Xanax and pones

Shalom. I officially started my year of adventure on Wednesday when my  mom and I started the trek down to Greensboro, North Carolina. Here, I will be starting my first travel nurse assignment tomorrow!

We rolled into Marietta, Ohio on Wednesday night to find people in a frenzy over 2 inches of snow they had received the night prior. Apparently the Ohio Valley does not see very much snow? Schools and businesses were closed and people were wiping their cars down with their arms. We had zero bothers. My tiny Honda Civic plowed right through the whole 2 inches and we made our way into town to explore!

We got back to the hotel where I retrieved my hand-me-down Xanax. I figured I am being as open minded as possible this year and that included letting my mom in on my side hustle. Turns out the last 4 months of my life have caused a few sleepless nights and this just does the trick. Works like a charm.

Thursday morning we carried on towards North Carolina. Not without stopping at the Tamarack of West Virginia. We have passed this place many times on the way down to see Andy and finally decided to check it out. It’s an art museum of sorts filled with local artists’ work. If you ever want moonshine jelly, ANYTHING carved out of wood or perhaps a glass blown cat figurine by all means stop on in. That being said I actually did want to try the moonshine jelly. Anyone ever watch Moonshiners? Nervous.

Anyway, we made it to Greensboro. I am staying in a three bedroom house (all to myself) for the first half of my assignment. It’s really cute and in a nice little neighborhood. It doesn’t appear as though I’ll get mugged or robbed while here so that’s a plus. I am going to go on a run soon and check it out a little more. It’s over 60 degrees here today. We arrived to 6 inches of snow so I am thankful it has been warm the last few days because BYE! I just came from that garbage I am not about to deal with that here. Give me ALL the sunshine and ALL the warm weather 🙂

Our first morning in town we hit up Green Joe’s Coffee. Here is where the pone comes into play. I ordered a blueberry SCONE with my coffee. I took a big bite and it tasted like a cornbread cake. Turns out in the South they often serve pones. These are oval shaped breads made of cornmeal. It wasn’t bad but it wasn’t a scone.

Next we visited Duke. I hate Duke. A lot. But we were in Durham and the chapel is iconic soooooooo. The chapel really was gorgeous. Actually the whole campus was really pretty. I recommend checking it out if ever in the area. In other news, basically the entire town of Durham was shut down still from the snow they had received TWO DAYS AGO. So my mom and I were pretty much the only humans wandering around only to find most things closed. We stayed in town long enough to eat at Dashi – a gourmet ramen place. SO GOOD. So that was a win.

We went to Little Brother Brewing yesterday afternoon downtown Greensboro. Super cool place! They had the windows open and the beer was great. It’s small and they brew it right in the front room. Also one of the brewers is married to a lady who runs Jerusalem Market a few doors down so they serve authentic food from the market. I had the falafel wrap and we both had chips and hummus (gotta love them chickpeas). Elm Street downtown Greensboro was great. Reminded me a bit of Brady Street or the Third Ward in Mke.

Well, that’s it for the first few days. I am going to go for a run and then probably spend the rest of the afternoon and night freaking out and wondering what the heck I am doing with my life while I cry, eat too much and binge on Netflix. Cheers!