I think I was tagged :-)

Tag-aroonie

If Mallory didn't tag me then there is a different Jess B and therefore I blame my parefnts for naming me the same name as everyone else...but I'm doing the Tag anyway! :-)

My 8 obsessions.....8 things that I am passionate about...
1. My internship
2. My friends
3. Sleep
4. My mom
5. TiVo...DID YOU KNOW THAT I CAN WATCH MY TiVo PROGRAMS ON MY COMPUTER??? YIPEE!!
6. Sleep
7. Swimming
8. Sleep

8 words or phrases I use often...
1. seriously?
2. Whatever
3. Hello
4. 'I KNOW!'
5. Really?
6. I can't wait!
7. I'm SOOOO tired.
8. AHHHHHHHHHHHhhh!

8 things I want to do before I die...
1. Graduate
2. go on a cruise
3. get in shape
4. Have the career I have ALWAYS wanted
5. Travel the United States...why leave the country when I haven't seen everything here yet??
6. Have the fairy tale
7. Not worry about money
8. Buy a house

8 things I have learned from my past..
1. The Fairy tale is a lie but it sounds good
2. My mom was ALWAYS right
3. Trust yourself more than others
4. Friends are important
5. The sacrafice is worth it
6. Take time for yourself
7. Pretend
8. Ask questions

8 places I would love to go or see..
1. New York
2. Chicago
3. Seattle
4. Austin
5. North Carolina
6. Florida
7. Rhode Island
8. Hawaii

8 things I currently need or want...
1. Sleep
2. To take the trash out
3. Time to go by really really fast
4. Money
5. Sleep
6. Fast food to be diet food
7. Ice
8. Love

8 people i tag..
1. Lacy
2. Jody
3. Georgia
4. Mandy
5. Melissa
6. Rhea
7. Sherida
8. Jen

NO SLEEPING!

I won't try and get any sympathy since I did this to myself but...I'M TIRED! The hardest day of my week is Tuesday. I sleep Monday's from 7AM-12:30PM then I'm up till Tuesday night at 6PM....that's right UP...as in AWAKE...as in NO SLEEPING! I'll do the quick math for you: 29.5 HOURS without night night time! Oh and to make it better - I sleep from 6PM-9PM on Tuesday (that's only 3 hours) and then I'm back at work at 10PM-7AM. Those are very precious 3 hours.
I'm aware, very aware, that this is the schedule I chose to some extent. With the pieces that I had presented to me between the job offers, school, and my internship, this is the best that I could come up with. Surprisingly I do very well on Tuesday's. I'm not the best company by Tuesday afternoon but I'm in class and I participate and I haven't fallen asleep in class yet. It's really the overnight on Tuesday that kills me. I tease my body with a few hours of sleep then I'm up for 9 more hours. I'll do okay till about 4AM and then I end up walking around till 5 just to keep myself up. Once the girls at the house and their babies are up I have a rush of energy. I'm all over the place in the morning so I have just enough energy to get me home before I crash for a few hours and then head to my other job.
Really, the point is...I'm tired! But only a 2.5 months of this and then I'm done!
Hope you're all having a wonderful night! Sleep well :-)

THREE months to go!

My mom seems to be more on top of it than I am...I received a text message on Friday that said, 'ONLY 3 MONTHS LEFT!" Which means graduation is nearing! It can feel like time is standing still and moving so fast all at the same time. The weeks go by so fast but there are moments, even hours, when I think time forgot to move.
This next month is going to just go by so fast...or so I hope! I have lots going on...

Wednesday I apply for graduation :-)

Next Sunday I'm doing a day trip with my best friend Lacy. I'm so sad that her family is moving far, far away but I am happy for her all at the same time. I'm going to miss her and her little boys like crazy!!!!!!! But Sunday will be a Super Duper JLCC day-extended version and I'm so excited!!!

Then on October 16-17 I'm going to be headed to CA with my other best friend Kelly for a conference for Child Life Specialists and I'm totally excited for it! It's a short trip but I'll be with Kelly and the conference should be amazing! Lots of info and workshops that should help me get even further into my career.

Then there is my birthday the week after on the 24th. I have nothing exciting planned and I probably won't plan anything or do anything but I'm going to take the day off of my internship and do nothing! I think I deserve at least that.

The following week is Halloween but I hate that holiday so it's nothing special. I'll be at the hospital though doing my internship and they have lots of fun stuff planned for the kiddos so that will be fun. They get to dress up and do some trick or treating...although they trick and treat for toys usually and not candy...some kids can't have candy so it's only fair. But they say that the kids love it so I'm excited to help out with it.

As soon as that is all over it's time to look for jobs and apply. With graduation nearing it's the perfect time to see if I can land something fabulous before graduation...isn't that the goal? Mmmmm...should I stay here....or move?

So I have LOTS going on to keep me busy and on my toes. Hopefully it will just make things fly fly fly fly by!

Tada!!!!!!!!!!!

It has been the most insane month ever!! Of course I say that and then there is always a crazier month right behind. I have spent the past month trying to get my life in order so that I can go into the semester as smoothly as possible. I think I have actually done it!
School starts for me on Tuesday! I can't believe that it's going to be my LAST FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! I GRADUATE in December! I'm so excited!!! I can't believe that it is here. It has been quite the road to get here and I can actually see the light at the end of the tunnel. I didn't think it was there but I actually see it...or I'm dying...both a possibility but I'm going for the tunnel instead of death.
In order to financially make ends meet during the semester I have opted for 2 part time jobs. One of which is at a girls home for teen moms in which I do overnights and LOVE IT! I'm so lucky to have landed the job there for many many reasons but I just LOVE IT! The second one is at a swim school where I teach little ones how to swim and again, I LOVE IT! I love being in the water and the time goes by so fast!! I love the people I work with at both places and finally am in a position of what I consider "stress free" work. YEA for me!
I also start my internship for school this semester as well. I am going to be doing Child Life at one of the hospitals in their pediatric unit and I can't wait! I start this week but did my "how to" time last week and got to hold a little baby who had no one there with her :-( She was happy just be held and I didn't mind one bit. It is hard to think that it is one more thing I have to fit into the schedule but I'm anxious to do it and think that I will enjoy it very very much!
In addition to it all, school starts on Tuesday like I mentioned earlier. I'm lucky that I have been able to get a Tuesday/Thursday schedule but that means I'm there ALL DAY long. I'm SOOO excited to start though because that means the end is near.

Although there are many exciting things that are happening in my life right now my family did just experience a loss as well. My grandfather just passed away last week. Although it has been anticipated for a while it doesn't make it any easier. My grandpa was the most incredible man. I have some of the greatest memories of my life with him....golf cart rides, movies, Home Improvement episodes, feeding the ducks, "SHUT THE DOOR!", coffee and newspaper in the morning, Golden Corral trips, Fuzzy Wuzzy was a bear...the list can go on forever! He led an a fascinating and fulfilling life for 94 years. He will be missed but is finally in a place of peace. There is comfort in that despite the sadness.

So there have been very exciting and very sad things but it has been busy. I'm ready for the semester to start and get into the routine of my life. I just wanted to give a quick post so you can keep up on what I've been up to!

Have a beautiful day!

"Call to make your appointment today!" Walkins only.

GOOD NEWS, GOOD NEWS! I have been given a job offer! I'm SOOOOO excited. Not just because I really need a paycheck but because I'm excited to work where I will be working. When I learn all the details I will let you know but for now I can tell you that it's at a girls home that is set up for teen mom's and their babies. I will be working overnights 3 days a week and as much as I am NOT looking forward to that, I think I can make it. I still need another part time job so I'm working on making it all come together and hopefully it will...soon!
Anyway...so yesterday I go to complete paperwork and of course I have to go get a drug test, a TB test (for the 3rd time this week...no need to panic, I'm just in the middle of doing my health screening for my internship as well), and a physical. I leave the HR department and am looking at the map of health clinics that I am allowed to go to and trying to decide if I should go right then or procrastinate and wait till the morning (after all, I only have 24 hours to get this done). I figure out the one closest to me and start to head over there. I notice that it says, "CALL TO MAKE YOUR APPOINTMENT TODAY!" I think that is just fantastic cause I don't like waiting in health clinics at all! I call and ask to make an appointment and the conversation goes like this:

Health Clinic:"Thank you for calling Concentra how may I direct your call?"
Me: "I am calling to make an appointment for my preemployment health screening."
Health Clinic: "You don't need to make an appointment just come on in."
Me: "Can I make an appointment so I don't have to wait in line as long?"
Health Clinic: "No. We don't make appointments, we are a walk in only clinic."
Me: "Oh. Do you know what clinic does make appointments?"
Health Clinic: "None of them. We are only a walk in clinic. We do not take appointments. Emergencies get first priority."
Me: "Ok. How busy are you right now?"
Health Clinic: "We are really busy right now."
Me: "When is your least busiest time?"
Health Clinic: "We are always busy."
Me: "What are your hours?"
Health Clinic: "We are open 24 hours."

THOUGHTS IN MY HEAD: Really...you're open 24 hours and your totally BUSY ALL THE TIME? Maybe, but doubtful!

Me: "Ok. Thank you!"
Health Clinic: "Anything else I can help you with?
Me: "No. Thank you. Bye."
Health Clinic: "Bye"

So I drive over to the health clinic perplexed by the "Make an appointment" invite only to find out that you can't and when I get to learn that "BUSY" is only ONE other person in the clinic!!!! That's right only ONE! I was a little annoyed that she said that they were busy. She must have thought that I said, "HOW LAZY are you?" not "HOW BUSY are you?"

Anyway...I have now completed 3 TB tests, a full physical, a drug test, and have had to receive an MMR vaccine (NOT my idea of a good time!). I'm as healthy as a horse, drug free, and I don't have TB. GO ME!

I know you want to know!

'Who in the world is Jessica?' may not have the same ring as, 'Where in the world is Carmen San Diego?' but go with it. I do not have pictures of small children to post or fancy photos from far away places. I'm single and stationary but still think that I lead a pretty exciting life...or at least that's what the voices tell me :-)

I recently left my job because of very different ethic and moral values shared between myself and my employer. I think that children should be taken out of a home when the mother wants her 6 year old to roll her cigarette or when a way to cope with anger is to pick up a knife and charge after someone else. I think that children should not be in a home where meals and snacks are optional instead of necessary or where the expense of alcohol or drugs are more important than buying a gallon of milk. And although the following is not a reason to take a child from a home I think that there should be books to read and toys to play with...you spent the money on an XBOX so you wouldn't have to be a parent so you can afford to buy THE CAT IN THE HAT for you child to read! But, the company I worked for seemed to think that this was not a problem or more importantly that this was not "our problem" yet we are working with a family where CPS is trying to figure out if the kids should stay in a safe, loving, foster home or return with their biological mother. To me, this was not only our problem, but our obligation to make sure that they are safe. Since we had different views on this I decided that I needed to find something else and could no longer work there. So, I'm on my new adventure of finding employment...which by the way, SUCKS but I have very high hopes and DO NOT regret my decision.

I also just finished my summer session of school so I have a few weeks before the fall semester starts and I will officially have my last first day of school!!! That's right, I'm DONE in December! It has been the longest road I think I have ever traveled and FINALLY I see just a glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel. Not only will have my degree but for the first time I won't have to try and find full time employment that fits around a full time school schedule...and let me tell you, that is VERY hard to do! Although this semester I make things just a little bit more complicated by starting an internship (UNPAID) as well. Just one more thing to add the schedule as I search for a job. I am anxiously awaiting the semester and am not only looking forward to it because it's the beginning of the end but because I enjoy the routine of life when school is in session. I am tired, I'm worn out, I'm on the verge of crying almost everyday but I enjoy it. At the same time, I will be very happy when it is ALL over!

Now that you have been caught up on the events that aren't really eventful right now please come back soon! :-)