Livin' The Dream

So I am so excited that Fall is here. The leaves are turning, the humidity is subsiding, and well, nyc is beautiful! I am not so excited that Winter is just around the corner. Oh well. You know me....I will find some good in it :)

Lesson learned this week - When the sky looks like this, don't go running for the train. Scary times were had by this California girl. The storm came on in a matter of seconds. Like most New Yorkers, I don't own a car. I go where my feet, the train, and a bus can get me. Leaving work and headed for the train, I was pelted by hail and sheets of rain as the sky turned black and lightening struck. Dare I say, but I miss me some earthquakes. This severe weather is just no bueno.

So yesterday, September 10, 2010 marked my one year anniversary as a foster care worker with The New York Foundling. What a crazy year it has been. Coming into the job, I had prior experience with the foster care system back in California. I had a feeling it would be a little a different here in nyc, because let's face it, everything is a little different here in nyc. I don't feel I was really prepared for many of the challenges I was going to face.....but I hung in there and have survived the first year - the year of hard knocks! I'm not sure what the future holds for me......but I will be forever grateful for this real life experience. I now know why I was told time and time again, "If you can make it in foster care in New York City, you can do anything!" Truer words were never spoken.

It's been awhile since I last posted. I had 2 whole weeks of vacation which included 4th of July. Now that I am back in nyc I am carrying a peaceful, easy breezy spirit as best as I can. Even though the waves of dramarama have come, I stand firm in the faith that I am fulfilling a greater purpose.

No matter what the clients throw my way, I am doing my best to keep on keepin' on. So far so good. Even amidst the stress of 12 hour days I keep the peace in my mind and the joy in my soul. Like this little guy....I am holding on tight in the face of drama drama drama. Chill, cardinal. Chill.

If Pink and her hot bod don't make you want to eat healthy today, I don't know what will. You go, Pink!

So I am feeling a little ill-equipped lately. Like I set out to do one thing, and it just isn't working out. As a goal-oriented-go-getter, I am not a fan of that. I am realizing that it has me just feeling like I want to throw in the towel. Ugh!