Day 324 (Feb 27th)--Confessions....

For those of you who know me well, you know I am very into old school things, I am a big fan of 80's movies and music and there are quite a few shows from when I was growing up I enjoy thoroughly--they spark up nostalgia! With that said I decided to watch the VH1 Show Confessions of a Teen Idol on VH1. I know the show is over but I decided to watch the first episode to see if I would want to watch more. I liked what I saw. I was a big fan of the TV show fame and thought it was funny they have Adrian Zmed on there (I have the movie Grease 2 and have to laugh over this cheesy role in it). I also like that they have Eric from Season 1 of the Real World (and the Grind) on there. One thing I really like about the show is that they don't try to hand anything back to them. They make them explore their feelings and work towards their goals--guess that's the Social Worker in me talking! In a nutshell, yes, I will be watching more episodes of this!

-Jackie

Day 323--Feb 26th--A Sad New thing

Today's new thing was a hard thing for me and a reminder that in my life and in my career, all days will not be great. In fact, this is one of the parts of my job I find to be the hardest. Today, as a Social Worker (Prior to this I worked in the Social Service Field but never as an official Social Worker) I dealt with my first client passing away and what I needed to do to close the case with the County. I filed many reports, made many calls and filed my official last case note. I was helping this client look for new housing so over the last year he is one of the clients I spent the most time with. He will be missed.

-Jackie

Day 322--February 25th--It's a Blast

I had heard all the hype about Cover Girl's Lash Blast Mascara so I wanted to try it myself. The results were great. There are only a handful of items I shamelessly plug on my blog...this would be one of them!

-Jackie

Day 321 (february 24th)--I wish.....

In our small group we talked about our dreams in life...what things would we really want whether they are realistic or not. So today I spent some time working on the lists of things I want. We had a different sheet of paper for each category. I think as you get older you can lose sight of your dreams so this was a great exercise I hope to do again.

-Jackie

Day 320 (Feb 23rd) Laying it on the line

At work lately there has been tension between some employees. So today at our staff meeting we had to talk about situations that were bothering us so we could become a stronger team. I had never been in a work environment that encouraged that type of communication and I was able to open up about an anonymous comment one of my co-workers made on my last performance eval. It was nice to get it off of my chest after 6 months of holding it in.

-Jackie

Day 319 (Feb 22nd)--Resaerching Naps.

Today I did a google search on naps. I found out I was napping all wrong. Naps should never be more than 30 minutes and mine range from 1.5-2 hours. Whoops! Also when getting up right away from a nap they suggest drinking something like water or soda and getting into a task right away like checking e-mail or paying bills. Google has the best links to sites about naps. 30 minutes is not enough time to get into a deep dreamlike state so that's what distinguishes a nap from regular sleep.

By the way, this photo has nothing to do with naps but I like any excuse to show off a picture of my fur child!

-Jackie

Day 318 (Feb 21st)--Decorating for the Holiday

This new thing is pretty simple but also very new for me I decorated in honor of St. Patrick's Day. Since St. Patty's day is also my one year anniversary at work, I will be also decking myself out in St. Patty's Day attire. See photos for a small example of my St. Patty's Day Decoations.

-Jackie