School Nurse Jack

Alright, Jess. Since I'm not in school yet and not really working this coming week, I can sit here on the deck in my back yard, drink a big glass of wine and take you up on your Meme challenge.


1) What were you doing 10 years ago?

Procrastinating on getting pregnant again, working in a job that I could tell was going to get eliminated, seeing the tech market crash hard in our city, and entering a difficult group lawsuit and neighborhood battle which would eventually have us selling out home and moving six months later. Blech. On the upside, I would soon enter a civic leadership program in which I gathered new skills and met some fascinating people.


2)What are the five things at the top of your "to do" list?
(I'm assuming this means something a little more exciting than my daily 'to do' list...)

a) Get in shape. Not just weight loss, but having cardio stamina and good core strength. I want to be a strong old woman.

b) Clean and organize every room of my house this summer. This means getting rid of A LOT of shit.

c) Eliminate/whittle down our debt. Not an easy task with the mountain of student loan debt I'm accruing, but I'm working on it.

d) Read many non-nursing books this summer.

e) Explore the places in my city and nearby that I've never been to.


3) What are five snacks you enjoy?

a) Chips, salsa and queso. With a top-shelf margarita, on the rocks, with salt.
b) Tapas, cheeses, fruit and red wine.
c) Cheese with Rosemary/Olive Oil Triscuits.
d) Salted nuts.
e) TCBY frozen yogurt.


4) Name some things you would do if you were a millionaire.

Travel, travel and travel. Make sizeable donations to some of my favorite non-profits. Sock away a lot of it in savings for our retirement. Buy a house with lots of trees, a pool and some land so I can have goats. Make sure our parents are taken care of in retirement. Build my brother the modest house he wants.


5) Name some places you have lived:
Clarksville, TN (don't remember this, as I was an infant); Davenport, IA; Eldridge, IA; Round Rock, TX; Austin, TX.

6) Name some bad habits you have.

Procrastinating things I don't want to do, impatience, having more than the healthy one glass of wine some nights, hiding inside my house or away from the phone when I'm depressed

7) Name some jobs you've had.
Grocery sacker/carryout clerk; salesperson at a clothing store; pet store employee; usher at a concert venue; receiver of sweaty ice skates at an ice rink; bank teller; communications specialist for a bank; community relations manager for said bank; PR account rep; communications director for a law firm; substitute elementary school teacher; school nurse.


8) Name five people you're tagging:

Green Yogurt; Hoosier Nurse; Jaxia; Prisca; and Girl Child (I'm not linking her Deviant Art page here).