.

Award-winning therapist right here in the flesh. 

Thanks everyone!!! 

I'm on my merry way to namaste-

Peace, love, and enlightenment 🕉

ME

⭐ I'm going to start a new series for the next couple blogs to give you clues as to where my next assignment. NO GUESSING until you get all of the clues (I will probably do max of 5 clues) and NO COMMENT from those who already know. ⭐

1. 10/20/18- FIRST clue: Wells Fargo Wagon 
2. 10/28/18- SECOND clue: Kanye
3. 11/9/18- THIRD clue:  close to THREE Teddy Roosevelts
4. 11/20/18- FOURTH clue: blue donkey