The reasons I rock!

My friend posted this link to 'Operation Nice' on her blog. It's the coolest site. It's dedicated to encouraging all of us to be a little nicer. One of the challenges was to make a list of all of the things you love about yourself. I thought it was a cool challenge. I must admit, I didn't think it would be as hard as it was.



1.I am a great mommy. 2. I am beautiful. 3. I am pretty dang funny. 4.I have a pretty good singing voice 5. I am a true friend (once someone is my friend, they're my friend forever) 6. I'll do anything for my friends and family 7. I love my smile. It's big and cheesy, but it's mine! 8. I love my eyes. 9. I have a big heart. I have always worried about being nice/hurting feelings. 10. I truly believe that my writing ability is a gift. I love being able to share it for a living. 11. I take cool pictures, and I love doing it. 12. I love to speak in front of people. I don't suck at it either. 13.I have a mind of my own and I know myself. 14. I'm not afraid to say what I think or stand up for what is right. 15. I'm a democrat. 16. I don't judge others 16. I have empathy for how others feel and think 17. I believe in myself and my abilities 18. I trust others, sometimes too much. 19. I believe there is good in all people if you look hard enough. 20. I try to learn from all people and groups that I come in contact with.

Hover Technique

Ok, I'll admit it, I'm kind of a freak. As a result of my short career as a CNA, there are certain things that completely germ me out. One of them is a public restroom. To top off my already crappy day yesterday, I get to school (so late) as a result of the warrant that I had to get discharged or whatever. I get to school and my first thought is "Dang it, I need to pee." Now, inspite of being well versed in the "hover technique" where you don't actually rest your bottom on the toilet seat, I still hate using a public restroom, so I thought to myself, "Eh, it's only 3 more hours, I can hold it." Well, 20 minutes into class, I realized that my bladder was not going to be able to hold up for another 2 hours 40 minutes. I get into the orange 70's themed women's bathroom and make a nest of toilet paper on the seat, just incase my hover technque is flawed...and incase there was a chance my bottom could make contact with the toilet seat below. I pull my pants down and then it happened. Nearly $1.50 in change and my cell phone flew out of my pocket and onto the bathroom floor. I actually screamed. Now, honestly the handfull of change was not worth it to me, as I left it sitting in the middle of the nastiness known as the bathroom floor. I did take a peice of toilet paper and wrap it around said "bathroom floor cell phone" the dang thing is a LG phone (like iphone) and was over $300, so hardly disposable. I used a piece of toilet paper to pick it up. I wrapped it in the paper and used hand sanitizer to wipe it down when I got to class. My teacher was totally mocking me when he said, "I have some alcohol wipes in my desk, would you like a few?" I said "YES!" SO then I wiped the phone down with those..but every time I use it now, I feel like there are nasty MRSA (staph) bugs crawling on my face. My friend Traci called while I was in class, and I related my story and told her I felt like I needed to use hand sanitizer to wipe down my face. She laughed and said "That's weird." So today, I got a text message from Traci that made me laugh. All it said was "I dropped my cell phone on the floor in the bathroom today and I thought of you." I sent her a text back that said "What did you do?" her reply "Nothing, who cares" The tragedy is...I do. (and if she decides to use them, I have a ready supply of alcohol wipes)