Will I Survive the Next 40 Days???

It's that time of year again....Lent! This year Janine and I have come up with the ultimate thing to give up for Lent. This will by far be the longest and most difficult 40 days ever. We have decided that we are not going to reveal what we have given up though because if we tell people we fear that they would just try to sabotage us. Since we are both giving up the same thing we are going to keep an eye on each other to make sure we don't cheat. Their are penalties for cheating. If we break our goal the following day after the slip I am not allowed to eat my chicken bites and Janine can not eat her chicken wraps. This may sound really lame to others, but Janine and I are too lazy to cook and we both live on these foods like 6 days a week so it's a big deal to us. We also decided that since we are most likely to slip and break this plan during a night of drinking that if that happens we must take a shot right then and there. So bottom line....it's gonna be a long and interesting forty days. Janine has already slipped once and it's been 14 hours...no chicken for her tomorrow....I'm sure I will soon fall as well.
In other news...I've been doing the school thing for a few weeks now and it's going pretty well. I only have the two classes this semester so life is less stressful. My classes this semester are very focused on presentations. I have like 5 total for both classes. This doesn't really bother me cause I don't get that nervous when presenting, but some of them are really long like almost an hour each and that means a lot of research will have to be done on 5 separate topics. Other than that classes are good. I'm glad my night class is really funny and relaxed because I knew I was going to dread having a night class again after not having one for like a year, but since it's not a stressful class it isn't as difficult to drag myself to campus two nights a week.
I've also started back at work and that's going really well. All my residents told me how much they missed me over break and for people with dementia to notice that you were gone and be able to remember your name and who you are when you return after a month means you made an impact....so that makes me happy. I really love my residents so I'm going to be super sad when I have to say goodbye in May. Over the break a few of the residents passed away, which is always a huge bummer. It sounds terrible, but I do have a few favorite residents that I think are awesome and I was thankful that all of them were still there when I got back. It is kinda bad to play favorites, but it's just human nature to click better with some people. If any of my favorites passes away I'm sure I will be a mess. It's just part of the job when you are working in a nursing home, but it's still really sad to see the family crying. I don't think you can ever get use to it really.
In other news...I'm officially looking for jobs. I am finishing up my resume this weekend and I'm going to start looking online and in the paper for jobs. My boss said she would keep an ear open for jobs and write me a good recommendation so that's exciting! I just really need to find something before I get kicked off my parent's health insurance. It's going to be so weird after graduation going to a real job each day instead of going to school, but I think I'm ready. I like going to my internship two days a week a hell of a lot more than waking up to go to class at 8am..so I think that's a good sign.
In conclusion, I am so happy that the Giants won even though I am not a NY fan. My theory is that I am a Philly fan and since we are always the underdogs I enjoy always rooting for the underdog. And bottom line that game was friggin' awesome!!!! Superbowl XLII was definitely the best Superbowl I can remember watching....hopefully next year is just as exciting and who knows maybe next year the Eagles will make it there!