"So don't freak out but..."

"So don't freak out but..." this is the opening line I have use several times when I'm telling my parents I'm about to do something crazy. For example "... I'm going to put everything I own into storage, move into a travel trailer and every three months move to a different state." I decided I was going to become a traveling nurse. But I didn't want to go on this adventure alone so I brought along my faithful dog and horse.

I got a lot of various replies to this idea: "You can't work in a different hospital every three months, can you? (Yes, that is what we traveling nurses do. We fill in spaces like maternity leave, hospital expansion, military oversea assignments, employment gaps and new employee residency training.) "You can't live in a travel trailer? (Sure I can. It's just a small house on wheels. There are RV resorts all over this country. A lot more people live full-time in RV's than most people realize.) You can't take your horse with you. Where will you put him? (At boarding facilities. Bringing my horse is part of the adventure. Riding in the redwoods, gallop on along an ocean beach, trotting through the Appalachian mountains, wandering into the bayou and so many other places.) What are you going to do with your dog while you are working? (Uh, the same thing I did with her when I was working a permanent job, leave her at home.) Won't you be lonely? (Sometimes but I'll mange by keeping myself entertained with all the new places to see.) Won't that be scary traveling to all those places you don't know? (Terrifying but everything new is only scary at first.)

So off I went with my dog, horse and house in tow. The an adventure of a lifetime and freedom of wherever I wish to go.
Let me introduce my traveling crew over the next few days and post some of the adventures I've had so far.
Stay tune...