carlainlucas

Well, a year has flown by. I have spent a year in Springfield. I came to Springfield when there was major snow and I left with it snowing. I had a good year, it was as always hard to leave. You make pretty good friendships when you stay in a lab for a year. It felt like home and it was tempting to stay. I loved the EP lab I was in and I learned so much. One of the doctors that I worked with published and EP book while I was there. Wow.

Maggie went to a great Doggie day care. I am sure she made great friends too. And of course the staff got really attached to her after staying for a year.
Springfield is a medium size town with a lot of history. I did not get to see the sights that I should have seen, which I regret, but I was there when Obama came to town with Joe Biden and of course I was there when their notorious govenor was impeached.

I am currently in Springfield, IL population about 110,000. Small enough not to have to fight traffic, but large enough to have a Barnes and Noble and Starbucks. Yeah. I am working at a large facility and specifically working in the EP lab. I also work in the cath lab when we are not busy in EP. Get to keep my skills up! Great crew. Busy lab.
I have had a fair amount of experience with snow here. It has been fun except for navigating home in 10 inches. My second day here I needed to dig my truck out, the biggest shovel I had was a spoon! I finally got help from a couple of neighbors and got to work at 10:30 and I was one of the few people that made it to work. I was proud!! I’m learning. I like it. I hope to be here awhile with it so close to my son and granddaughter in Indy.
In April the tornado weather started. There could be some major scarry storms. I was living in my trailer by May and I had to take cover at a local parking garage. I was not gonna be  a sitting duck in a little ol RV. I stayed six months at Mr. Lincoln’s RV Park.

January 2008. Went home to Indiana for a month. Jobs right after the holidays are slim. So I stayed home for a month. Financially brutal. But I put my free time to work and worked up a new website for cath techs. It will take a fair amount of time to keep it up with relevant info. But I have great hopes for the website. My son is a programmer and has helped me get the template design up and my other son is helping with the artwork. I hope you will visit and give me your feedback. Well a job did come through and I am on my way to Illinois. I am excited, just 4 hrs away from my family.

Arrived in Springfield in late January. An easy four hour ride for Maggie as you can see.The second picture is the beautiful Springfield capitol. The whole top is gold, it is really beautiful. This is where Rod Blagojevich never spent any time and where Obama gave his speech announcing his vice presidental canidate. The last two pictures are view from the EP lab, yes we had windows and a beautiful view of the capital.