BLOG CHALENGE DAY #30

Blog Challenge Day #30

What kind of lessons can anyone learn from what you do in your career?

I do human resources consulting.  I learn every day.  I learn about people and what they are capable of.  I learn how to read people.  I learn how to navigate difficult situations.

Dealing with people every day means I have to be calm, discreet, stone-faced, and a pretty good liar.  A liar because people will ask me secret personnel things to my face and I have to lie that I don't know what they are talking about.  I can't let on that I know anything. 

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I went shopping and bought 6 pairs of jeans on sale!  I was down to two pairs of jeans that I can wear in public.  I wear jeans every day so I needed to get some more.  I hate shopping so I buy a bunch at once when I find something that fits.  I got faded jeans, dark blue, regular jeans, plumb colored jeans, green jeans, and these funky silver/purple jeans.  I also got a jean jacket.  All on sale!!!

Until tomorrow...

BLOG CHALENGE DAY #29

Blog Challenge Day # 29

Come up with a Truth vs. Lie post.

I was talking to my foster son for 10 minutes each night.  All of a sudden one night my foster son told me that he can only talk to me for 5 minutes.  Each night since then when I call and he tells me he can talk for 5 minutes.  Last night we spoke for 5 minutes and after we hung up, I called back and asked how many minutes we are allowed to speak.  They said 10 minutes and it has been 10 minutes for some time.  So he had been lying.  Turns out that once confronted, he admitted that he lied because he sometimes only wanted to talk for 5 minutes so he could do other things. 

Until tomorrow...

BLOG CHALENGE DAY #28

Blog Challenge Day #28

Who is the one person you could definitely couldn't live without?  and why?

I don't have one person I could not live without.  I don't believe for me there is a person I could not live without.  I am a realist and I know that we are all on this Earth for a limited time and we all need to make the best of the time we are here.  I have family I love and I would like to spend time with them.  There are friends I love and I would like to spend more time with them. 

I guess it will be hardest for me when Happi passes.  Happi and I have been through a lot together.  I love her with all my heart.  But I know she is going to pass away some day pretty soon.  She has had a good life I hope.  A better life than she would have had in Palau on the streets.  At least a cushier life here.  When I was a teenager my grandmother and my dog died very close together in time.  I loved my grandmother but I was not very close to her.  It devastated me when my dog died.  I had her almost all my life.  She died at age 13.  She was supposed to be the family dog but she was closest to me.  I always wanted animals. 

Until tomorrow...

BLOG CHALENGE DAY #27

Blog Challenge Day #27

What if you were told you were going to die on Friday and today was Monday.  What would you do?

Okay, I would want to spend it with my family and my foster son.  I am not sure how I would do all that since they all live in separate places.  But that is what I would want to do.  I am not sure what we would do except spend time together.  Maybe get a good meal.  I would want to spend time with Happi and Lucky.  Take a walk with them.  I guess that is it. 

Until tomorrow...

BLOG CHALENGE DAY #26

Blog Challenge Day #26

How do you stay healthy?

I am not sure right now I am that healthy. That is why I needed to start the Orencia.

I eat pretty healthy food. I stay away from processed foods as much as I can. I try to eat fresh as much as I can.

I don't smoke, drink alcohol or do any drugs.

I try to get exercise but this is where I am failing right now. I am more sedentary than I want to be. I carry my 22lb dog up and down the stairs many times a day.

Overall I think I am pretty healthy.

Until tomorrow...

BLOG CHALENGE DAY #25

Blog Challenge Day #25

What would you want to improve on in your life?

My energy level.  I hope that Orencia will help with this issue.  I have had the Orencia for about a month but due to fears of an infection and then the fear of surgery, I didn't start the Orencia until last night.  Now that I started the Orencia, I am hoping it will help with my horrible fatigue.  I get so tired some days that I can't keep my eyes open.  I actually fall asleep in the afternoon.  I can't keep my eyes open.

I have a bunch of health things going on.  The fatigue, my feet are killing me, and my wrist is still hurting me.  I have hopes that the Orencia will help with these issues.

Until tomorrow...

BLOG CHALENGE DAY #24

Blog Challenge Day #24

If you could have witnessed an event in history, which would you choose?  And why?

If I could have witnessed a day in history I would have witnessed Martin Luther King, Jr. giving his "I Have A Dream" speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963.  It was such a momentous occasion for people to see a black man on TV or the radio giving an address.  It was a defining moment in the civil rights movement and one of the most iconic speeches in history.  

As a kid I found a magazine that was celebrating an anniversary of the "I Have A Dream" speech and I read it and I kept it for many years.  For all I know, I may still have it.  It meant so much to me reading that speech and drinking in those words.  "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!"  I read that to mean that people would not be judged by their skin or their sex or their sexual orientation or their hair color or their weight or their height or their economics or their _______ but by the content of their character.  Even at my young age, I read that to mean that we need to see past all those things and judge people by if they are people who have integrity, are honest, are good, are responsible and are positive.  For me, if my dogs like them.  My dogs are never wrong.

That is where I would want to go if I could.

Until tomorrow...

BLOG CHALENGE DAY #23

Blog Challenge Day #23

If you could invite 3 people to dinner, who would you invite? And why?  What would you talk about?

Oprah, Tina Turner, and Barack Obama/Michelle Obama.  I would want to invite another person: Gordon Ramsay because someone would have to cook!  I would never be able to cook for these people. 

Oprah would be invited because why not.  How else would I get to meet Oprah and get to talk to her?  I would probably let her direct the conversation because that is what she does, right?!  We could talk books, music, world events.  Oprah can talk about anything that is why she is a great guest.

Tina Turner would be invited because I would love to hear about her life directly from her.  She is so strong.  Plus Tina and Oprah are such good friends.  I want to be their friend.

The Obamas would be invited because they are so interesting.  They can talk about any subject also so I feel like it would be such a great dinner party. 

Of course Gordon Ramsay would cook a great meal and then join us when he was done cooking. 

I think it would be a great dinner party.

Until tomorrow...

BLOG CHALENGE DAY #22

Blog Challenge Day #22

If you could go anywhere in the world with anyone where would you go and why?  Also why did you choose that person?

I would take my foster kid to Disney World. What kid doesn’t want to go to Disney World? That would be where he would want to go. He loves Disney.

I would want to take him camping at one of the places I went camping as a kid. Campgrounds in forests with rivers we could swim in. Forests we could hike in. Campfires we sat around. Games we played. It was so much fun.

Until tomorrow...

BLOG CHALENGE DAY #21

Blog Challenge Day #21

What is the next vacation you would like to take?

I don’t have a vacation planned. My life is a bit up in the air and planning a big vacation is not in the cards right now. I am planning a short trip to Arizona for the weekend. I will be spending the weekend with my mother. It is also hard to travel right now because of Happi. Happi requires a dogsitter who will stay at the house because she has a hard time walking, can’t hear and has to pee constantly. No doggie daycare will put up with that.

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I went to a train museum today. It was interesting and fun. I rode on a very old train on a very old train track. The museum was run by volunteers.

Until tomorrow...